Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

Clarisse’s talking is significant to the outcome of the story. Her talking caused Montag to start reading books. This triggered the climax of the whole book. Her challenging Montag and his society’s thinking lead him to change his view upon literature. Even though Clarisse remained a static character, she influenced Montag to open his eyes and see what really is going on in his society. This insight is significant because it makes a connection to our society. Clarisse had certain characteristics that we have today. Since she was regarded as crazy, these characteristics of hers show how our society is different from their dystopian one.

When an author produces a work of literature, they are greatly influenced by the world around them. Inspired by life in society, authors are able to create work that speaks to their observations and views on society and its functions. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury incorporated the corruption of the society in which he lived in into the dystopian society created in his book. Fahrenheit 451, a fictional book about a protagonist’s attempt to overcome a dystopian society’s corruption, was written by Ray Bradbury while living in 1950’s America. The book focuses on themes of censorship, and illustrates the effects of when a society is controlled and limited. The correlation between the story and the time it was written is

The author is showing us that Guy was having contradicting feelings about what Clarisse has said. Bradbury has chose to put the contradicting words next to each other to create a pulling effect. As a result, it makes the reader feel the confusing tug-of-war effect as Montag did. Even though he has an uneasy feeling about the girl, Montag is still fascinated by her and is interested enough to stick around to listen to what she says.

Albert Einstein once said, "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." Back then there was very little technology that was controlling humanity. Today, phones are captivating societies around the world. Based on this, what will happen in the future? Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, portrays a world where technology goes too far. Throughout the novel, Bradbury proposes the idea of mindlessness of mass culture. It is a warning to societies everywhere because one day that could be the reality. The definition of happiness changes along with interest and care. They no longer care about anything. The definition of knowledge is also changed. They no longer read. This book was written when T.V First came out, and now seeing how technology is driving society today, this book is a cautionary novel. Their happiness, knowledge and mindlessness is all changed due to technology. This may be a society someday.Bradbury proposes warnings about the mindlessness of mass culture

Fire is believed to be a key tool for survival, in Fahrenheit 45, it is killing them. It’s bright and entertaining but when the final embers fade from existence, it becomes dark and soul crushing. Fire used for the most basic human needs like to cook raw meat so we can eat it and survive, but it also kills a family when the blanket is left to close to a space heater. When you see that all that remains of the Holy Bible, is a black compressed brick, then and only then you realize how unforgiving fire truly is. Ray Bradbury is not a writer, he is a pyromaniac, every metaphor and description is just used to satisfy his addiction. If I had to narrow down all the characteristics of fire down into three words, they would be entertaining, depressing, and powerful. If I had to describe Fahrenheit 451 in three words, they would be entertaining, depressing, and powerful.

When writing the introduction to Fahrenheit 451, author Neil Gaiman stated that “ideas--written ideas--are special. They are the way we transmit our stories and our thoughts from one generation to the next. If we lose them, we lose our shared history”. Gaiman is absolutely correct; especially because what he is saying heavily applies to books. Books are a critical aspect in shaping humanity as a whole, they create and share a network of creative ideas, history, and overall entertainment; to lose books would be like losing patches of humankind’s history. Creativity, history, feelings and thoughts: all of the aspects that make us human...gone. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury illustrates the story of a man named Guy Montag who struggles to live in a futuristic dystopian society where censorship through book burning is prominent. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses multiple motifs to emphasize a certain idea or convey a message to the reader better. A motif is a recurring subject, theme, idea, or even a physical object that appears in literature. Ray Bradbury’s hostile tone towards technology gives meaning to the reader by depicting the message that technology has the power to completely detach people from their genuine emotions, as well as urge readers to not get too attached to technology because it separates them from relationships in real life.

What would happen if society sped up so much that murders were overlooked, billboards had to be built miles long so we would notice them, books were outlawed, knowledge was forbidden, and memories were hard to come by? In the 1950 novel Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury presents a society which invokes much thought about the way we live in society today. It’s a story about a lifestyle in the future that has evolved from our present, but in seemingly different worlds. Through the protagonist, Guy Montag, Bradbury makes a wider point about the dangers that a society can present. The government of this future forbids its people from reading or taking part in individual thinking. This science fiction tells the story of a community that relies on technology advancements to guide them in their everyday lives. His characters live in a fast paced society where they don’t read books, watch a lot of TV and drive very fast. Does this sound familiar?

In the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury strongly criticizes government control and the loss of freedom in a totalitarian government. Every citizen is a thoughtless drone in the community with no sense of creativity or individuality. Bradbury expresses total domination through different types of censorship; the act of burning books, the role of firemen, and outcasts such as Clarisse. As a result, a dystopian society is formed and the citizens have no independence of their lives.

