Fahrenheit 451 Manipulation Quotes

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).

Picture this, a country manipulated by its government. This is the society described in these books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1984 by George Orwell, and Little Brother by Cory Doctorow. Could our country be on the verge of turning into these societies? The issue presented in these books is that too much government surveillance and control is detrimental to society because it can limit people's freedoms and alter people's beliefs. In Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the main character, starts to question his role in society as a firefighter. A firefighter's job is to destroy any type of written literature not produced by the government. When he is called to burn down an old woman's house, Guy starts to question the government's control in his society and decides to rebel against the government's control of written literature. The guy starts stealing books from houses that have been burned. Suddenly, Guy's wife turns him in for stealing books and leaves him. Guy runs from the law and finds a group of renegade book readers who retain the knowledge of the books in their heads. An atomic bomb levels the city and the people who survive are left to create a society of their own. Another example is found in Orwell's 1984 which is set in a similar environment of government control and manipulation. In the book, Winston, the main character, lives in a society of total control by Big Brother, which is the government in their society. The society is watched 24/7 through

“A word to the unwise. Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.” Ellen Hopkins. The government in this society is burning all of the knowledge. The books may be burnt but ideas and your imagination are unretrievable, that can be passed down through generations. The government has the real fear. Censorship is bad and takes away from your imagination and creativity.

“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)

In Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, books are a very big complication in their world. Everyone believes there is something offensive about all books, so no one is allowed to learn from them. Throughout the book Clarisse, Beatty, and Guy discover the true significance behind books. The true significance behind books is that you can learn so much more from them than just going on the internet and watching videos or searching stuff on Google, and it allows you to use your imagination when you are reading a story.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray. Bradbury, books are the root of all the problems that occur. In this quote Montag is expressing to Mildred on why there’s a need for books, and the quote also explains the warfare that will continuously happen all through the story, “‘Is it true, the world works hard and we play, is that why we’re hated so much?’” (70) Throughout the story Montag becomes more and more aware of the world around him.

In Ray Bradbury’s novel, “Fahrenheit 451”, he creates a futuristic society impacted by censorship, where citizens are forced to conform to the government’s manipulation. In this society, all forms of literature became a dangerous gateway to knowledge and are regarded as signs of controversy. Books have been outlawed, and thus the human mind, individuality and thought have all become a blurred existence. Society has become senseless. Merely a place where a fireman’s profession is burning books and any houses found with books kept inside. The novel’s protagonist, Montage, also a fireman, is the narrator of the given quote above. Through the repetitive word “burning”, Bradbury emphasizes Montage’s sense of revelation. Montage realizes he must

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind.” (Bradbury 58) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a futuristic dystopian society; books are burned to restrict knowledge from citizens. Guy Montag, the protagonist, is a fireman who burns the books. Montag is taken by surprise when he meets Clarisse McClellan as he is walking home from work. Clarisse is an anomaly in the society; her stark contrast in comparison to the rest of the world forces Montag to question himself. From there, a rebellion spread that sparks a change in Montag and in society. In his novel Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury constructs the idea that censorship of knowledge causes citizens to discontinue questioning

The author Ray Bradbury uses a lot of rhetorical techniques in Fahrenheit 451 to have a certain effect upon his readers. I believe my passage expressed a lot of the rhetorical techniques that Bradbury was able to put in this small paragraph. Many of these rhetorical techniques were full of allusion, contrast, diction, figure of speech, imagery, point-of-view, and repetition, sentence structure, structure of the passage, syntax, and tone. These were displayed all throughout the passage very clearly.

Political figures control society and the perspective of others. The perspective of others is important to the government that's basically the reason why they censor it. The government has been enforcing censorship on things that could harm society. They do this in order for people not to realize what is happening in civilization. Some of the restrictions that the government enforce are necessary because they do not want our nation to view the improper behavior. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag has never questioned his job until Clarisse McClellan has opened his mind. Montag later questions his job and his doing of burning books. No one ever questions what the government hides from the nation everyone goes along with it.

“If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned.”, this famous quote was wrote by the unknown, however the quote resembles a story written by Ray Bradbury, the story is Fahrenheit 451. “The novel of firemen who are paid to set books ablaze.” , this statement can be found on the front cover of the story Fahrenheit 451. Firefighters should never be the ones to start a fire they should extinguish it, because it destroys homes and families.

Thesis The theme of actions have consequences, applies in both Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut. First Example from Fahrenheit 451: To begin, in Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, a citizen tipped off the firemen about her neighbor, who might own unauthorized book. Almost instantaneously, the firemen appeared at the suspicious neighbor’s front door.

It’s always important to be able to recognize the signs of a government that’s overstepping it’s bounds and becoming a dictatorship. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a man named Guy Montag who is living under a government that is showing those signs. The signs of a totalitarian government that are shown by Fahrenheit include, but aren’t limited to control of the population, destruction of opposing ideas, and increased domestic surveillance.

In Fahrenheit451, Ray Bradbury shows censorship by burning books. Bradbury's story is a fictional novel. Bradbury uses the Nazi book burnings as an inspiration for the story. the story it’s illegal to read In books, in Germany instead the Nazis would burn non-German books. Bradbury shows his theme of censorships through his emotional words, negative Nazi symbol, and American influences speaking out against the Nazis.

In the novel, the public are exploited by the controllers of mass communication through their desire of easy and simple gratification, so much that the public is only consuming shallow “mindless escapisms” and at that point, independent thought ceases to exist (McGiveron, “Trick”). The public is so willing to continually gorge itself on these