Conformity, known as working in unison with authorities serves an essential role in making the global community function through policies and set of laws that are regulated upon a vast population. John F. Kennedy, an American politician sheds a different light on conformity than what it is commonly understood as through his famous quote, "Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." This quote reveals the increasing control conformity has taken on one's mind, promoting the importance of being accepted by others rather than accepting one's own individual personality and capabilities. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury demonstrates conformity as a mask that hides one from the raw inner soul, abolishing one's freedom to think …show more content…
Such people rely on the effects of drugs as a way to escape the despair they face every day. From a regular use of drugs, people become insensitive to their feelings and inactive in their contributions to the world. However, these people feel obligated to follow the ways of the community, leading to them believing they are happy which is not a choice given to them but a duty. They are left with no choice but to become ignorant of their sad emotions in order to live a normal life like others. This is displayed when Mildred does not remember her experience of consuming pills and claims to be happy. This proves to be unhealthy for the civilians since ignoring one's own needs and struggles can lead to that person ending their life. The burst of emotions Mrs. Phelps experiences as Montag reads a poem is proof of the detachment citizens face from their emotions through conformity. When Montag is finished reading a poem, named 'Dover Beach' to Mildred and her friends, he notices that "Mrs. Phelps was crying" (100). However, when Mrs. Phelps is confronted about the cause of the crying, she herself admits to not knowing why as she exclaims, "'I-I...don't know, don't know, I just don't know, oh, oh...'" (100) The confused state of Mrs. Phelps not being knowledgeable on the
between our world and the novel’s world, like why people break the law, how robots change the world, and how books are important in our world and in the world of fahrenheit 451.
The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is, just because everyone else is choosing to have ignorance and refuse to gain any knowledge, doesn’t mean that you can’t choose to gain knowledge. One quote from the book that supports my theme is, “In all rush and fervor, Montag has only an instant to read a line, but it blazed his mind for the next minute as if stamped there with fiery steel” (Bradbury 34). This quote relates to the theme, because it shows how Montag chose to read a line from the book to fulfill his curiosity about books, even though it is against the rules of his job. In Fahrenheit 451, Faber states, “It’s not books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books. The same things that could be in the ‘parlor families’ today.
Happiness is something many people vie for but can't quite reach. It's something that is a result of fully developing one's potential. In Ray Bradbury's, Fahrenheit-451, the main character, Guy Montag, experiences internal conflicts such as his sudden realization of unhappiness and his insatiable home life.
The movie, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, expresses many situations which we might still live in. Ray Bradbury showcased many examples where the government validated what was right for society. People were so comfortable living under censorship that they did not even imagine they were giving up their freedom of expression. The main character in the novel, a 30-year-old man named Guy Montag, became a fireman whose duties were to search for books in people’s homes and burned them. He performed his job and did not think he was harming anyone. His dad was a fireman and so was his grandfather. He felt being a fireman was a family tradition. Throughout the movie, Guy Montag rebelled against control and conformity. He had realized
The fear of the truth and admitting the truth is boldly seen in Fahrenheit 451, and then when it is revealed to the person, it results in brokenness and sorrow. Beatty is a prime example of avoiding the truth. Throughout the book, he hints at knowing the truth, but covers it up by burning books and peoples' opinions, and then building technology full of junk. Because of this, Beatty is left broken and sad, and eventually, he pays for it. When Montag was burning his house along with the books, he pointed the flame thrower at Beatty and stood there. He turned it on and flames ate Beatty up, then he thought to himself afterwards that "Beatty wanted to die. In the middle of crying Montag knew it for the truth. Beatty wanted to die. He had just stood there, not really trying to save himself, just stood there, joking, needling, thought Montag, and the thought was enough to stifle his sobbing and let him pause for air" (116).
Lastly Mildred is unfeeling. She doesn’t show much feeling when her husband is sick. She didn’t show any feelings when she told Montag that Clarisse was died. “No. The same girl. McClellan. McClellan. Run over by a car. Four days ago. I’m not sure. But i think she’s dead.”
While Montag is on the run in the streets, he hears through a Seashell a command for everyone to look for him, and his mind pictures a very realistic image: “He imagined thousands on thousands of faces peering into yards, into alleys, and into the sky, faces hid by curtains, pale, night-frightened faces, like gray animals peering from electric caves, faces with gray colorless eyes, gray tongues and gray thoughts looking out through the numb flesh of his face” (132). He pictures “thousands on thousands” of people conforming to the will of an upper government, no questions asked. They all will do exactly as told, but something about the image seems especially unsettling. The word “gray” was repeated four times and connected to every phrase describing them. This color is often associated with blandness and lack of unique color, and
Often in literature a character who is alienated from society. In Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse McClellan is alienated from her society. Clarisse is alienated through her abnormal values, her family’s values, and by not attending to society’s norm. This can show, through her alienation, her society’s morals and values.
Knowledge makes our world go round. Knowledge is what makes us move further and revolve into something more. In the book “Fahrenheit 451” it states “they say you retain your knowledge even when you’re sleeping, if someone whispers in your ear”(Bradbury,89). Knowledge can never be taken from you. Even when you’re asleep your mind runs.
“You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that. The others would walk off and leave me talking. Or threaten me. No one has time any more for anyone else. You're one of the few who put up with me. That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow. (Page 21)
Fahrenheit 451 is a book that uses a lot of imagery in order to convey its message written by Ray Bradbury an American author and screenwriter who let himself through his imagination. Theis novel book is set in a futuristice American society where people are not allowed to read books. The story revolves around the main character, Montag, a fireman whose job it is to burn books, and the people that he meets and experiences that challenges him to his societaly beliefs. Fire is one image that is used as something that represents distraction. Sad,unhappy and not adventurous are a way to describe Montag.
“ Don't step on the toes of the dog lovers, the cat lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons,
Topic sentence: In Fahrenheit 451 the author, Ray Bradbury, comments on society’s complacency to let people kill themselves through how normal the world around Montag accepts people dying.
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 features a fictional and futuristic firefighter named Guy Montag. As a firefighter, Montag does not put out fires. Instead, he starts them in order to burn books and, basically, knowledge to the human race. He does not have any second thoughts about his responsibility until he meets seventeen-year-old Clarisse McClellan. She reveals many wonders of the world to Montag and causes him to rethink what he is doing in burning books. After his talks with her, the society’s obedience to the law that bans knowledge, thinking, and creativity also increasingly distresses him. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury shows conformity in the futuristic America through schooling, leisure, and fright.
Questioning the way life works can sometimes lead to trouble. In most places, rules were meant to be obeyed, not questioned. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury places Guy Montag in dystopian society that does not believe in knowledge and makes him the person that enforces this law. Guy, in the beginning of the novel, is known to be someone who follows all the rules, takes pride in his work, and never questions anything. Being placed in a Dystopian society where ignorance is bliss, all books were burned by the fireman, such as Guy.