Examples Of Anti-Intellectualism In Fahrenheit 451

In the world of academia, from Graff’s perspective, street smarts are associated with anti-intellectualism. Graff states “we associate the educated life, the life of the mind, too narrowly and exclusively with subjects and texts that we consider inherently weighty an academic.” He argues that educators should broaden their aspect of material they once preserved as inefficient. Graff implies that a person who is studious enough can find substance in any content. He reasons that intellect can be uncovered and observed in various forms, hence the name “hidden intellectualism.” He suggests that the Education system overlooks the interest of the students because they consider their interest irrelevant.

Thought can take time and effort, it can be meticulously simple. Thought can be quick and easy, simply saying the first thing that pops into your mind. Thought can be anything you want, imaginative, serious, etc. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows that everyone is capable of thinking for themselves, some people just don’t want to, or they feel like they don’t have the time.

The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go” (Dr. Seuss). In the book Fahrenheit 451, this was the opposite, the government made a law to promote sameness, so everyone had the same intelligence. Firemen would burn the books because books were not allowed in the society because it was easier to control a government if the society doesn’t have knowledge. In real life, we encourage people to read books for educational experience and to put ourselves in other people’s worlds. In addition, in our world many people enjoy reading books, in contrast to Fahrenheit 451 where the people would put books down the incinerator because they thought books were stupid. Lastly, even the word intellectual was a swear word because they didn’t believe in any academic superiority in their

In the book Fahrenheit 451 the theme was the conflict between one being knowledgeable or being ignorant. The themes definition following this book would be people who read even though banned would be the knowledgeable people and they live a true happy life but the ones that don't understand what books purpose really is and don't see how it makes humans lives happier they are are ignorant.I feel this is a main theme in this book because at first montag is considered one of the ignorant people but with different people changing his thoughts and montag realizing the firemen and the people who don't read are the ignorant ones and that books fulfill your life a lot more you just have to understand them because some bring emotions that the ignorant people think is bad. Also after this realization montag fights against ignorance the rest of the book. All throughout the book the

With the government and society placing a ban on the reading of books, they have for all intents and purposes become a censored society which has led to a new world filled with violence. This becomes clear while reading the story and you notice that the government only focuses on pursuing the crime of possessing and reading books or any similar forms of communication that expresses free thought. The government does not pursue and or does not punish its citizens for any of the other crimes they commit because they are not considered crimes anymore. The television programs they watch, shown on the large parlor walls, constantly broadcast violence non-stop throughout the day and night. The viewers just seem to watch and laugh because there are

Co-author of “They Say/I Say” handbook, Gerald Graff, analyzes in his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” that “street smarts” can be used for more efficient learning and can be a valuable tool to train students to “get hooked on reading and writing” (Graff 204). Graff’s purpose is to portray to his audience that knowing more about cars, TV, fashion, and etc. than “academic work” is not the detriment to the learning process that colleges and schools can see it to be (198). This knowledge can be an important teaching assistant and can facilitate the grasping of new concepts and help to prepare students to expand their interests and write with better quality in the future. Graff clarifies his reasoning by indicating, “Give me the student anytime

"Fahrenheit 451- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns"(Bradbury) The world of Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian society were books are burned and those who seek knowledge are shunned and eventually must run away from the world. Ray Bradbury, the author of the book in question, wrote about what he thought would become of the world. He was inspired by the infamous Hitler and how his nazis used to burn books on the streets of Berlin. It stands to serve as a reminder and a warning to what would happen if we stopped thinking.The book was written in the 1950's, and still to this day, it endures readers from all around the world. The lack of knowledge in Fahrenheit 451 is due to the fear

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives” ~ James Madison

In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism” we get to hear a new perspective on the early academic world. He grew up as a kid that was not interested in pursuing anything relating to school as an academic focus. He was more interested in things like sports. As he went through his early academic career he was convinced that he was a typical “anti-intellectual” and because of this he often felt alienated by school and regularly found himself very bored. As he continued to dislike average academics and pursue his interest in sports, he realized that the two were not as far off intellectually as he had previously assumed.

