Fahrenheit 451 Society Quotes

Montag from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, in my opinion, is ignorant. I think this because in the book, Montag is always following the crowd. In part three, Granger says, “I’ve been running ever since. Do you want to join us, Montag?” Montag immediately replies with, “Yes.” He gives no thought as to where he would be going, what he would be doing, or anything more. He hadn’t even known these people before stumbling upon them, yet he is so quick to trust and follow them like a lemming. With the thought of a lemming in mind, Montag also just follows the crowd without a second thought. In part two, Faber is talking to Montag and says, “The public itself stopped reading of its own accord. You firemen provide a circus now and then at which buildings

This passage confuses me because he had never before referred to Clarisse as a friend, they had only know each other for a couple weeks at the most. Montag’s wife was also not dying in the book so that also didn’t make sense to me at all. The person that could have been his friend would likely never be his friend because where would they have never met if they weren’t already friends. Going along with the book it sounds like making new friends and talking a lot is abnormal so it would have drawn suspicion if they did talk and become friends. I find it abnormal that he would remember someone from a year ago and to trust the man he didn't know. Why would he do so? For all he could have known was that the old man was undercover and trying to trick him into something stupid. You shouldn’t trust someone like that when you’re only met once before.

In Part 1 of Ray Bradbury's novel "heit 451," the protagonist, Guy Montag, is initially portrayed as a loyal and dedicated fireman who takes pride in his job of burning books. As a fireman, Montag is conditioned to believe that books are dangerous and subversive, posing a threat to the stability and happiness of society. He is unaware of the flaws in his society because he has been indoctrinated from a young age to accept the government's propaganda and conform to societal norms. On page 1, it says “It was a pleasure to burn.” This quote highlights Montag’s initial enjoyment of his job as a fireman, burning books without questioning the consequences.

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.

Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books and follows all of the rules. He likes his job “It was a pleasure to burn” (pg 3). Montag enjoys his job so deeply that he “grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame” (pg 4). He follows the ideas of society, does not question the government, and tries not to be the odd one out. When he meets his new neighbor, Clarisse, she gets him to think about himself as a fireman and says “So many people are. Afraid of firemen” (pg 6), which tells us that firemen have mediocre popularity among the public.

“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)

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

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

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

Fahrenheit 451 “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” (Martin Luther King Jr.). When individuals are ignorant, people become manipulated which exhibit’s no growth of intelligence which results in the loss of freewill. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the concept of ignorance and manipulation are highlighted through Montag’s awakening that knowledge is necessary in order to be happy.

“Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” -Yehuda Bauer. In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray bradbury, Montag did not stand by and observe the corruption of the government, but instead took matters into his own hands and rebelled for what he believed in. A person is able to rebel when they cannot think their own way, when they are forced to do something, and the uneasiness of being unsafe.

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).

First MIldred is self-centered by the way she acts and how society has been built. In a conversation between her and Montag on page 46, Montag asks, “Will you bring asprin and water?” Mildred responds “You’ve got to get up. Its afternoon. You’ve slept five hours later then usual.”Also on page 48 Montag asks, “Mildred how would it be if, well, maybe i quit my job awhile?” She exctanted, “You want to give up everything? After all these years of working, because, one night, some women and her books!” In these two examples from the novel you can take away that Mildred doesn’t care about what her husband, a fireman, is going through after a ruff night at work. She wants him to work to get another wall for the pallor. Maybe in society has taken away

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.