Role Of Freedom In Fahrenheit 451

Individuality and independence are valued differently by each world, but the majority of people in both communities are talentless and suppress the talented. In the futuristic American society, everything becomes so mundane and programmed that people eventually become the same. Beatty tells Montag, “[Everyone] 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” (Bradbury 55). Everyone in Fahrenheit 451 has been conditioned to become identical and forced to be the same. The entire community has suppressed individuality, and people do not think for themselves. On the other hand, modern-day society allows free thought and expression, encouraging people to exercise their autonomy.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury uses many allusions to show the oppression in their society. Bradbury uses alludes to the book of Ecclesiastes to show how there is no individual thought in the Fahrenheit 451 society. He also alludes to Thomas Paine’s book Common Sense because it inspires individual thought and uprise against the government. Last, Bradbury alludes to Henry David Thoreau’s book, Walden to show how the Fahrenheit 451 society should be open to positive change. The use of the book of Ecclesiastes shows oppression in Montag's life and those around him.

To be free means you have freedom and certain rights without anyone interfering with you. You can also do things at your own will. However, during Reconstruction African Americans were not free because whites abused the fact that they had rights and would overpower them. One example is the Ku Klux Klan.

Although books may seem important to educate people about what kind of society they are living in, the government in Fahrenheit 451 controls the information of what the public views by destroying books in order to maintain their power.

African-Americans in the Civil war were not treated with respect. They were slaves to white people, and to me that's not right. During the Civil war they worked on plantations owned by rich white people. Some were nice and some were harsh. Most people treated African-Americans like dirt. People would trade, sell, and buy them and they were sometimes taken away from they're family.

African Americans were not free after the Civil War ended.They were still treated like they were slaves. There are many specific details throughout the reconstruction phase proving this.

For a long time period, African Americans were mistreated and taken advantage of by the whites. The Civil War was their chance for change, and they took it. However, African Americans weren’t allowed to fight immediately when the war broke out. It was when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln stating “All persons held as slaves within any states…in rebellion against the United Sates shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” By stating slaves were free, this allowed for African Americans soldiers to officially fight for the first time.

It was said that they were fighting for freedom, economic liberty and democracy, but during the time blacks weren’t even considered as

Throughout the Civil War African Americans suffered greatly because of discrimination and because of their attempted escape from slavery. Thousands of the free blacks in the Union volunteered to serve in the Union army and to fight against the Confederacy. Although they risked their lives, they were not treated very well. At the start of the war, colored volunteers were forbade to enter the army. Congress, however, changed that in 1862, a year into the Civil War. Even though they were allowed in the troops, they were still treated very poorly.

The First Amendment grants the freedom of speech for all United States citizens. Envision not possessing this right, but also not being able to think freely. If a future filled with no individual expression and everyone and everything looking the same came to mind, you were close, but not quite there. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is about a war ridden society that restricts the freedom of thought through the practice of banning and burning books. An analysis of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 displays change is needed because it opens one’s eyes which is illustrated by his use of character interaction, detailed events, and revealing the character’s thoughts.

I believe freedom of speech is becoming more and more subjective. Being politically correct has become a top priority in today’s world. Offending people and freedom of speech are, in my opinion, connected. There are many people who believe that if someone doesn’t share their opinions, they are automatically at odds. There are many ways in which people feel limited in what they say because of this notion. People who are in the media feel this pressure over and above what the average person does. Their careers can be jeopardized if they say something that angers the wrong crowd.

It was once said by famous Australian author Germaine Greer, “Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.” She is explaining how rebellion can be a great thing. A beneficial escape from an oppressive ruler who controls every waking moment of one’s life. Despite this, many people see rebellion as a negative term. Something that should never be expressed or even mentioned. So many deem said act as unaccept. Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451 however, goes to say otherwise as the main character Guy Montag is put in a position of living in the shadow of an oppressive ruler but his rebelling isn’t all bad. The rebelling that Montag expressed actually managed to better himself as a person as well as his own well being. That being said, rebelling in circumstances of oppression can be acceptable as it can allow someone to escape manipulative brainwashing that controls their every waking moment. It can also aid in discovering hidden truths that can lead to the betterment of society, as well as eliminating the fear of living under the iron fist of an oppressive leader. All of these displayed by Guy Montag on his journey to escape.

Leonard Nimoy looked down at the script and cleared his throat as he began to say “During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher” (Nimoy). Nimoy, a science fiction super star in his own regard was reading from Ray Bradbury’s “April 2005: Usher II” to an audience nationwide. Ray Bradbury had created the book as a pre-emptive strike towards censorship that would be followed up by “Fahrenheit 451”. As he considered the greatest threat to the world to be the suppression

My topic for this ISP will be the theme of oppression in the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury. I have chosen this topic because oppression is a big theme in the novel as many of the characters are oppressed. Bradbury starts off the novel with the protagonist, a firefighter, Guy Montag, who enjoys his job of burning books. The author shows the character of Guy with his very first meeting with Clarisse. As Clarisse starts asking Guy questions, the readers very quickly find out and see the character change in Guy. The readers clearly see Guy Montag’s opinions changing. Though he does not admit it himself, the reader can sense the future change in his opinion because he himself admits that he is not happy; instead he has been wearing

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