Fahrenheit 451 : Dystopia And Modern Society

The typical utopian world that people dream of consists of freedom, equality and political order. Dystopian fiction, however, is only the illusion of a perfect world. In reality, a dystopia is the complete opposite of a utopian society. It is commonly written to warn the reader of what might come if a certain way of life continues. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury predicted many issues that plague society today. The larger societal and individual issues Bradbury warns against are the consequences from the lack of social interactions, the spread and focus on technology, and the rise in violence.

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury tells the story of a dystopic world where books are burned by firemen because they are prohibited. By presenting this, he makes a point on how books are essential and at the same time warning readers. He was trying to say,” If this happens, then this will happen.” He visualized this society in this book, based on his society, which is parallel to our society now. In the dystopic Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury examines his society at the time, and he admonishes readers about possible aspects of future societies, especially mass media, technological advancement, and peoples’ mental health.

Fahrenheit 451 is one of the hundreds of books that contains multiple instances of social commentary. In the novel, Ray Bradbury critiques the citizens as well as their home society, which refer to the censorship the government imposes on the society. Notwithstanding the possible effects, the citizens’ minds drastically change due to the amount of brainwashing they received throughout the years to destroy all of their community’s past. Initially, we can see this when we read that the firemen are completely different than what we know today in comparison to what they formerly were. Firemen now burn houses that carried traces of books on fire to substitute the old style of extinguishing already lit fires. Little do they know that what they’re doing has a lasting impact on the people of their communities.. We see this when Montag ultimately realizes why they burn the books after talking to Clarisse McClellan, the young, perfect-looking woman that Montag finds waiting outside of the fire station one night. Montag couldn’t let anyone know what he was thinking or doing unless he wanted his life to brutally come to an end. Bradbury grew up during the times of censorship as well as the technological advancements. With these changes, a lot of the people worried about the lives of their people, Bradbury consisting of this population of people. He wrote this Novel to demonstrate what life would be like if these changes grew out of hand. During the time Bradbury wrote the book,

Dystopian Literature is fictional writing that criticizes trends, norms, and existing systems through an exaggerated worst-case scenario. In both Fahrenheit 451 and Minority Report, the characteristics of the society being an illusion of a perfect utopian world and citizens under constant surveillance are displayed.

As technology continue to progress, many begin to forget lifes simpler things, like books. The book fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury takes place in a distant future where books are illegal and must be burned by firemen. Distracted by life, Guy Montag, a fireman, begins to question himself if he’s truly happy or just distracted.

Even though Fahrenheit 451 was written over 50 years ago many of the dystopian elements Bradbury applied to his story also apply to our current society. A large portion of today’s world is in a dystopian state such as North Korea, Sierra Leone, Chad and even Disneyland shows dystopian characteristics. The citizens that live in North Korea believe that they are in a utopian state, they worship their leader as a God, have a bureaucratic control and also propaganda control. Four dystopian themes in Fahrenheit 451 that relate to our current society include, citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance, the society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world, information, independent thought and freedom are restricted and a concept or figurehead is worshipped by the society.

In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, there are concepts present around the dystopian, book burning society. In the era where the book takes place, firefighters start fires to burn book that are outlawed by the government. The story revolves around Guy Montague, a firefighter, and his dramatic realization that books are not sinister. In the novel, there are three main concepts, conformity, depersonalization and the pasteurization and condensation of knowledge to make the plot and situations more relatable to readers. Ray gives a lot of examples of conformity in his writing.

Fahrenheit 451 has a society that has many differences from ours. In the book’s society, firemen start fires instead of putting them out. However, Fahrenheit 451’s society also have similarities to modern day society. In the book’s society, people don’t read. Instead they choose to watch television a lot. In modern society, less people are enjoying amazing novels and sit, watch television or play video games all day.

In the end, Fahrenheit 451 is an opportunity for the reader to be shown certain faults of society, such as television and the school system. Although these things may seem trivial now, they could be extremely worrisome in the future. And there is always a chance that, sooner or later, we might also be on that path to burning our

Fahrenheit 451 (F451) is a novel by Ray Bradbury about a dystopian society set in the future. Bradbury is showing what will happen to society today if the course is not changed. The culture of the dystopian society is oddly familiar, characters make drastic changes to themselves, and many themes are outlined throughout the novel.

In Fahrenheit 451 citizens live in a dehumanized state. An example of this would be when Montag was on the run and a group of teenagers decided to try and run him over. They had absolutely no reason to want him dead, they were doing it because they thought it was fun. Another example is how common suicide and murder seems to be in the book. The people see it as a completely normal thing to do. They see nothing wrong with killing themselves or any other animal or person. An additional example would be when Mildred’s friend talked about her children as if they are accessories and not humans. She said they would kick her as soon as kiss

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag was a citizen of a dystopian world where books were banned because they promoted creativity and free thinking. Montag loved his job as a fireman; which was burning books. After meeting his neighbor Clarisse, who asks him if he was happy; Montag starts to question if he truly is happy. Montag later on, starts to think about the books and houses he burned and starts to feel sick and hate his job as a fireman. At the end of the novel Montag realizes he does not want to live in a society where you can't be a freethinker and learn from new ideas.

The book Fahrenheit 451 is placed in a dystopian society. The author is Ray Bradbury and the point of this book is to make us take time and to slow down and enjoy what we have around us because someday it might not be there and to think about censorship. He is wanting us to be thankful for what we have around us that is good and that we might take for granted sometimes. Ray Bradbury also makes us take time to think about what symbolism he is using in the book to represent certain things in the book. Technology now is getting way out of hand to where we think that it is a necessary need to want and we think that we need it and in all reality we really don’t. It’s making us feel like we have to rely on it and that we can’t do much for ourselves. And how bad censorship can be to our society.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a novel which gives readers much thought about the society he/she lives in today. Bradbury makes a major point about the risks that a divided society can display. The genre of dystopian literature best fits Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. The novel presents a negative view of behavior according to society's uniform expectations, the citizens' fear of the outside world, and the protagonist questioning, society although he is in high-standing within the social system.

If I lived in the same totalitarian society that Fahrenheit 451 was set in and I could pick three books to memorize, I would choose “The Origins of Species” by Charles Darwin, “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and “1984” by George Orwell. I would pick these books because there is a lot to learn from them. In this totalitarian society, the way that the government controls the citizens is by having their education restricted. The more educated the citizens would be, the more the government would be seen as questionable. This is why I picked books with content that every person should know of and understand.