...Howard R. Stephens Jr. Dr. Cruz ENG 2115 11/25/14 Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a brilliant fictional book written by Ray Bradbury in 1954. It is about future American people that do not know or pay attention to education, but rely entirely on technology. In relation to our past generation, people would have never felt this society would relate to our world. As our generation goes on you can start to relate Fahrenheit 451 to today’s society. There are certain things that are out of reach for our society, and then there are certain things that hit our society right on the head. Our society today is more concentrated on technology as in Fahrenheit 451. By Fahrenheit 451 being a fictional book it is almost unreal that it relates so well to our society today. The main character Montag is a fireman whose job is to go around town and torch books. Books in this futuristic society are banned. Society in this book forces people to drive recklessly, watch more than enough television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio with ear attachments to their ears. At the beginning Montag has no doubt that society is right. As the story goes along he meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse McClellan helps him realize the hollowness of his job and life with her constant and intriguing questions, love of nature and people, and her gentleness. Montag goes through a tough time a few days later. Montag’s wife, Mildred, tries to commit suicide by consuming a canteen of sleeping...
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...HOW THE THEME EDUCATION EXTENT IN THE NOVEL ENTITLED FAHRENHEIT 451 BY RAY BRADBURY Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury that tells the story of a future world in which books are banned and burned, TV becomes everyone’s drug of choice, and independent thinking is basically illegal. This novel describes about what happens when books are forgotten or suppressed, and it makes the author’s arguments about the book as a keystone to intellectual freedom and education of the human being. Fahrenheit 451 begins with an ambiguous opening line: "It was a pleasure to burn" (33). The story emphasizes on the live of a fireman named Guy Montag. Inside this story, the author describes that the people live in an era where the houses are all fireproof, people are addicted with TV and radio and the most extreme is that the main job of the fireman is not to end a fire but to start one. Fireman’s job is to find books and burn them. In the beginning of the story Guy Montag was very confirmative, went along with everything the government had ordered him to do and didn’t really question anything. But by the end of the story, he was completely different. He had changed his views completely. One reason that motivated Montag to change was his curiosity. His curiosity started when Montag saw Clarisse McClellan, the 17 years old girl who lived in his neighborhood. Clarisse was really the first person to open up Montag’s mind by asking him questions about his job, “But why do you...
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...Theme Thesis The theme that FAHRENHEIT 451 is trying to express throughout the book is that the authoritarian government doesn’t want people having independent thoughts. I believe this is what Ray Bradbury was trying to express by how the Society acted towards books. Also By how the motif books go well with social control vs individualism since everyone is supposed to act the same and no one is allowed to think differently. With the quotes that I have found throughout the book, I will support that the authoritarian government doesn’t want independence thoughts. The following quotes from page eight and nine “ ‘Do you read any of the books you burn?’ He laughed.‘ That’s against the law!’” and “ ‘ I rarely watch the ‘parlor walls’ or go to races or Fun Parks. So I’ve lots of time for crazy thoughts… He suddenly...
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...Fahrenheit 451: A Story of Severe Censorship Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, describes a futuristic world which embraces extreme censorship. The story envelopes around Guy Montag, a fireman, who ends up learning more than what he’s supposed to. He is caught for having a book in a society in which firemen burn books. Montag, having no other option, ends up a fugitive on the run. He meets a man named Faber, who helps him avoid the law. Fahrenheit 451 shows the danger of censorship or lack of, but reveals how freedom of the press is important and necessary to resist such danger. There can be great danger in too much censorship. This idea can be found in government, especially, as well as through newscasts. People try to censor ideas that...
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...Censorship filters horrible things on the television, internet browsers, phones, social media, and etc. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows how censorship can be effective to a society. In Fahrenheit 451 Montag turns his back on his society and follows what he thinks is right. Our nation needs censorship. Censorship helps end racism, prevents military corruption, and protects kids. Racism is a worldwide issue that someone needs to put an end to. “This is great literature.But there (are so many) racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that,” the parent,said. The quote is a parent complaining about how the books To Kill a...
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...Ray Bradbury Research Paper The short novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury published in 1953 is a story that revolves around the near future where books and literature and banned and burned. Many aspects of this book where heavily influenced by events that happened in Ray’s life when he was a child and throughout his adulthood. The location of Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an urban American city, no specific name or location given, surrounded by suburban houses in the outskirts of the city. Ray had been living in southern California near Santa Ana around the time had begun writing Fahrenheit 451. It was around 1940 “…Ray wrote what he would later call ‘five ladyfinger firecracker’ which led to the ‘explosion’ of Fahrenheit 451.” (Weller 199) The story takes place in the 20th century with no specific year given where two nuclear wars had taken place since 1990. Ray was inspired by the events taking place at the time such as the rise of Nazi Germany, McCarthyism and the “witch hunt set out by the House Un-American Activities Committee in Hollywood in 1947…” (Weller 199) In addition to the setting, a few, but not all of the characters from Fahrenheit were influenced by certain events from Ray’s life. On a windy autumn night in Los Angeles, Ray had been out on a walk with a friend of his, when “A police car wheeled up beside them. The officer stepped out and approached the two men. He asked what they were doing” (Weller 199) in which Ray responded, “Putting one foot in front...
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...Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury has many themes. The main theme in the book is censorship. It never lets the reader know exactly why books should be banned. It gives a couple reasons, the first one being that people are not interested in reading, and the second one being that some are disapproving of them. Bradbury thinks that society focuses more on t.v. and the radio rather than reading a physical book. The people that disapprove books are the ones that feel offended and sensitive to what they are reading. For example, the character Millie represents the theme of the book. She doesn’t have any knowledge or ideas because she only listens to the radio and watches tv instead of reading. A different theme in the book is that burning books...
