...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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...Why do people read when they could be watching television, playing video games, be on their phones or computers, or even watching sports? In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury it is against the law to read or to even own books. I believe people read because it lets you see things from someone else’s point of view. The school board believes that fictional books no longer belong in the curriculum. Fictional books belong in the school curriculum because of the lessons they teach, the way they shape society, and the fact that people are more interested in reading fictional books than non-fiction books. The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a totalitarian society. In the book Fahrenheit 451 firemen don’t put out fires, they...
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...In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it is about Guy Montag the main character that takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman, by burning illegally owned books and the houses of the owners. Fahrenheit 451 was taken place in the future more focused on the year 2053, and said to be in a big city for example chicago or new york where there's a lot of crime. Some information about Guy Montag is that he is that he is a fireman, and is the third generation fireman in his family. He has “black hair”,black eyebrows, and a blue shaved but unshaved look.He also take pride as a hard worker and is looked up to as a role model. Besides he loves to dress in his firefighter uniform. Montag also thinks of his job as a sport and has heaps of fun while doing his job as a firefighter. Lastly he also has a marriage that is very flunky because it kinda arrays how each of the couple doesn't show their love....
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...The society consists of a general public who don’t seem to do anything except feeding their minds with anything that will entertain them. There are firemen whose job is to burn books to rid the community of the past and the valuable knowledge that books contain. These people are conditioned to think that their simple, routine life, makes them happy. In the beginning of the book, the main character, Montag, doesn’t even realize how dissatisfied he is with life until a teenager named Clarisse brings it up to him. She asked Montag if he was happy and his first thought was to be stunned at such a question. When Clarisse asked him he responded by saying “ ‘am I what?... happy! Of all the nonsense.’ ” (Bradbury 7-8). Montag was so greatly affected by society that he thinks it’s impossible for someone to be sad. This is Bradbury’s way of providing social commentary on the fact that people think that they must be happy. Society when he wrote the book, and currently, is in this mindset. It is an issue to be discussed because people often think that it’s not okay for them to be sad. This leads to people staying unhappy and not reaching out for help because they think they will look foolish for not fitting in with the world’s “norm” of having fun and constantly being...
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...This essay is about Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury It was published in 1953. It is set in the future and is what the author thinks is going to happen in the future and how life will be different. He thinks that people will no longer read books and that anyone who is caught with a book will have their books burned and they will be killed. The most important theme in Fahrenheit 451 is Government. There are a lot of examples about how much control the government has over people and how much he spies on them and how suspicious he is of everyone. An important piece of evidence in this is when the government sends a mechanical dog to spy on people who are suspected of having books. This is seen on page 114 “He turned around and saw the mechanical hound there”. This is proof that the government uses more than just humans to spy on people and that people don't know when they are being spied on. So they have to be really cautious. I think...
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...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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...of the people from Fahrenheit 451 are lack of communication, lack of education, and lack of common sense. There are many possible ways to solve this problem. The way to come up with a solution is to start of easy with everyone. To begin, everyone in the city are able to try upon their skills and knowledge. Then, based on how much they know already, they will be given many tasks for themselves. For example, if someone has never read anything in their life they will be given help for them to begin. Having everyone work at their own pace is more effective than giving people sets of things to do. They will be able to learn and understand more than going at an unsteady pace. Have you ever wonder what is the most important...
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...The society of Fahrenheit 451 and our own share many similarities, such as social tendencies and individuals devolving into fantasies, but differ regarding governmental control and the right to action. Ray Bradbury correctly theorized the epidemic of short attention spans and devolving social interaction in Fahrenheit 451. When Montag claims that he is sick and asks Mildred to bring him water and an aspirin she leaves the room, then comes back without either item. When he asks “Where’s the aspirin?”, she leaves the room again and only gets him water (Bradbury 46). This is a nod to to the seemingly shrinking attention span that people have today. During breakfast, Mildred has sea shell ear thimbles on her ears. She has “both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away.” (16). Many people today don't take out their earbuds when talking to someone. These are examples of the current shrinking attention span and lack of social engagement. There is a blurred distinction between life and death in Fahrenheit 451 that can be seen in our own society. Clarisse McClellan is a character in Fahrenheit 541 who is described as having “eyes...
