This article provides a comprehensive comparative and

typological study of the mechanisms of propaganda in totalitarian

societies and their impact on individual psychology, as depicted in

Ray Bradburyʼs “Fahrenheit 451” and Ahmad Azamʼs “Roʻyo yoxud

Gʻulistonga safar” (A Dream or a Journey to Gulistan). The relevance

of the research is defined by the parallel examination of information

manipulation and social control methods within the framework of the

dystopian genre in the contexts of both Western and Uzbek literature.

In this study, propaganda is analyzed not merely as a political

institution but as a tool for diminishing societyʼs intellectual

potential, erasing historical memory, and transforming the individual

into a manageable object of mass culture. In the article comparatively

explores linguistic and aesthetic phenomena such as book burning,

information censorship, manipulation via visual screens, and the

transformation of language into an ideological weapon as reflected in

both works.

The analysis indicates that while Bradbury depicts a conscious

abandonment of thought facilitated by technological progress,

Ahmad Azam portrays this process through metaphorical imagery

and the specific socio–national manifestations of a totalitarian

regime. The article concludes that propaganda mechanisms in

dystopian works lead to the suppression of critical thinking, the

devaluation of communication, and, ultimately, a spiritual crisis. The

findings of the research serve as a significant theoretical resource for

modern comparative studies, literary sociology, and discourse

analysis.