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Suicide In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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Ray Bradbury made a prediction about society in the future, eventually a few of his predictions became true. In the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag lives in a futuristic dystopian society, ran by the government. As a fireman, his job is to start fires not put them out. He has to burn all books. In Montag’s world, suicide, the impact of television, and views on love and marriage are similar and different to American society today. Suicide is a huge problem in Montag’s world, everyone is depressed, lonely, and miserable. In the book, Mrs Phelps brought up that she knows no one whose died of war but only suicide. “I’ve never known any dead man killed in a war. Killed jumping off buildings, yes, like Gloria’s husband last week, but from wars? No” (Bradbury 91). She is indicating that more people die killing themselves than died fighting in war. In American society, it is also very much a problem. In 2014 suicide reached the top 10 causes of death. Each year in the US there is an estimated 44,965 suicides. …show more content…

Humans in his society became so absorbed in their parlor walls they didn't have or want to pay attention to the outside world. “How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and get a fourth wall tv put in” (Bradbury 9). Similarly, watching tv is a daily routine for most Americans. Starting at a young age children are introduced to the television. Kids aged 2-11 watch over 24 hours a week! That is a full day of watching tv in a week. As you get older your tv intake only gets worse. Adults watch about 35 hours a week. This can be a leading cause to aggressive behavior and fear of the real

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