Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

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.

Firemen set fire to books rather than extinguish flames in buildings in the future depicted in Fahrenheit 451

Barton and Montag:Two men, one zeal Often times, when people set their mind to something, they will go as far as that cause brings them. Whether it be for better or for worse. In the stories, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and “Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin, both characters, Montag and Barton, are highly devoted to a cause. The similarities between Barton and Montag are pronounced and they deserve thorough investigation.

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” These words, said by activist and philosopher Martin Luther King Jr., are also portrayed in the book Fahrenheit 451 by author Ray Bardbury. Through the characters Guy Montag, Mildred Montag, and Clarisse McCellan, Ray Bradbury shows that depending on the influences you let guide your life, you can end up affecting yourself and others in good and bad ways. Guy Montag begins as a brainwashed follower of society until he meets Clarisse who opens his mind to the deteriorating world around them, starting his hunt for good influences and teachers in the world. Clarisse opens his mind just by getting him to think and process things again, when she asks “Are you happy?”

Jaxton Barger Honors English 10 Mr. Hofsass 3/1/24 Guy Montags Development in Fahrenheit 451 Is it possible for one man to lead a rebellion against a tyrannical government with ideals consisting of conformity and a dystopian society? That one man has the name of Guy Montag. In Fahrenheit 451, a man who goes by the name Guy Montag is a firefighter who burns books. He starts as a citizen who conforms to the government standards and does not give a second thought to it. Guy Montag then meets a seventeen-year-old girl named Clarisse, who ponders and questions the society they live in, leaving Guy Montag stuck with the question, “Are you Happy?”.

Being told you’re happy and believing it doesn’t make it true. Fahrenheit 451 is about a society that bans books and promotes violence and TV. The people in Fahrenheit 451 think that they are happy because what they live with seems normal to them. However, when a character realizes the world they live i has not always been the same, they become unhappy.

By analyzing the story Fahrenheit 451, it can be proven that Millie had the chance to change in the story, but decided not to.

In Fahrenheit 151, a book written by Ray Bradbury, one of the major points of the plot is censorship. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag, the protagonist, begins to steal books from the fires he’s responded to and hides them inside his air vent. Beatty, his chief, explains how books used to be and how citizens were horrified and offended by them. Authors began to edit their books, trying not to offend anyone, and as a result, began to create dull and boring books. Society then decided to burn all the books then have more people offended by them. Montag then decides to talk to Faber, a retired professor who team up to start planting reprinted books in houses for firemen to find. After trying to show his wife about the books and how useful they are, his wife betrays Montag by burning his house down. This was society’s way of censorship, by banning books that promote free thinking.

In a society where firefighter’s purposely burn books, anything is possible. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a firefighter, Guy Montag, follows the rules and expectations of burning books. The job of a firefighter is to burn books because they are banned in the society Montag is a part of. Throughout the book Montag meets various characters that create curiosity and help him gain knowledge about the rules of his society. In the end, Montag is able to develop his own opinions and views about the rules he is following.

A society that values technology and suppresses knowledge has been brainwashed into believing what others have deemed unnecessary, although not true. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury depicts Montag’s cold, lifeless room in order to suggest that the technology-ruled, dystopian society has been corrupted, leading to a feeling of emptiness.

1. Mildred says these words to Guy Montag. She tells him that books aren’t people which are found in her TV parlor which she enjoys being with. She calls the people on the TV her family. She compares the books to her TV. She says that the people on the TV tell her things and make her laugh and they are full of colors, whereas the books are black and white and don’t make sense to anybody and doesn’t make her laugh instead makes her feel bad.

“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)

“’Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames’” (Bradbury 6). In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is a fireman, someone that burns books for the government to keep a firm control on what knowledge society has. However, through a series of events populated by an attempted suicide, a young girl, and an old man, Montag is shown a life where books are treasured instead of feared and hated. Armed with a vision of what the world has been, and could be like again, Montag ultimately meets up in the aftermath of a war with others that share his vision, and they begin their mission to make fire something other than a source of fear: a healing power.

In fahrenheit 451 struggle revolves around the tension between knowledge and ignorance. Firemen destroy knowledge of all forms, books in perticlar. This doesn’t stop Montag though. He is given many struggles because he wants to learn. I feel like this is somewhat relevant to nowadays society. We faced with those who want to be knowledged but majority has turned to substance and have become consumed in it. Society in fahrenheit 451 is very similar to today’s society. The education system is at a falling point and ignorance is growing. What though should become more important substance or knowledge and growing to a person.

Picture society in a couple hundred years where nothing will ever be the same. Laws will be changed, technology will be more advanced and no one will remember how life previously was. People will live in a society where the government will control everyday living, and technology will over power one’s mind. Dystopian films and stories are not used to predict the future but to guide you if something like that were to ever come about. One key factor that influences the story or film is how the author or producer uses stylistic elements to send a social commentary message to the audience. The conversational sentence structure in Fahrenheit 451 creates an informal tone. The story, being told in third person, contemplates the events from the protagonist's