Fahrenheit 451: An Analysis

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel that illustrates what could happen to our society in the future. The novel portrays a society in which books, excluding comic books and other simple technical books, are banned and burned for the good of the society as the people believed. The books are seen as a source of unhappiness and, therefore, the society has decided to Ban them and put the fireman in charge of maintaining the censorships. I believe that books are not only banned because they make people unhappy but because they make people unequal. I believe that censorship of books is indented to make everyone in the society equal.

In the society of Fahrenheit 451 there is no meaning of books to the people. Ray Bradbury describes that they think books are useless and they give people pain and awful feelings. The reason for them to think that is they are missing three things that a society needs to read or understand a book. A society needs quality of information, leisure to digest it, the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the first two.

People are always blocked from true knowledge and the government continuously will try to manipulate you, well having free education for all can get you to think for yourself without being controlled. Society should be more responsible for providing access and equity to free education for its citizens in order to give the people to think for themselves and not be manipulated by others that have knowledge.In the story it shows the government not really caring about the education of the people on how they just burn the books that people try to read, it's basically manipulating the people for their own. In harrison bergeron they give you handicapped and put you in same line of intelligence which makes it difficult to think for the themselves without their education, again it's manipulating the people to for their own needs.

states that “his main interest today was to uphold the Southern Way of Life and no niggers and no Supreme Court was going to tell him or anybody else what to do … a race as hammer headed as … essential inferiority … kinky wooly heads … still in the trees … greasy smelly … marry your daughters … mongrelize the races … mongrelize …. mongrelize” (Lee ?). Jean-Louise becomes physically sickened, unable to grasp how those dearest to her could associate themselves with people who spew such filth, vulgarity, and an openly biased hatred towards others. It is unfathomable how Henry and her father, especially her father, could have adopted such views in the short while that she was away. However, as she sees how widespread these feelings are, and the countless people

Technology is advancing with every year that pasts. This helps us live our lives easier but is that what we need? Technology is fun to play with but it’s also ruining our abilities to communicate with each other. Human contact is decreased and social isolation is increased. With every advancement in technology, we are advancing in social isolation as well.

Montag could see the millions of little crumbles and bits of building that at one time in history were considered modern and original. Montag saw the remains of the building like they were all the rules and standards of society, holding him back in his past. He was startled, confused, and almost refreshed by the perspectives he was receiving from just a long glance at the remains. The thoughts flowing through his mind caught him completely off guard, almost like being slammed with one, bold, enormous brick. They left him feeling empowered and wise, like he all of a sudden understood all the unanswered questions flowing through his mind, even the ones that were nonsense, and he felt free, from the chains, the locks, and the bolts, locking

In Fahrenheit 451 certain people were very different from regular people that you would usually talk to. Montag, was one of the smartest people in the book, He would always talk like he could see the future. People thought he was crazy. He was also a firefighter. In there world there meaning of firefighters are totally different. Instead of putting out fires they start fires.

In Fahrenheit 451 information, independent thought, and freedoms are restricted. The citizens are not allowed to own, possess, or read books. They are kept busy by a plethora of distractions that prevent them from having any ideas of their own. As demonstrated by Mildred, people's attention spans are sufficiently shortened by the technology they are surrounded by, preventing them from seeking any information.

Despite the many similarities between the dystopias of Fahrenheit 451 and the United States, based on comparisons of technological advancements, government, and intellectuality, the United States is the better society to live in.

This specific quote on page 57 shows how Bradbury sees that in the text there is always examples that offend people because of beliefs or race it shows the unity of burning the books so that people can live together in harmony and peace without these books that cause controversy and anger among the fans of this book and the people who are offended,

In Fahrenheit 451, Beatty exists as a paradoxical character which has a profound knowledge from the books he burnt but is still against the keeping of these intellectual products. Skillfully, Ray Bradbury has built up the important villain through whose arguments we can look at more aspects of the existence of books in our society, or generally the maintenance of knowledge. In the conversation between Beatty and The Montags, the fireman captain has indicated his opinions about the increasing focus on speed in the society, “redundancy” and perils of reading, “necessity” of censorship and ways to keep Man happy. These are also the thematic

Have you ever felt like you were outside of the norm? In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character Montag has had much of this feeling. In this dystopian novel Montag, the main character has come to his senses and realized that the rules of the government are absurd. The culture, characters, and themes of the book reflect on the type of world that is in this dystopian.

In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury mentions a lot about TV replacing books. Ray’s predictions were correct about technology taking over books. Most people read online now on their kindles, iPads, iPhones, laptops, or a device that connects to the internet. Even at our school we use audio books. Mr. Bradbury was right to fear the replacement of books with technology. More and more kids are finding less interest in reading. With the growth of technology, kids are finding this more important and procrastinate on assignment, such as reading. There is pros and cons to technology and the replacement of books is most likely the worst. Reading is not appropriately valued in today's society anymore. People do not care to read anymore they

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, in the society, the government mainly focuses on keeping the citizens happy, this causes the citizens to lack curiosity and education. In Part one, when Captain Beatty is explaining why the society has lowered the age level of kindergarten, while Montag is on a “sick day”, Beatty explains, “The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school. That’s why we’ve lowered the kindergarten age year after year. (60 Bradbury). In this society, the government has come to the conclusion that when people think, they get lost or confused and when they get confused, they become unhappy. The government has also figured out that by beginning a child's education at a young age and filling their minds with as many

Throughout your life you've alwyas had the upper-hand, you have a well paying job, you are technologically advanced, and a highly respected individual. You see no present void in your life, and you're happy. One day, on your way home, you stumble upon a girl. After conversating with her, you are overwhelmed with the presence of her knowledge. Desperately wanting to understand the philosophy behind her words, you become fixated on intelligance, love, and the many more forbidden things of society. You soon realize what's beyond the law is saturated with captivating opportunity. So, do you stay in your shackles of society, or do you incinerate the walls of what's impractical? "Fargenheit 451" presents the vigorous journey of a man who risks everything