Fahrenheit 451 Empathy Quotes

Supporting Point #1: Montag met a strange girl named Clarisse while walking home one night. After brief conversation, Montag realized how

Sympathetic Scenes in Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag lives in an unfeeling society. People in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 avoid deep thought and emotions because it might cause them pain. According to Beatty, all media in the world reflects the comfortable mindlessness of the people so that they can live happier lives. Characters who are absorbed in the media, like Mildred, are generally indifferent to tragedy within the book. Many events in the book also prompt indifference in the reader, while others are meant to evoke sympathy.

This quote happens at the end of Part One of Fahrenheit 451 when Montag reads an excerpt of a book to Mildred. This quote appears in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Johnathon Swift; this novel tells the story of two empires who came to be at war. This quote specifically talks about the way people broke their eggs to eat. The people of this empire have always broken their eggs on the large end, however, after the king's son cut himself, the king ordered his people to break their eggs on the short end. Many people opposed this law, and pandemonium broke out within the people leading them to kill the king, and lose his crown. When Mildred heard this quote, she did not understand the quote and came to the conclusion that books were stupid. However,

“It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 3). This opening quote of Ray Bradbury’s futuristic novel, Fahrenheit 451, is a critical one. This line is spoken by the protagonist, Guy Montag. He is a fireman but not the everyday stereotypical type; he enjoys burning. He lives in a futuristic society in which a fireman’s job is to burn prohibited literature.

“Play the man Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s Grace in England, as I trust shall never be put out” (Bradbury 33). In the book Fahrenheit 451 Nicholas Ridley was a character who said that on October 16, 1555 in defiance of firemen burning down his house as well as his books he decided to go with. Those words helped push Montag into the this long spiral downwards into unknown territory where he tried to make people see the beauty of books, but did something rather different.

A quote from the song says, “Off in the distance, there is resistance bubbling up and festering” (Imagine Dragons 3). Faber could be singing this because he disagrees with the rules of society and knows that he is not the only one, therefore being resistant. However, he prefers to keep at a distance and stay safe in his home. “Faber peered out, looking very old in the light and very fragile and very much afraid” (Bradbury 46). In Fahrenheit 451, Faber helps Montag in his plans to bring back books and change society, but he stays in the comfort of his own home for fear of being hated by the society. Faber would also say, “Here in the heckle, Holding the shackle, I was never welcome here” (Imagine Dragons 6). Faber was originally an English

The quote, “Where they burn books, they will end in burning humans,” seems to be correct for several different reasons. Literally and figuratively, this quote appears in society and in the book Fahrenheit 451. In recent history, many humans have been burned by fire. For example, the Holocaust started with burning books and ended with burning humans. In Fahrenheit 451, many examples such as Montag burning Captain Beatty, a lady burning with her books, and kids burning things for fun prove this quote true.

(41) The connection between Montag and Mildred had diminished so much that “he couldn’t believe he knew her at all.” (39) This causes him to start to change his view on society because it’s so heavily built on things that diminish human connection, something which Montag longs for, after meeting

“The more that you read, the more that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” These impactful words from children’s novelist Dr. Suess emphasize the importance of reading to expand one's mind and to experience new worlds. This quote shows the critical role of books in personal growth and exploration. In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist, Montag, a firefighter, discovers the magic of books too late.

Montag questions Mildred on how they met and she just brushes the question off saying that it was “funny… not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife” when they had been married for so long (43). The fact that Mildred does not care to remember how she met her own husband shows how she is oblivious to everything around her including Montag. In Contrast to facing her problems, Mildred gets in her car and “push[es] [the speed] up to one hundred and five miles an hour” not caring about the animals she

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by Ray Bradbury that depicts a futuristic American society where books are banned and independent thought is persecuted. Bradbury uses his imagination to take a hard look at a world consumed by technology, and he presents predictions about pleasure, violence and anti-intellectualism that are alarmingly similar to the modern American society. Notably, in both societies people find pleasure in entertainment that is endlessly preoccupying. Second, people are violent and careless. Finally, anti-intellectualism and suppression of independent thought affect both societies, as firemen ban books in Fahrenheit 451 and, in the

Although it is not directly stated in the text, readers can infer Montag feels let down by Mildred’s comments and

At a time when criticizing the routines of society didn’t happen without a reactive consequence, Ray Bradbury constructed Fahrenheit 451, a novel displaying his opinions about the doomed future of mankind. Bradbury predicted many aspects about our modern day society back when this book was published in 1953. Numerous characteristics of the world Bradbury created are emulated in our lives today. Fahrenheit 451 exhibits how reliance on technology, censorship, and adolescent violence mirrored from media can negatively affect the lives of children and adults in society.

When there are large powers in society, it is often to find that individuals hold an insignificant amount of power against them. The society described by Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451, clearly demonstrates this idea as the larger powers at play hold supreme power over helpless individuals. Published in 1953 around times of the Cold war and McCarthyism, the novel reflects Ray Bradbury’s personal concerns towards individuality through the means of consumerism and conformity. In the novel, knowledge is known to cause individuality. Individuality allows people to think, to form their own opinions, beliefs and personal values which threatens governmental social and political structures. When we are introduced to individuals who attempt to disregard

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 presents readers with multiple themes. In the fictional society of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, books are banned and firemen create fires instead of putting them out. Bradbury portrays the society as dystopian. Bradbury crafted the novel to be interpreted intellectually. The characters claim to be happy. However, the reader can conclude otherwise. Bradbury creates a question for the reader to answer: Is ignorance bliss or does the ability to think for oneself create happiness? Bradbury shows the importance of self-reflection, happiness and the ability to think for oneself as well as isolation due to technology, and the importance of nature and animals. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury conveys the stories’ themes through characterization and symbols.