Role Of Ignorance In Fahrenheit 451

Why is knowledge important? Knowledge helps us in life and is a key to succeed in life. As the wise Napoleon Hill once said: “Knowledge has no value, except that which can be guided from its application toward some worthy end. In the book Fahrenheit 451, they show why books are so important. Without books, most of the people have no knowledge and they became a dystopian society. In a dystopian society nobody thinks and everyone are forced to not have their own ideas. For example in Fahrenheit 451 no one is supposed to have books because one group of people (fireman) think it is trying to convey dangerous messages while the majority are forced to conform/ follow. It relates to the society we are living in now because a small group of people (government) think it’s wrong so everyone is forced to conform. In my essay, I will explain the importance of knowledge, how knowledge helps us in our life, how knowledge helps us understand our self and finally how knowledge brings more knowledge.

In fahrenheit 451 struggle revolves around the tension between knowledge and ignorance. Firemen destroy knowledge of all forms, books in perticlar. This doesn’t stop Montag though. He is given many struggles because he wants to learn. I feel like this is somewhat relevant to nowadays society. We faced with those who want to be knowledged but majority has turned to substance and have become consumed in it. Society in fahrenheit 451 is very similar to today’s society. The education system is at a falling point and ignorance is growing. What though should become more important substance or knowledge and growing to a person.

Juan Ramon Jimenez once said, “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way”. This quote shows the challenge of authority, like Montag and his society. Just like challenging the normal, or doing the opposite of what seems to be right by “writing the other way” on a lined piece of paper, Montag chooses to challenge authority by reading, remembering, and comprehending books, instead of burning them. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a dystopian society in the twenty-fourth century and the main character is Guy Montag. He is a fireman whose job is to burn books and start fires instead of putting them out. Moreover, he lives in a society which just listens to government propaganda and follows whatever they are told; the citizens do not think deeply about aspects in life but rather focus on mind-numbing activities, that does not take any deep thought process. Books are banned but Montag takes the risk to start to read books, hoping they will bring him happiness in the dark world he lives in. In his journey he has three mentors who help him, Clarisse, Faber, and Granger. The protagonist, Guy Montag, changes as a result of the conflict within his dystopian society and this change connects to the novel’s theme of government censorship over its citizens.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 the theme was the conflict between one being knowledgeable or being ignorant. The themes definition following this book would be people who read even though banned would be the knowledgeable people and they live a true happy life but the ones that don't understand what books purpose really is and don't see how it makes humans lives happier they are are ignorant.I feel this is a main theme in this book because at first montag is considered one of the ignorant people but with different people changing his thoughts and montag realizing the firemen and the people who don't read are the ignorant ones and that books fulfill your life a lot more you just have to understand them because some bring emotions that the ignorant people think is bad. Also after this realization montag fights against ignorance the rest of the book. All throughout the book the

The dystopian novel, “Fahrenheit 451” was written by Ray Bradbury in the 1950’s. It tells the story of a 30 year old fireman, Guy Montag. He starts out as loyal to his society which was a burden to heavy censorship and an upcoming war. After a series of events, he’s in pursuit of breaking free of it. The author uses censorship to demonstrate a good example of what it would be like to live in a world where society had no knowledge.

"Fahrenheit 451- the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns"(Bradbury) The world of Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian society were books are burned and those who seek knowledge are shunned and eventually must run away from the world. Ray Bradbury, the author of the book in question, wrote about what he thought would become of the world. He was inspired by the infamous Hitler and how his nazis used to burn books on the streets of Berlin. It stands to serve as a reminder and a warning to what would happen if we stopped thinking.The book was written in the 1950's, and still to this day, it endures readers from all around the world. The lack of knowledge in Fahrenheit 451 is due to the fear

