In chapter 8 of Live Not By Lies, Dreher discusses how religion often creates a base for a dissident’s desire and motivation to stand against a totalitarian power. Interviewing several dissidents who found themselves to be religious leaders in times of totalitarian rule, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Dreher found that they all attributed their success in standing against totalitarianism to their faith because by having a guide to live and see reality by that was not as based in their own feelings as it was in something larger than themselves, helped them to understand and remember what was true and morally sound, keeping them grounded in their stance against totalitarianism. When speaking with Alexander Ogorodnikov, Dreher is told the story of when he first arrived in a Soviet prison, he led his fellow prisoners in prayer, to try and lift their spirits and hopes. He had first done it to instill some hope in them, but a miracle occurred in the form of a pack of cigarettes being dropped into their cell, after a joke was made by the other prisoners about “If your God will give us cigarettes, we’ll all believe in him,” (Dreher, 161). That instance not only gave the prisoners more faith, but it gave Ogorodnikov a sense of purpose, like the reason God allowed him to be put in prison was not to suffer but instead lead his fellow prisoners and give them hope. Dreher said, “God manifested through his fidelity to those damned to die before a firing squad who were desperate for a sign of hope. Ogorodnikov’s connection to God would be, to these wretched men, their only lifeline,” (Dreher, 161). There are many others who have felt similar to Ogorodnikov in that they feel as though their purpose is to guide others, not necessarily towards worshiping God, but towards fighting totalitarianism and its control through personal belief in the truth and what’s morally right. John the Savage from Huxley’s Brave New World, seems to come to a similar realization about himself after experiencing the “civilized” society in London and seeing a group of Deltas waiting for their soma ration after their shift at the hospital. John is appalled by their mindlessness and begs them to give up the soma, to think freely, but when he gets no response from them he feels “an intense overpowering hatred of these less than human monsters. ‘Don’t’ you want to be free and men? Don’t you even understand what manhood and freedom are?’” (Huxley, 192-193). John is similar to those real dissidents who encouraged fighting against totalitarianism and based their beliefs on religious faith, teaching their ways to others, but Deltas and other citizens are so brainwashed and controlled by the government that he can’t find a way to get through to them. It makes Huxley’s work a bit of a cautionary tale, similar to Orwell’s 1984, by showing how once a totalitarian power has taken complete control, there is very little that can be done to stop it or free the people from its grasp.