Fahrenheit 451, And Ray Bradbury's Meaning Of The Struggle For Freedom

In the science fiction story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the society he portrays is shown as dystopian society and the society is damaging the lives of the people living in it. First off, in the story the school systems don't allow the students to express feelings or thoughts and, even variety. “,but do you know we never ask questions , or at least most don't; they just run answers at you,...that's not social to me at all.”(bradbury 29). The students don't get to think for themselves they are in a society where everything is shown as a black and white and dull theme, making everything feel unpleasant. Not only… But also, the people and the government does not care for themselves or their society, they’re just living in a place where they

Fahrenheit 451 is a classic book read by many generations. It is known as a science fiction bookabout the future. The author of this novel is Ray Bradbury, who loved writing since he was a little boy. Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1953. Bradbury died in 2012, but he lives on in the words of his 50+ books he had written. Fahrenheit 451 , which was previously titled The Fireman, is his most well known book, and even though only 190 pages, it explains almost everything happening in the book. Fahrenheit 451 will live on for many decades.

“With rebellion, awareness is born,” quoted by Albert Camus. An act of rebellion can cause awareness and open people's eyes to horrendous acts. In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, when Montag realizes that the government wasn’t being fair, he decided he needed to make the society aware. Montag knew a rebellion was the only way to show that the government was not treating citizens right. It is acceptable to rebel when it is believed that the government is being unfair to their citizens because citizens should have the right to freely speak their opinions. People shouldn’t be told what they can or can’t-do for pleasure and they should be able to express their uniqueness.

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 the novel Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury) we see many connections to the modern world. Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is set in a dystopian future where the government controlled everything and books are banned. Writing ahead of his time Bradbury was able to predict many things such as the seashells which are earbuds and wall tv’s. He was very accurate in his predictions so it would be wrong to dismiss his motifs as impossible. In fact some things such as police brutality, suicide, and drug usage occur in the present already.

The book Fahrenheit 451 is set in a dystopian, authoritarian world. The main character, Guy Montag, joins a movement for books when he begins to go against his society’s and government’s regulations. It is a book about censorship, individualism, and mass media.

INTRODUCTION. In my English class at Capital High School, we recently read the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and we discussed whether freedom is really free. In my opinion, I think that freedom is free, but it has its limitations. People always complain about not being able to do the things they want to do but it’s all about contentment. It’s all in the mind and in the way we see things. We, the citizens of the United States, are trained to practice our rights such as the Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion which I believe is very significant to a person, but nowadays, people tend to abuse it and when someone tries to correct them, the tendency is that they would get mad and would answer back saying that they’re free to say whatever they want to say. I personally think that this shouldn’t be our mindset towards freedom. Freedom is free, but we should not abuse it nor take advantage of it in the wrong way. Freedom is important because it is a way of expressing yourself and a way for people to get to know you as a person that’s why this is significant to me. My main goal in this letter is to express and tell you my opinion about the abuse of our freedom by connecting two articles and the book, Fahrenheit 451.

Freedom is defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The soldiers in the American revolution demonstrated this at the Battle of Valley Forge when facing starvation, disease, and hypothermic temperatures.

Thucydides, an Athenian historian and general, once said, “The secret to happiness is freedom, and the secret to freedom is courage.” Freedom is defined as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Throughout history, reformers have rallied against leaders and fought for what they believed in. To live a quality life, certain freedoms are necessary. In a Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.F by Robert F. Kennedy, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Animal Farm by George Orwell, different types of people are represented through different ideas of struggling for freedom: a man leading others to receive the freedom they want, a man going against society’s rules to read literature, and animals overtaking humans in hopes of being treated fairly.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 the theme is a society/world that revolves around being basically brain washed or programmed because of the lack of people not thinking for themselves concerning the loss of knowledge, and imagination from books that don't exist to them. In such stories as the Kurt Vonnegut's "You have insulted me letter" also involving censorship to better society from vulgarity and from certain aspects of life that could be seen as disruptive to day to day society which leads to censorship of language and books. Both stories deal with censorship and by that society is destructed in a certain way by the loss of knowledge from books.

The First Amendment grants the freedom of speech for all United States citizens. Envision not possessing this right, but also not being able to think freely. If a future filled with no individual expression and everyone and everything looking the same came to mind, you were close, but not quite there. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is about a war ridden society that restricts the freedom of thought through the practice of banning and burning books. An analysis of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 displays change is needed because it opens one’s eyes which is illustrated by his use of character interaction, detailed events, and revealing the character’s thoughts.

Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, which portrays Bradbury’s prediction of how one day humans will forget the joy of reading. This story takes place in a future dystopian city, where any actions related to books are illegal. The novel’s protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman, whose job involves burning books for a living. Throughout the story, the citizens live their mundane lives, which includes watching parlor walls (television) and having minimal connections with their friends or family. In part three of the novel, Bradbury writes about Guy Montag and how he is on-the-run from the officials of the city because of the many crimes he has committed such as reading books, hiding books, and the act of murder against his boss. Montag then joins a group of literary enthusiasts who are also hiding from the officials. The group is suddenly shocked to see a bombardment happening in the city. As the bombs fall, the passage shows Montag’s inner thoughts, emotions and his perspective on the explosion. This passage may seem like an average action scene at first glance, but through a deeper analysis, one can find Ray Bradbury’s use of contrasting words, variety of languages, and allusions, to suspense readers and foreshadow a new beginning to the meaningless lives of the citizens.

The staple of societal thought, freedom, is the power to act, speak, or think as one wants without the concern of being oppressed (Webster). Freedom, is a unique element to the mixture of liberty across the United States. Martin Luther King Jr’s a “letter of Birmingham Jail,” and Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence both advocate the claim for freedom. Both of these historical figures make this apparent by arguing for the protest against tradition, a change across unjust laws, although they differ between the kinds of change to be enforced.

In Rand and Bradbury’s futuristic novels, they show the rebirth of a new age of wanting a change in society. When a person is being monitored and manipulated within a society, they’re unable to realize how corrupt their society is. In both Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem, the use of protagonists, opening scenes, and other characters bring us to a similar theme, freedom of individuality. Rand and Bradbury effectively utilize their main characters to tell readers to do what they want, teaching them the overall importance of freedom and liberty.

To begin, rebelling against oppressive rule has allowed Montag to escape their rulers brainwashing and free their minds from the corruptive manipulation put in place by ruling powers. Author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury goes on to explain, “If you don’t want a man unhappy politically, don’t give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.