Compare And Contrast Fahrenheit 451 And Society

Thomas Paine once said, “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness.” In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the protagonist, works as a fireman. Throughout the novel, he begins to discover his true self. In this utopian society, people are conceited and have little or no emotions. Similarly, many in our society are self-centered and have limited feelings. Even though both societies have numerous characteristics in common, the two societies have multiple differences.

The New York Times once printed, “We are closer to the twisted world of Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 than we care to admit.” This statement proves to be true in many ways. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, most of the characters are too wrapped up in their technology to comprehend what is going on around that. That can be proven true in today’s society, because many people are dependent on their technology, and are too absorbed in it to actually live in the moment of what is happening. Also, because of the technology, the families in the book are not very involved with each other. This also is becoming an issue in our society, because most families can barely get through dinner without being distracted by their cell phones. Violence is a major issue

The society in Fahrenheit 451 is relatively similar to our society. In both of the societies, technology, political correctness and censorship are the three main things that make each society similar. Even though in today’s society, we do not punish each other for having books or burn each other's houses for sinning. In this society some people could care less if an individual sinned. Each society wants everyone to think that they love their job and for some people, they do but some are suffering. They do not want their family to think that they are a burden for not liking their job.

Do you think that our society is bad or good? Should Donald Trump be president, or should Bernie Sanders be president? Fahrenheit 451’s society is terrible. Their government/laws is worse, the fireman are bad and the banning of books in their society. “Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light” (Vera Nazarian). If books are being banned then a door won’t open and let in more light. In Fahrenheit 451 they have a living room like in America and the similarities is that there are electronics and no one communicates in the living room.

    The novel Fahrenheit 451 is a novel in which America in the future has made books illegal because of the way it made people feel and think it would be best if they were banned to make people not think that much about anything but have technology as the academic way of teaching.The United States has become a lot more different than now because in the novel we can estimate the time period is about the year 2021 ish. (56) (intro sheets)

“I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it” (Ray Bradbury). Today in our society we face many issues, but not as many as the world that the people in the novel Fahrenheit 451 face. The novel Fahrenheit 451 is based on futuristic times. A society where everything and everyone is falling apart. It is a place where they are not concerned about the well-being of their society. Our world has some of the same issues, but in some ways, we also live completely different lives. Although some differences between Fahrenheit 451’s society and our society are somewhat noticeable, the similarities may be a bit harder to find.

Imagine living in society, where people are not cherished, and life is not valuable. Also all of your opinions are taken as a grain of salt. The story Fahrenheit 451, takes place in a society where there are conflicting ideas because of the censorship of the government. In this society they are not allowed to read any books that display hatred. If someone gets caught reading books, then the ‘firemen’ will come and burn all the books and once they are finished burning them, they will  arrest the person. Also in this society, there is little to no interpersonal relationships. The main reason for this is because of technology. The society in Fahrenheit 451, does not display the meaning of a life richly lived because there is no mourning for the dead, babies are viewed as insignificant, and children are not loved.

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you lived in a place where you were always distracted by silly things like television and driving cars really fast, imagine books being illegal, would that be you utopian or dystopian society? The author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury made a world where a utopia was considered to have low standards of knowledge and education, people were distracted with things like tv, that they thought taught them, but Bradbury gave a turn to the book and made a concept where some people thought books weren’t bad. In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451(F451), the society lacks morals and family values, but when you look at today's society, we are the in some ways the same but in many ways different.

Fahrenheit 451 portrays a society in which the government has taken over the citizens. The society described could become ours. However, there are some key aspects that are different. The people in the novel lack human emotions. They can feel some extreme emotions but cannot identify them. Also, there is a total absence of individuality within the community. Throughout the novel, haunting images are described to display the evils of such a society.

Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic, American city. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who burns books. The people in this society do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, think independently, or have meaningful conversations. Meanwhile, Clarisse McClellan does all of these activities, so she is classified an an individual. Society’s expectations are for people to drive fast, watch excessive amounts of television, and listen to the radio on Seashell Radio Sets, attached to their ears.

Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, is ironically similar in some aspects to today’s society. This book depicts a story about a society that has been based on technology and where books have been banned. Our society is similar to Fahrenheit 451 because they both have fast paced lifestyles, book banning’s, and the reliance on technology. These societies may not be so different. One example of a similarity between Fahrenheit 451 and our society, is the fast pace lifestyle.

Fahrenheit 451 can be very different to our society. Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted, in the book, but not in our society. In the book Fahrenheit 451 says “Montag gazed beyond them to the wall with the typed lists of a million forbidden books. Their names leapt in fire, burning down the years under his axe and his hose which sprayed not water but kerosene.”People are not allowed to read books, and firemen burn them, and the houses that is holding them, this is a freedom that was

What this quote means is that in their world they didn’t get to see the out side world. They saw a world where they had to listen to the rules they would have to wear headphones. Their headphones would whisper thing to their ear or shoke them from remembering what they were thinking about and from proventing ideas,Their worlds isn’t a place where you can dream their world is a place where you live a bad dream instead of a good dream. Why does Fahrenheit 451 have a different society from our? There are some things that are different from ours society are Laws and Government; Firemen start fires. Also that Fahrenheit 451 lives in a dystopia life and how we live in a Utopia life.

Fahrenheit 451 has a great deal of government control, technology that is advanced it is injurious to the society and the people there,and that censorship has been a terrible thing for the people. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 reveals how the society, which is a dystopia can be detrimental with more government control, and how censorship blinds the people in the society, and how technology gets to advanced it can be a inimical thing and how it has been shown or not shown in today’s society.

Dystopian societies and modern day societies have various opinions on what should be valued. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows a dystopian society that contrasts today's modern day society. The concepts of knowledge and communication are shown throughout the book in different ways than are seen in today’s modern day society. Knowledge is one idea that has conflicting meanings.