In Gerald Graff’s Hidden Intellectualism, he argues nonacademic interests, writings, and discussions can possibly consider intellectualism because they can let one become an intellectual and transform his or her works into good academic. Here, he is also implying schools and colleges should encourage students to incorporate their nonacademic interests with academic study (Graff 250). In order to prove his claims are correct, he describes how discussions with his friends about sports and reading Sport magazine help him make an argument, summarize others’ opinions, and interact with the community (Graff 247). However, Graff’s readers will realize Graff fails to acknowledge not every people can relate themselves to sports. This is because there

“Hidden Intellectualism” by Gerald Graff highlights the fact that students would be more interested to learn if teachers integrated “street-smart” subjects, that the students enjoy, into the classroom rather than what the teacher likes. Discussing sports, and other “street-smart” subjects, creates a sense of community while also engaging in finding evidence, narrowing down such evidence, and analyzing others’ opinions, which is inherently intellectual. Schools have not learned from this community; they instead isolate students with “high-stakes” tests surrounded by numbers and memorizing facts. With all of this in mind, just because a student is writing about something they love doesn’t mean they’ll do it well, so teachers must use these interests

Wiz Khalifa once said, “Revealing the truth is like lighting a match, it can bring light or it can set your world on fire.” Throughout the story Montag realizes the truth behind his society. He finds out that the government has changed the past to control how people care and act. This knowledge causes him to become a wanted criminal and causes him to have to escape. Once Montag escapes from his society, its broken laws, and its people his life was lit on fire. The hopelessness in Montag's society caused it to be completely destroyed. Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the society of Montag contrast greatly with our modern day society.

Montag from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, in my opinion, is ignorant. I think this because in the book, Montag is always following the crowd. In part three, Granger says, “I’ve been running ever since. Do you want to join us, Montag?” Montag immediately replies with, “Yes.” He gives no thought as to where he would be going, what he would be doing, or anything more. He hadn’t even known these people before stumbling upon them, yet he is so quick to trust and follow them like a lemming. With the thought of a lemming in mind, Montag also just follows the crowd without a second thought. In part two, Faber is talking to Montag and says, “The public itself stopped reading of its own accord. You firemen provide a circus now and then at which buildings

Have you ever known something to be true, yet you chose to ignore it because it was displeasing? This is an example of the classic struggle between knowledge and ignorance. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, readers are immersed into a world where ignorance is bliss and knowledge is looked down on. Books are burned and everyone lives a shallow life full of censored content provided by the government. Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books, finally breaks free of the system and escapes the government’s grasp. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury illustrates the idea that knowledge and ignorance are polar opposites since knowledge reveals the truth, while ignorance simply ignores it. This

In an effort to gain control of people and create a sterile environment, independent thought is censored and people are brain-fed what they are supposed to think so that there are no clashing opinions. The social phenomenon of marginalizing accords lesser importance to a group of people, which in turn results in the rest of society looking down upon that group of people and becoming intolerant. From this, both an intolerant and ignorant society is created because people become oblivious of their surroundings after being told how to think and behave, and intolerant to those that chose to live their life apart from the societal norms. When Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451, describes the oblivious, almost dead-like state of the book’s futuristic society, he implies that people have been forced to become ignorant to their environment because they have been compelled to their devices, to be away from things that may constitute controversial opinions. Bradbury emphasizes the ignorance of that society through the character of Clarisse McClellan, a girl curiously enticed by her surroundings, who criticizes the lack of livingness of people in that society when she argues that, “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what the colour of grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly.” (pg.6) Clarisse is emphasizing how suppressing the ideas of people that try to be different, pushes them to conform to the traditional manners of society, which is ignorance. Evidence of intolerance and ignorance in society can be recognized in the article Please offend me – and let me offend you by University Professor Pablo Martin de Holan, when he contends that suppressing the thoughts of individuals in society causes intolerance and ignorance. In his article, Holan laments that, “Offensive (by the listener’s standards) speech is less and less accepted, as we become more