“They pumped the cold fluid from the numeraled 452 tanks strapped to their shoulders. They coated each book, they pumped rooms full of it.”(35). Fahrenheit 451 is a very good example of how societies all over the world live and believe in different aspects of life. The fictional society of F451 is similar to our society today but love and feelings, the importance of books and the jobs of firemen differ in various ways. In a society like the one present in F451 where there is little to no love and feelings, our society cannot relate to how people feel about other people or objects in this fictional society. For example, Guy Montag states, “Nobody listens anymore. I can’t talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say.”(78). Montag's wife, Mildred, showed more attention and feelings towards the walls and Montag showed sadness and loneliness when he had no one who would listen to him. There is also times where Montag had felt no emotion towards anyone or anything, An example of this is when Mildred ran away and Montag said, “‘It’s strange, I don’t miss her, it’s strange I …show more content…
Books are present it both the societies but are only welcomed, valued and important in today's society. For instance, “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a women stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”(48). These firemen were taught to burn books because they could be found as dangerous or unimportant. They did not know what was in these books which is another way our society differs from F451. They saw these books as a potential threat and as said in the book, “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Take the shot from the weapon.”(56). The society in F451 Our society looks at books as a way to learn and also use them for