Comparing Douglass And Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

Individuality and independence are valued differently by each world, but the majority of people in both communities are talentless and suppress the talented. In the futuristic American society, everything becomes so mundane and programmed that people eventually become the same. Beatty tells Montag, “[Everyone] must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy” (Bradbury 55). Everyone in Fahrenheit 451 has been conditioned to become identical and forced to be the same. The entire community has suppressed individuality, and people do not think for themselves. On the other hand, modern-day society allows free thought and expression, encouraging people to exercise their autonomy.

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a book that depicts a man named Guy Montag living in a dystopian environment. In this society, books are illegal and firefighters are called to burn them and the houses they are in. This environment also focuses heavily on technology and considers it a wonderful thing.

One reason that Fahrenheit 451 is a valuable piece of literature is because it teaches people that it is acceptable to be themselves, not try to be somebody else. “You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by man….” This quote from the book tells that if you are afraid to make mistakes and don’t try new things, then you won’t be as successful

In Fahrenheit 451 the rebels consisted of Clarisse, Montag, Faber, and Granger, which challenged their current life and wanted an adjustment to happen. The change the rebels wanted in the book was to read books. These Characters were are all radiant, smart, and wanted to create down to earth ideas that nobody had ever thought of. One common theme the book and film had was wisdom and knowledge are acquired through experience and erudition. This theme applies as Pleasantville changed to color. The people in Pleasantville learned that adjustments engenders different perspectives like Skip finding the colored rose. In Fahrenheit 451 they learned that books show how to care and love for each other, for example when Montag read a poem to Mrs. Phelps and she started to cry because it made her feel sympathy for her dead husband she had never felt before. Both the film and novel take place in a very strict time period. In Fahrenheit 451 books are illegal, mental reflections are banned, and also reading books. In Pleasantville, color is prohibited and any other thoughts other than the script is prohibited as well as they go through the same routine everyday. Another common theme both the film and book have is

Albert Camus once said, “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” If something is not the way that it ethically should be then it is acceptable to rebel within the parameters of what is morally correct and just. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, he presents a world where the government has restricted access to printed literature so that they can have increased control over their citizens. The main character, Guy Montag, shows incredible growth in his character through his journey of enforcing and blindly accepting the government restrictions to stop the flow of information to a realization that that the sharing of knowledge leads to a stronger community.

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury highlights untainted diction and dreamy similes to reveal that books can be a person’s way of freedom.

Fahrenheit 451 is a very complex book that makes the reader really think about what they are reading. Fahrenheit 451 was written in 1953 by Ray Bradbury as a dystopian novel that encompassed some of Bradbury’s ideas of how our society was flawed. Some of these ideas are prevalent in present day. Bradbury created a very compelling novel that makes every reader question what he is trying to convey to others. Fahrenheit 451 serves as an alarm to our flaws and makes a reader question what Bradbury is trying to transmit through his writing.

Ever since humans began to think, they questioned what, exactly, defined them. Frederick Douglass’ autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, though very different, present similar thoughts on humanity. Both works carry similar thoughts about the human race and its struggles.

Fahrenheit 451, a first-person omniscient, futuristic, science-fiction novel, and The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, a historical, non-fiction narrative from a first person perspective, differ greatly in their literary composition. However, despite these seemingly wide differences, both books share a number of characteristics in the depths of the words imprinted on their pages. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, both encompass many similarities that contribute to the theme that education and literacy are vital in order to create original thoughts and ideas, emphasizing the human condition.

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a novel based in the future, placing the reader to a time where owning books was against the law. In a setting so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking for themselves, and by secretly reading books are outlaws as well. The books and ideas are burned in a pit, the books are burned physically, and ideas are burned from the mind metaphorically. Mr. Bradbury use of literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the main idea he wants to share with the readers is what makes this novel so devastating.

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, where as ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and book burning in Germany, and McCarthyism in America. That is what he is speaking

Throughout second semester we have read many stories that have strongly illustrated the idea of conformity, but in Fahrenheit 451, Swamp Boy, and Harrison Bergeron the theme of conformity is most prevalent. The characters in each of the three stories become trapped by the act of conforming to their societal norms. The people in the societies participate in confirmation because it is what everyone else is doing, and they crave acceptance from others. As humans, we conform to the world around us because it is expected and we fear any individual that abides by the social norms.

Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic novel written by Ray Bradbury. In Fahrenheit 451, citizens live in a futuristic dystopia that bans books. If firemen find any books, they are to burn them. The main character, Montag, meets a girl named Clarisse. When Montag meets Clarisse, she seems abnormal, although soon realizes that society is wrong and becomes accustomed to books.

Books are one key element in both The Book Thief and Fahrenheit 451. Books both made Liesel and Montag criminals by stealing them. Although books almost ended Montag's life with it starting a chain reaction ending with a mechanical hound almost killing him. It saved Liesel's life keeping her in the basement during a bombing killing everyone else. Also in Fahrenheit 451, books were supposed to be burned and many people hated them and are example of what Montag wanted but people didn't want to keep people happy.

Three things a reader will recognize throughout any literary work they read are violent, a Christ figure, and irony. In The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass, the reader is embedded in the life of a slave who became free. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the reader is riveted to a martyr by the name of John Proctor. Lastly, the reader is administered a dose of irony through all the books and poems, one would read, such as The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, How to Read Literature like a Professor, by Thomas C Foster, and The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost.