How Does Fahrenheit 451 Affect Our Society

In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a dystopian society fervently believes that books are a source of corruption. All interest in knowledge is annihilated to ensure safety. The lives of the citizens in the community do not matter and are not valued in any way; thus citizens who are in possession of books and texts are burned without any second thoughts. Montag then realizes society’s true self with the help of a man named Granger. Montag notices that without books, the society is demoralized and very broken. The only hope for the community is if it is completely demolished and, then created and rebirthed once again with the help of knowledge. Without intellectual desires, the society will remain broken and will never be able to realize the mistakes that they have been doing. Although Montag was like everyone else, a controlled citizen, he now figures out that the only way for society to prosper again is through destruction and creation once more.

Is Fahrenheit 451’s society in our near future? Evidence supports we are on the way to a society that displays many similarities to the society portrayed in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. These main similarities include addiction to drugs, television and a highly surveilled society. The more we understand the problems of both societies, the more we can guard against the abuses that happen in Bradbury’s dystopian novel.

The book Fahrenheit 451 carries a pretty heavy message that can be compared to the society we live in today, Ray Bradbury conveys a message of the problem with a society that believe book are offensive and should be censored. The book starts out with our main character Guy Montag is burning down houses, what for? Well to burn the book with them, in the book he exclaims “It was a pleasure to burn”(1). This wasn’t something he was truly upset about until it started to affect him, when one day he was walking home and he met a girl, who is about 17 walking at midnight. And she asks him a curiously about his job he complied and she said “ Is it true that firemen used to put out the fire instead of going out and starting them”(6). Montag immediate responses with no house have always been fireproof. This it interesting because that means they changed history so they would not offend anyone, so that what they do isn’t taken as the opposite of what they should do. Though this is relevant today it was pretty relevant back then, ray Bradbury wrote this book in 1953, at this time the cold war was going on and America was moving fast in the industrial era.

Imagine a society that arrests innocent people for owning a book. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury builds a world that firefighter’s burn down houses that have books instead of preventing fires from happening. In Montag’s society, burning book is a way to get rid of all the past knowledge because they don’t want their citizens to go against the society. In this utopia society, everyone looks exactly that same and they lack communication. Bradbury creates a futuristic community that doesn’t allow citizens to read books because they want all of their people to be content.

FIrst of all, in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, he shows the theme that the rules might not always benefit us. In the text on page 48, Bradbury states, “‘There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.’” What Ray Bradbury is basically saying is that Guy thinks that there is something interesting in books that people haven’t seen before. Furthermore, he thinks it can benefit the city because people have been away from having their own thoughts and feelings. However, the rules are clear and state that people aren’t allowed to read books and whichever household contains books must be burned down. This shows that the rules might not always be good because there might be something for everyone to learn in a book, but people are not allowed to

After the end of World War II, the culture of the world underwent a drastic change. In the United States, the postwar era brought many social and political crises including the Second Red Scare, the Cold War, a rise in television as a “determinant in the culture industry”, and a means for “a spread in advertisement” (Zipes 4). The 1950s brought an intense fear of communism to the American people due to the conflict with the Soviet Union that led to the Cold War. During the Second Red Scare, the United States government, driven by the fear of communism, repressed those who were suspected to be communists, even if there was little evidence against them. The rise of television and advertising allowed for the spread of these fears, and the fear of communism along with the pressure of the 1950s to conform

Do you think living in a world revolved in technology would destroy society? In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury fabricates a dystopian society where books are illegal to read or even to have. In this novel the government uses many tactics to control society by using their fears to intimidate and scare the people. Society in this society chooses technology over knowledge.

The society in Fahrenheit 451 and the American society during McCarthyism were both tightly controlled by the government. The government’s attempt to regulate people’s beliefs and ways of life led to unhappiness, insecurity and distrust among members of society. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the government censored books and information in order to make its citizens ignorant to place absolute control over them. McCarthy exercised his control by interfering with free speech, free press and broadcast news. In the fictional society of Fahrenheit 451, books were censored by the government to keep citizens uninformed of new ideas and alternative views. The intention was to maintain conformity through ignorance and elimination of free thinking.

To begin with, the novel Fahrenheit 451 contains many lessons that teach one who reads it about various social issues. In the novel, the main character, Guy Montag, lives in a world where books are banned and burned, if found. The stigma surrounding books persists because of the belief that they create a society where some people know more than others. The book’s society believes that this will create a social hierarchy based on knowledge. Montag traverses through his society questioning his happiness and why the elusive printed book is so controversial. The author conveys to us through Montag how closed-minded and technology dependent we would be if reading is not promoted. Montag comes to

The dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury describes a society in which books are permanently banned. Towards the end of the book, the protagonist known as Guy Montag encounters a group whose purpose is to memorize an entire book, essentially becoming the book. If I were to be put in this position, I would become the book Divergent, authored by Veronica Roth; I believe that our society and Montag’s society are similar, because of how citizens act in both civilizations.

The twisted society of the novel Fahrenheit 451 has completely outlawed the reading and ownership of books. The consequences are quite severe if you are caught in possession of owning a book, they include burning your house and everything inside it. Since everything is totally fireproofed there is no more need for firemen, intern they are

Imagine a world where you could not read or own any books. How would you feel if you had someone burn your house because you have books hidden within the walls? One of the most prevalent themes in Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 is the idea of censorship. In Bradbury's fictional world, owning books is illegal. A fireman's job is not putting out fires like one may assume. In Fahrenheit 451, a fireman has the job of starting fires. Firefighters start fires in homes containing books. If this were reality, there would be no homes to live in. Books have become an integral part of American life. However, the theme of censorship is still relevant in American life.

In Fahrenheit 451, owning and reading books is illegal. Members of society focus only on entertainment, immediate gratification and speeding through life. If books are found, they are burned and their owner is arrested. If the owner refuses to abandon the books, as is the case with the Old Woman, he or she often dies, burning along with them. People with interests outside of technology and entertainment are viewed as strange, and possible threats.

Books are an important part of life, but what if the world didn’t have any? Fahrenheit 451 shows what could possibly happen, starting off with the fact that firemen are used to burn the books with fire, instead of putting fires out. Then, they burn down the house even though that’s not their job in the real world. Even though books are illegal, there is people that still keep then, the “odds ones” out of the group. But, they always get caught, unless they run away like Montag. The people that are lucky enough to escape, they meet up at an old railroad track and memorize the books, making sure that the next generation will have the knowledge of the books like they do. Not having books in everyday life will result in life without meaning.

In every nation, there are things that are acceptable and unacceptable within the society. This differs from place to place, however these are often implemented with the goal to create a better life for everyone. This is especially evident in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, where the protagonist Guy Montag finds himself stuck in a constant battle with what is socially acceptable. Bradbury introduces many concepts that illustrate the devastating power the society has over several of the characters throughout the story.