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...Theme of Fahrenheit 451 “Is it true, the world works hard to play ?” The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is that when people are forced to conform, they can’t show what they are capable of doing. Throughout the text, this theme can be showcased in many places. Starting off with the first quote, it can be found on page 82 saying, “We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black floam“. During this time, Faber was explaining to Montag on why he thinks books are so important, but also says what his take on books being burned was. So this quote talks about how people are living a caged, easy life of not breaking out to do what's different. They all basically have the same...
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...Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is an amazing book. It gives you a look into a terrible world where being different and having your own thoughts is banned. In the book the main character is named Montag. He is a fireman but different from the ones today, he does the complete opposite and starts the fires. Montag's job is to burn any book he sees or any house that contains books. The main theme of this book is censorship, the society in this book is censored by their government. This is why they burn books so know one reads and everything is uniform. The book begins with a character named Montag. He is fireman and has been for 10 years, he never questioned his job till he met a young girl named Clarisse. She asks him this question on page 7 "Are you happy?" This question really effects his and he thinks about it a...
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...exhibits this by using descriptive language to demonstrate the theme of his works. In his novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses descriptive language to portray the theme of the story, which is individualism is important. He uses personification to bring things to life that are normally inanimate. "With this brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world..." (Fahrenheit 451, 3). Montag, the main character,...
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...when a person is still alive. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses symbols to display how something can be quickly overlooked as...
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...“”You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me the most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” (-James Baldwin) The story Fahrenheit 451, by Rad Bradbury, is a symbolic story that reveals censorship of people and their knowledge. Knowing that books provide emotions, imagination, and make people crave independence, Bradbury had banned the idea of books by creating a democracy that concluded that books hurt people and went against them. This book used characters and figurative language that symbolized the theme, which is censorship of not only people, but the question of ‘why’ as well. “I don’t talk things, sir,” said Faber. ”I talk the meanings of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” (Pg. 71, Bradbury)...
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...A Study of the Allusions in Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 Author(s): Peter Sisario[->0] [(essay date February 1970) In the following essay, Sisario examines the source and significance of literary allusions in Fahrenheit 451 and considers their didactic potential for the beginning student of literature.] Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is more than just a readable and teachable short novel that generates much classroom discussion about the dangers of a mass culture, as Charles Hamblen points out in his article "Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 in the Classroom." It is an excellent source for showing students the value of studying an author's use of specific allusions in a work of fiction. While writing excellent social criticism, Bradbury uses several direct quotations from works of literature, including the Bible; a careful analysis of the patterning of these allusions shows their function of adding subtle depth to the ideas of the novel. Fahrenheit 451 is set five centuries from now in an anti-intellectual world where firemen serve the reverse role of setting fires, in this case to books that people have been illegally hoarding and reading. Literature is banned because it might potentially incite people to think or to question the status quo of happiness and freedom from worry through the elimination of controversy. "Intellectual" entertainment is provided by tapioca-bland television that broadcasts sentimental mush on all four walls. The novel, first written in a shorter version...
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...One of the worlds greatest literary figures, William Shakespeare, voiced the truth about desired knowledge by saying that “ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven”. One must presume that Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451, learned from this. Ray Bradbury’s distopian novel shares a similar representations towards knowledge. In the novel the protagonist, Guy Montag, becomes aware of the fact that he is living in a world were knowledge and individuality is lost. People tolerate and abide by the rules and limitations specified by the government. There is nothing except for books in this society to cause people to wonder about how valuable and important knowledge and identity are. Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to search for books and burn them. Most of the people in Fahrenheit 451 are convinced that books are a waste of time and are useless. Montag also believes this up until a change of...
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