The End Of Society In The Book Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451, which is a story about a society that believed books were for burning and where thinking was discouraged to fulfill one's achievements.

Like a runner cutting corners to get the easy way out just to end up with less benefits is how the society today is being shaped into and how Ray Bradbury indirectly reveals through her novel. In the novel “Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury reveals that as the world avoids books, they lose the ability of critical thinking. Throughout the novel, Ray Bradbury uses different characters in specific situations in life to reveal that society keeping away from books also lose their intellectual powers and ability.

Everything in this life goes by fast. The society in everyday life and the one in Fahrenheit are becoming more similar as time goes by. The people we meet and talk to impact our lives in many different ways. In our society and in Fahrenheit 451, connections to others determine the way we live our lives affecting those who are still living after our death.

One reason that Fahrenheit 451 is a valuable piece of literature is because it teaches people that it is acceptable to be themselves, not try to be somebody else. “You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by man….” This quote from the book tells that if you are afraid to make mistakes and don’t try new things, then you won’t be as successful

It is impossible to lead a complete life without knowing pain or offense. Yet some societies attempt to do just that. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury rights of a society which, due to political correctness and a desire for constant entertainment, have effectively eradicated any thought that could potentially cause offense or negative emotions. While this was originally a choice made by the public, the government eventually made it compulsory. To do this they repurposed firemen to burn books containing this undesired knowledge. One such fireman, Guy Montag, eventually sees the error in this and attempts to reform the society. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses cultural surroundings to exhibit the negative consequences, including promotion of rashness, lack of respect for that individual, and ultimately calls inherent traits of mankind into question, a society that discourages serious thought has as it shapes an individual.

Our society is heading for destruction, similar to the destruction in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In this novel, the characters live in a society that is truly awful, but the author shows us that our society is heading down that path also. However, in the story, the beliefs of the main character Guy Montag change drastically, from beginning the novel as an oblivious citizen to ending it by trying to change his society for the better. Guy lives in a society in which the government outlaws books because they cause people to ponder ideas and develop new ones. Consequently, with the stories stripped from their lives as if they had never existed, the citizens of this society blindly follow their government. Throughout the novel, the

Our society that we live in at this moment may be headed for destruction. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, the characters live in a society that is truly awful, but the author shows us that our society could be headed down that path. However, in the story, the beliefs of the main character Guy Montag change drastically, from beginning the novel as an oblivious citizen to ending it by trying to change his society for the better. Guy lives in a society in which the government outlaws books because they cause people to ponder ideas and develop new ones. The stories stripped from their lives as if they had never existed, the citizens of this society blindly follow their government. Throughout the novel, the main character Guy Montag

Finally, the crude nature of Fahrenheit 451 have no negative effects on the morality of society. “Nick Gillespie argues that while society is getting coarser, “youth violence, sex and drug uses are all trending down,”which would seem to suggest that exposure to “inappropriate” material has little effect on morals.”(Mattix 4) Despite being in a more crude society, the trends in negative behaviors have been trending down. Perhaps the exposure of the negative content have matured the youth to not embrace the ideals shown by society. If something is not broken, then why fix

Fahrenheit 451 has a society that has many differences from ours. In the book’s society, firemen start fires instead of putting them out. However, Fahrenheit 451’s society also have similarities to modern day society. In the book’s society, people don’t read. Instead they choose to watch television a lot. In modern society, less people are enjoying amazing novels and sit, watch television or play video games all day.

First of all, the society of Fahrenheit 451 and the modern society are different from each other because of relationships with families. For example, in Fahrenheit 451’s world, children “come home from school 3 days a month” (Bradbury 93). This shows that people are distant from their families, because the Fahrenheit 451’s culture does not value family relationships. On the other hand, people in modern community spend time by “eating meals together, talking about events of the day, sharing joys and defeats, and doing house chores together…” (MSU Extension). This illustrates that modern families spend time together, and have more interactions in general. Therefore, Fahrenheit 451’s society is different from the modern society because of the way families spend together.

Ray Bradbury´s wrote a book about this dystopian society where everything in our world is backwards in their world, they can speed, they burn books, and everybody is always gloomy and sad. Montag changed his mindset throughout the book, he went from burning books to saving them from getting burnt. Mildred on the other hand, continuously stayed the same throughout the book. She beginned the book showing she did not care, and carried that same mentality through the rest of the book. Ray Bradbury´s uses contrasting characters in Fahrenheit 451 to illustrate the differences within views of a dystopian society with his development of Montag and Mildred.

Despite its explicit language, Fahrenheit 451 should be studied in schools due to its educational value.

Today technology controls almost everything we do, from the way we go places to what we eat. With this power of technology comes good and evil, medicines and poisons. Through technology we have accesses way more information than before. For example every day you can absorb as much knowledge as King Henry the eighth did in his entire life. This is all due to the improvement of technology. Sadly technology also has a bad side, with faster communication, rumors can be spread faster and kids can be bullied easier. The internet can easily become a second world for many people, especially young adults. Technology is the basis for many relationships, especially long distances. Match.com and other dating sites take advantage of the fact so many people use technology as a way to make or maintain relationships. With technology comes a large amount of knowledge that is easily accessible. Some of the knowledge offends or scares many people but our government hasn’t gotten the point of completely censoring everything. In Fahrenheit 451, a novel about a dystopian society, Ray Bradbury illustrates what he believes our world should be like right now. This scarily accurate novel demonstrates the way technology has affected knowledge and relationships in both our world and the world of Fahrenheit 451 in the same way.

Even though , these two examples of a dystopian environment are very much alike because the book and the movie both have characteristics of a dystopian society like restricted happiness and a forbidden to outer world they are both different in their own ways.

You may have your own dystopian society that you have made up and dreamed up, I know I do. A dystopian society to me, might be different to you. How I see a perfect world is without stress, no one is better than anyone else and no one gets hurt. You might see something like Hunger Games as your dystopian society, or your own perfect world. Even though Fahrenheit 451 is seen as a perfect society and a perfect world to Ray Bradbury, you might not see it the same. In his perfect world, books and thinking are not allowed; Books are seen as against the law and houses are unburnable so houses with books in them (or the books) are burnt. This causes for (almost) everyone to just obeys the laws and not think, however questions soon occur within Montag.