Fahrenheit 451 Warning Analysis

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” ( Pg.58) This means that since the books hold a large amount of knowledge you never know who will be exposed to it. This relates to the novel because books were hidden from everyone because if its internal value and if people were exposed to them it will begin to shift their society. This quote builds on the ideas of why people should not have access to

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.

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door…Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” –Ray Bradbury. Our world compared to Fahrenheit 451 is such a stark contrast, In our world, books are cherished above all others. In 451 books are illegal. The Firemen start fires instead of putting them out. But the only similarity between our world and there's is that technology is everywhere, it is controlling and brainwashing.

The dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 written by author Ray Bradbury in 1953, shows what he speculates the fate of society to be. Fahrenheit 451 takes places in the corrupt United States when people no longer read books and are satisfied only by entertainment. In Fahrenheit 451, the fire has been perceived in many different ways by the main character Guy Montag, once a fireman. Fire in Fahrenheit 451 represents both rebirth and destruction. Mythological creatures, such as the salamander and Phoenix have influenced the change in the perception of fire.

Members of this society have lost the ability to have true, meaningful relationships with people because they have abandoned everything for technology. Those obsessed with technology are unable to have and keep relationships with other members of their society. Mildred is a key example of this. She values her technology more than her own husband. "She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling , 'Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now. . . . '" (Bradbury 108). MIldred would rather save herself than stay with the man who she supposedly loves when he needs help. She thinks about technology and herself, not Montag or any other human being. “He squinted at the wall. ‘The favourite subject, Myself.’ ‘I understand that one,’ said Mildred” (Bradbury 68). Technology is causing people to forget others and only think of themselves and technology. They

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, whereas ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and McCarthyism in America. That is

Although our real life society is similar to the society in Fahrenheit 451, they are also very different. For example, in the Fahrenheit 451 society, books are illegal, and firemen burn down houses. “Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.” (Bradbury 60). The fire captain says this quote because it is against the law to read or even have books, and he thinks fire cleanses society. But people can read and own books in our society, which I think is a very good

“There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, the mood, the vastness, the wildness,” Emily Carr explains during an interview. Carr explicates a compelling idea: Works of literature contain a sub-meaning or an underlying meaning. These sub-meaning emerges in the bestselling science fiction book written by Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury expresses sub-meanings in his text by utilizing character foils. Through the character foil displayed in the fictional personas, Montag and Beatty, Ray Bradbury elucidates three main ideas: contradicting viewpoints will unfailingly exist; choices define a person; to choose knowledge is greatness.

Fahrenheit 451 is an enlightening story featuring a man, Guy Montag, who is struggling with his desire to read in a society where reading is prohibited. While it is plausible that Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 to inform the readers on how damaging it is to disregard books and turn completely to technology, it is much more likely that he wrote this book to show how important thinking on your own, or individual thinking, is. He does this by creating Montag, a dynamic character who experiences a journey from ignorance to enlightenment. His purpose in doing this is to to warn his audience, predominantly teenagers and young adults, of a possible outcome if people don’t start thinking for themselves.

“Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it. Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book”. Beatty is stating that if some people don’t like the information in books, then the firemen should burn the books or else people would become unhappy.The government is censoring information from the citizens because not everybody would want to know that information or wouldn't support it. “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon, Breach one man’s mind” (Page, 58). The quote is saying, if you have knowledge, then you will be different than others and be considered weird like Clarisse and her family. The government in Fahrenheit 451 wanted everybody to be the same and equal and since not everybody can be smart, they censor books and what you learn in school so everybody will be

“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”- Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury created this novel; not just to make an entertaining story, but to explain the problems of the future. Though this book is fiction, it informs the public on similar problems in the 21st century. Fahrenheit 451 illustrated problems such as technology, the brainlessness of society, and lack of communication. Those problems relate to the main themes of the book: totalitarianism, loss of faith, and the importance of relationships. The downfall of humanity can not be blamed for the lack of structure, but by the attitudes of the people. The actions of humans influences the destruction of mankind

Montag could see the millions of little crumbles and bits of building that at one time in history were considered modern and original. Montag saw the remains of the building like they were all the rules and standards of society, holding him back in his past. He was startled, confused, and almost refreshed by the perspectives he was receiving from just a long glance at the remains. The thoughts flowing through his mind caught him completely off guard, almost like being slammed with one, bold, enormous brick. They left him feeling empowered and wise, like he all of a sudden understood all the unanswered questions flowing through his mind, even the ones that were nonsense, and he felt free, from the chains, the locks, and the bolts, locking

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

‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’ are both dystopian novels published just after the end of the Second World War. ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by George Orwell is set in ‘Airstrip One’; the ‘future’ England, which has become a totalitarian government that persecutes all individualism and independent thinking as ‘thoughtcrime’. ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury however, is set in a future American society where books are outlawed and any found are burned. Both novels explore how governments can oppress their citizens by propaganda, such as the Big Brother posters everywhere, which are meant to give the citizens a feeling of protection, and also denying them the right to knowledge and individualism.

Government, a system that has high dignity and extreme power, decide what people should do, what people should not do. Also, they protect people from their own selfishness and evil. In order to maintain the peace, the government encourage people collaborate together, and share the same belief, therefore, a city won’t have any conflict and struggle. But, everything has a negative side, because of the long time controlling, people changed, they are submissive, they are ignorant, and also, the “Brain” of the city finally stopped thinking. Fahrenheit 451 shows that the fireman montag thought burning was a pleasure to him, but later he realize that the society is lacking self sense, therefore,he started to change.