Why did firefighters back then have to burn down books and burn down houses? Back in the during the novel how you know that people wasn't reading books and people was lying about them and they burn down the houses for no reason. Who came up with the idea burn books burn down the house who read them?

The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a “hero” Guy Montag that realizes his world isn’t as it seemed before. The main character, Montag is a firefighter but in Montag’s society firefighters set fires and they burn books that people have banned instead of putting out fires since all their houses are fireproof so there is no need to be a normal firefighter that puts out fire. Clarisse, an almost 17 year old girl , helped Montag to stop and look around. Clarisse seems to represents nature and is a strange and mysterious character that tastes the rain, smells like strawberries and apricots, plays with flowers, and stops to look at the billboards when the whole society is busy moving fast. Her uncle is mentioned a lot whenever Montag talks to Clarisse and the uncle is to be inspiring her to be different. Near the end of chapter one Montag learns from his wife Mildred, that Clarisse had died from a car accident. Montag starts to read the books that he had hidden with Mildred and even takes on the subway. When Montag decides he needs help to change the world he goes to a former professor to form a plan to make a stand in the world. One of themes of Fahrenheit 451 is ignorance vs. knowledge which can be seen from the setting, characters, and plot.

The book that I read for my IRP and will reviewing is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This book was published by Ballantine Publishing group books in october 1953. Ray Bradbury felt that this 179 page book is a masterpiece.and knew this book would become popular.

Imagine a world without books, without the pieces of literature and knowledge that throughout history have helped shape great minds and influenced the education system. Picture the extent of the effects of a world so insipid, one where socializing is no longer a norm and abstract thought is rare and frowned upon. That is exactly what Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 depicts through the perspective of its protagonist, Guy Montag. Through his eyes, we experience life with the consequences of the extinction of books. History itself has proven the devastating event that is book burning; Nazi Germany’s book burning in the 1940s is exemplary of this. Technology has slowly aided in the plummeting of reading with so much media and trivial information that fills our minds with ideas that lead us astray from anything of intellectual value. Through media political parties have the power to influence society like never before; because of this destructive power ignorant people are prevailing with their trifling thoughts and petty commentary. Although the improvement of technology has facilitated the spread of such things as fashion and gossip, there is evidence that rich culture and heritage is having a harder time surmounting inessential information for example, Kylie Jenner’s lip fad, languages have faded, great authors are of less importance and art is underappreciated. Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 shows us the standpoint of a man battling to save a derailing society that practices book

for anyone else’s approval” (DailykarmaQuotes.com). The main character, Guy Montag, in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury proves this point because he disregards society’s rules to find his true happiness. The book is about a society where books are burned and people are not allowed to think. The society has firefighters, but instead of putting out fires, they start the fires. The main character, Guy Montag, is a firefighter that meets a unique teenage girl named Clarisse, and starts thinking about true happiness. After seeing a woman get burned to death along with her books, Guy becomes curious about books. He starts reading them and showing them to Mildred, his wife. Guy eventually gets caught and has to burn his house down with all of the books in it. He then burns the fire chief and is on the run from the government. While he is being hunted like a deer, a war is going on and a nuclear warhead destroys the whole city. A strong message that Bradbury is trying to tell us is that people cannot let technology take over their life since it is only a cover up for true happiness. Happiness is based on one’s freedom because those who live outside of society and those who choose to defy the government are truly happy, while those who allow the government to control them are not happy at all.

People all over the world today try to escape their country to come to the United States so that they can be free and happy. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury set in 24th century America, tells about Guy Montag and what the future is turning into. Montag is a firefighter that becomes interested in books, which banned from anyone to read. Montag’s wife then turns him in because she thinks it is wrong to try and think and read; she thinks that she is happy with all the television they have and thinks they will be sad if they do read. Montag takes books during the times her is supposed to be burning down houses and keeps them covert form his wife because he does not want to be turned in and have to burn down his own house. Once Montag is caught he has to burns down his house. He ends up killing his chief and goes on the run and finds others that think books are going to help the world. Montag returns to the city after it got bombed and to show the people books and how they will make them happy. One of the main messages Bradbury sends future readers with his novel is that happiness is based on one’s freedom because those who live outside of society and those who choose to defy the government are truly happy while those who allow the government to control them are not happy at all.

Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury first in 1950 and titled The Fireman, a shorter version of the novel we know today, published in 1953. It is a dystopian, science fiction novel focused around a future world that has banned reading and burns books. War is nonchalant and expected, government propaganda is being spouted through their ears, and no one is slowing down enough to live their life. Firemen are made to start fires at the houses of those people that have been reported as book owners and readers, reported by their neighbours, friends, or family. With a message of censorship, TV overtaking people’s lives, and asking critical questions, Fahrenheit 451 has been applied to many generations as the influence of media grows.