Fahrenheit 451 Week 3 Defense Mechanisms

As with any personality type, defense mechanisms play a major role in how we handle situations. The ego has many techniques at its disposal to deal with unwanted thoughts and desires. These are known collectively as defense mechanisms. (Burger 2015 p. 46) Defense mechanisms are automatic psychological responses to internal and external stressors and conflict. (APA, 1994: Perry et al., 1998)

People whose self-concept high incongruence makes their experience contradict with their self-perception. Relatively incongruent self-concept leads to recurrent anxiety. There for from this anxiety they display defensive behaviour in order to relate their experience with their self-concept so that it will seem quite accurate, i.e. they protect their self-concept by displaying defensive behaviour of ignoring, denying and twisting reality (Wieten, 2014).

The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury was about a fireman name Guy Montag. Montag does the opposite from what regular fireman do. He starts fires instead of putting them out. Books in Montag's society is forbidden to read and if caught reading the book would be set on fire. Instead of reading, that society watches large amounts of television as big as the wall and listens to the radio attached to their ears. It was not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful conversations until Montag met a teenager name Clarisse. Clarisse was a strange girl that opened up Montag thoughts. She asked him about his work and what made him become a fireman. One question that really got him to think was the statement “Are you happy”(Bradbury 10). Montag believed that Clarisse was odd. She wasn’t like the norm of the society. She read books, walked the city like a pedestrian and, had meaningful conversations. After that encounter with Clarisse a number of events started to happen to him; his wife Mildred tried to commit suicide with prescription pills, a woman that hid books in her home decides to burn a live with her books, and Clarisse is killed in a car accident., With all these tragic events occuring, Montag tries to find a solution to this epidemic. The society has become controlled from power, a sense of censorship. Bradbury has shown his viewpoint of society through this novel.

The science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is about a futuristic dystopian society where everyone follows simple rules/norms: don't read books and spend time with their “families”. The families in the novel are also known as the TV’s. Whoever in the novel reads or owns books, gets put down by the hound. Montag, a protagonist in the novel, works as the fireman whom are very violent (like the rest of the society). No one in this society ever think, but when Montag (Protagonist) meets Clarisse McClellan, he becomes to question everything. Bradbury tries to portray that when people become emotionless, they don’t think about their actions which end up being violent. Bradbury’s hound (terrifying mechanical beast that kills who are unlawful) represents a type of police in the society that regulates everything and everyone. Thus Bradbury’s predictions are similar to today’s society in the police forces (which are controlled by the government).

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.

Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, is an alarming science fiction classic novel and a powerful commentary on humankind’s urge to suppress what it doesn’t understand. In this dystopian fictional world books are illegal; they are burned to a crisp when found. Books are very powerful. They come with knowledge, and knowledge can bring fear. Fear many times is something one cannot understand. To understand, one must know why one fears. Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 realizes this importance of the knowledge in books when he meets a young woman; Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is an outsider, a very different type of girl. When she meets Montag, Clarisse sparks a change in him. Her curiosity and questioning is so unique that Montag is struck by her. He

With the Presidential Election drawing closer to American’s everyday, voters have a choice for President for the next four years. Yet the questions remains as to what truly drives voters to go to the polls every four years. American’s face many issues in this election; however, the issue I’m going to focus on boils down to one simple thing: EPA Regulation and coal. Coal has been seen as a main source of energy in multiple states such as Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. During the past eight years, the production of coal has suffered due to excessive regulation by both the Obama Administration and the EPA. With all of this being said, I will be voting for Donald Trump for President and Mike Pence for Vice President under the Republican

Bernadette Devlin, an Irish civil rights leader and former politician claims that, “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else”. This quotation applies to Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, from the main character, Montag's, point of view as many challenges are thrown at him while living in a dystopian society. The word “lose”, is seen as a negative connotation but really is symbolically positive as it relates to sacrifice. Throughout the book, Guy Montag has lost important people in his life as well as his job and house, but in turn has gained new thoughts and people who will help him rebuild society.

On Tuesday, 21 October 2015, SPC Bellasario you were given a task to lay out 13 tents with personnel to assist. 1LT Lassik explained to you that he wanted all 13 tents layed out in TM order. 1LT Lassik also explained he wanted you to make 5 complete sets, and take what was needed to complete these sets from the other 8 sets of tents. When the task was complete you were instructed to call 1LT Lassik and inform him of the completed task so he could re-check and verify that the task was done correctly. SPC Bellasario detailed instruction was given to you to complete this tasking the next day.

Authors use literary as devices such irony, foreshadowing,or flashbacks to help develop the theme of a story. Novels such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, use these literary devices to elaborate on and support one common theme. Even short stories such as “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury use literary devices to make their stories and plots more interesting and to develop their themes. Literary devices are an important part of writing and an essential part of any plot, story, or theme.

He wasn’t right to call in an alarm on Montag. Montag was just reading a guest book and wouldn’t talk to Beatty. He tried and tried to talk to her but she wouldn’t talk to him. Mildred said he called in the alarm cause he pretty much felt bad for Montag and wanted to help him get better. I don’t think Mildred should've called an alarm on Montag, because yes he was angry but he would of gotten over it sooner or later. He could've just talked to him about it instead of making a big scene out of it.

The protagonist and deuteragonist in Fahrenheit 451 are introduced as having opposing views on society. Montague, the main character is initially shown to be a conforming individual. This is confirmed by the mention that for him "It was a pleasure to burn … a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed" (Bradbury 1). The description shows that the protagonist felt no sense of guilt for his actions and that he believed that there was nothing wrong with what he was doing. The deuteragonist, on the other hand, is shown to be an open minded individual. Her objectivity of thought is clearly demonstrated by the conversation she has with Montague. Statements such as " Do you ever read any of the books you bum? … Is it

Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, was written a a warning the the society then, but its warning can still be applied directly to our current society as a way to prevent it from becoming something terrible. It’s a warning to people, for them to think for themselves and to not let themselves be consumed by technology and neglect interaction with other humans.

Now at first glance anyone may look at the book and wonder what does Fahrenheit 451 mean? Well Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper catches on fire. This is our first glimpse into Ray Bradbury’s dystopian world in Fahrenheit 451. So, this book was originally published in 1953 during World War II and starting the Cold War, which plays a huge role in what this book symbolizes. The author of Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury.

There fifteen common defense mechanisms: denial, regression, acting out, dissociation, compartmentalization, projection, reaction formation, repression, displacement, intellectualization, rationalization, undoing, sublimation, compensation, and assertiveness. The last few are known as mature defense mechanisms. They are the most constructive and helpful for most adults, however they require practice and effort to use in daily use.