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...Fahrenheit 451 Assignment Topic 1 Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of a man who comes to realize the threat of society, and the corruption of his government. Ray Bradbury uses the thoughts of this man to show mental awakenings and psychological discoveries that build suspense and excitement within the story. Montag’s first act of defiance starts when his “hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion.” (Pg. 37) He stole a book, a belonging that is banned in his nation, an item that he was instructed to burn. This decision adds a sense of danger to the story. Then later on, Montag is instructed to burn down his house, but he disagrees and instead murders his boss. The author uses this event to insert intense description that...
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...Fahrenheit 451 extra credit Fundamentals of communication 11- 09-15 Fahrenheit 451 1. Clarisse describes a past that Montag has never known: one with front porches, gardens, and rocking chairs. What do these items have in common, and how might their removal have encouraged Montag's repressive society? This was a very interesting scene that vividly depicted a picture with just a couple of simple words. The lines that she acted were superb. Clarisse sat out side during the dark when montage walked by and noticed that this girl figured out who he was before she saw him she announced that “I can smell the kerosene of you. So you must be a fireman! Not the ones that used to put fires out like in the past but ones that start them”. He responded with “well this is my job”. She then preceded and look up in the sky and wondered to herself and asked Montage if he ever noticed the green grass, aroma of the flowers, etc. She then abruptly said, “What about those cars? Do you think they ever look down and think about this stuff”? Do you think they even notice it? I mean these cars drive so fast that they even needed to make the billboards larger. She said. there use to be a time when they were only 25 feet long but now days they are a 100. She asks Montage, “Did you ever look down and notice this”? He replied “No not really”. The reason I depicted this scene is because it gives a lot of detail about the repressive society that is brainwashed to take pills, watch TV, and be anti-social...
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...Many people say that knowledge is a waste of time. It is useless and are for the outcasts. The only knowledge they get is from the government. Plus the government Illegalized books in the first place so the people could not find out the truth of the world. They want everyone to agree on the same things so it is more peaceful. Knowledge is in fact important to everyone and ẗhe people should decide what they can and cannot know. Knowledge is in books, in history, and they create fear in the government. Books are full of knowledge. Many of our medical advantage would not be here.Many plagues have been known from writing the symptoms and treatment and people READ them. Even the fact that doctors did not even perform surgeries on people. Everybody stills need the books for the ones who do in fact perform the surgeries.Also books are full of history.History is important to tell our children and tell them about where they came from. It does not matter if they are yellow, black, or white they need to know their background.Many people want to know how they came here, what we have...
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...was in flames, and that it “made an even emptier whistle, a senseless scream” (Bradbury 111). The notions he had about books in this moment were still, he wanted to know why this was happening to him. The modern society is creating various types of technology which is slowly replacing books. As hard as it may seem, technology is taking over. Soon, books won’t be an issue, but that isn’t stopping the world. Many people enjoy reading books because they can get lost in them, and they don’t strain one’s eyes. Montag thinks the same way, that the technology taking over his life is useless, because everything can be found in books and should stay that way. This world is endlessly thinking of new ways to improve technology, and that’s just the problem. This society is moving down Fahrenheit's road because of the impression of censorship and it being not banned, but influenced. Today, people are not only picking up iPads, phones, and computers more than ever, but throwing away their books as...
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...Fahrenheit 451 "The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You do not have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them” (Ray Bradbury.) In the novel by Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, it is illegal to possess books. If somehow a fire fighter finds out, you have books in your house. Fire fighters will burn your house and they will show no mercy. In this book, the protagonist Guy Montag, a fire fighter, faces many changes in himself, to do what he thinks is precisely what he needs, to read. One way that Guy Montag changes is with the people surrounding him. One person that changes him is his new neighbor Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse was different from the other kid;...
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...Books, Worth less or Priceless? In Fahrenheit 451 books are illegal, therefore there are fireman in charge of burning them. The main character, Montag, is a fireman. First everything was alright, until his conscience gets in the way. He has a secret that nobody knows, yet… As I mentioned earlier, books are illegal, it’s as if they were a weapon. The reason this is, is because they reveal information that the ‘government’ doesn’t want them to know. They are said to reveal information about the past, things that would cause controversy, thing that would make the people unhappy. “ A book is a loaded gun”, “People want to be happy”, “Burn the book. Serenity,Montag. Peace, Montag”- Beatty, pg.57.** “So now do you see why books are hated and feared?...
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...A Warning to Society In today's society an increasing use of television and technology exists, along with a decline in reading printed material. The result of a society in which technology is overused and a lack of reading can create an unsatisfactory life, and actual human interaction becomes limited due to these conditions. This abuse of entertainment through technology can be found in America today because people are frequently using phones, texting and connecting over social media. In a uniform society like this, where almost everyone is the same, all of the citizens will live a dull life. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a book written as a warning to society, the ban on books shows how a society with extreme regulation and an abuse of technology can create a miserable life as seen through the characters Guy and Mildred Montag....
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...Depending on which way one may view a certain circumstance, everyone is a victim of censorship. Unwillingly volunteering our free thinking by a superior influence. Do people feel that we need to endure censorship? Over the course of the novel Fahrenheit 451, we see how censorship adapts one's behavior. The public are banned from owning or reading books, there are many reasons for why people are so averse towards books and submit to the government. Entertainment such as, tv and radio play a big part in why most people do not independently think for themselves.The biggest reason is the sensitivities towards the “offensive” opinions written in these books that makes people submit to the government's rules. This makes one either obey the authority...
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