“Are you crazy? Fahrenheit 451 should not be banned! This is an astonishing novel, written by the ingenious author, Ray Bradbury. He is the one who wrote the novel with so many beneficial, underlying messages, which happen to be true about our lives and even more so about our society. It offers so much more than what you think”, I disagreed as I interjected the outraged crowd of opinionated individuals, who protested outside of the Wheatfield Public Library. As most in this community can tell, the banning of Fahrenheit 451 has caused a tremendous outbreak within the people, and it has caused for everyone to either choose to encourage the banning of Fahrenheit 451 or to oppose it. As a definite result, I am against the banning of Fahrenheit 451, and it is not just for pity reasons. I am opposing the banning for so much more than that. My first reason to oppose the banning is that so many people think the theme of this book is about rebelling, which this is not the case. Instead, the theme is about having the courage to make a drastic change within yourself and society because you solely believe it is right no matter what the consequences are. Even from the quotes you find within the book, you can tell the progress that Montag makes towards change, and from those quotes are not signs of destruction. It is signs of self-assessment and coming to reality to admit he needs to make the transformation in his life for the better of him and those of his society. From this underlying

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives” ~ James Madison

INTRO: Sometimes by choice or just by chance one may lack the required knowledge or knowledge that would inform one's decision, and this is ignorance. Without knowledge one is unable to make good, informed decisions and in result of that these decisions can take a negative toll on one’s life. Ignorance, the cause of ignorance, and its debilitating effects is prevalent in both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, but is also greatly prevalent in our society’s choices today. How many people have their noses shoved into their phone, how many people keep pushing off the important stuff, and how many are turn a blind eye to the problems of the world today?

Have you ever known something to be true, yet you chose to ignore it because it was displeasing? This is an example of the classic struggle between knowledge and ignorance. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, readers are immersed into a world where ignorance is bliss and knowledge is looked down on. Books are burned and everyone lives a shallow life full of censored content provided by the government. Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books, finally breaks free of the system and escapes the government’s grasp. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury illustrates the idea that knowledge and ignorance are polar opposites since knowledge reveals the truth, while ignorance simply ignores it. This

America’s very roots were born from the words and thoughts of her people; but that could all be put to rest in an instant , the very bedrock of our nation is put to question by it’s citizens and their lack of motivation. Fahrenheit 451 was written to prove the potential future of a society where ignorance is bliss and knowledge is not valued. Ray Bradbury uses a myriad of different strategies to demonstrate the true nature of the 451 society, for example the characters that surround Guy Montag show us the many faces of the community.

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the government censors the way society sees the world. The government destroys books and distracts society with entertaining television programs so that they do not realize the unacceptable reality of their dystopian world. The prolonged concealment of the truth has resulted in the ignorance of nearly all of society. Ignorance is most often defined as the lack of knowledge, education, or awareness. Taking a closer look into the lives of the characters of Fahrenheit 451 will prove that ignorance does not make people happy and peaceful, contrary to Captain Beatty’s beliefs.

Ray Bradbury originally wrote his novel, Fahrenheit 451, as an indictment against the censorship evident during the McCarthy era of America, and it has since become one of the few modern science fiction books that can be considered a classic. The adulation of this novel is due to its plethora of symbols, metaphors, and character development. Bradbury's character development is singularly impressive in this book because he shows the evolution of the main character, Guy Montag, "from book-burner to living-book" (Johnson 111). His maturity is displayed by his growing understanding of the world in which he lives and by seeing the flaws in his society. Bradbury illustrates Montag's metamorphosis with him changing from a mindless burning drone

Books are an unimportant evil that has only caused discord in society, at least that is the mentality of a future America dreamed up by Ray Bradbury. The novel Fahrenheit 451 is an incredible selection that begins with Guy Montag, a fireman; however, the fireman in this book are not like the ones today, they burn the houses of people who own books. In this dystopian society books are illegal. Fahrenheit 451 was written well before the advent of the internet, knowledge cannot be found anywhere else but in the dried pulp between two covers. Ray Bradbury uses the novel Fahrenheit 451 to demonstrate how censorship limits cognitive thought by withholding valuable information, exiling free-thinkers, and encouraging constant stimulation.

The mental growth of a being relies on knowledge itself, monitoring the ability of one’s thought process will make no good, but create a world of problem. Censoring is nothing but monitoring someone's thought process. The book Fahrenheit 451 is about a world of devastation. This being due to the fact that many laws prohibit things like books and tv shows. The only Salvation is knowledge, so why is knowledge important?