Theme Of Fahrenheit 451

(STEWE-1) Montag comes to a conclusion that what he does and his own job are wrong,”Montag only said, We never burned right, and then he was a shrieking blaze”(113). This symbolizes that Montag knows they never used fire the right way, they used it to burn when it should be used for something else. Causing Montag to react by killing Beatty. (STEWE-2) While Montag is trying to escape his society. “Watch for a man running… watch for the running man… watch for a man alone on foot, … watch. Yes, he thought where am I running”(118). While running away Montag commits a crime towards the society by putting a book in a fireman’s house and calling in the alarm, just like him and Faber had set up. “And now since you’re a fireman’s wife, it’s your house and your turn, He hid the books in the kitchen and moved from the house again to the alley”(123). Montag has started to commit crimes against the state and run away. (SIP-B) Montag fully rebels against his society and escapes it. (STEWE-1) Furthermore while on the run Montag drops in on Faber to explain to him what is going on, Faber suggests to Montag to go to the river. “One of the rare few times he discovered that somewhere behind behind the seven veils of unreality, beyond the walls of parlors and beyond the tin most of the city”(135). Montag now realizes there is more to everything beyond the robotic

Unquestionably, all novels can convey multiple meanings depending on a variety of factors with the most important being the manner in which the audience interprets the author’s words. More importantly, to professionally draw conclusions concerning the message the author demonstrates throughout a text, it is essential to discuss and apply the five literary elements of literature to the text. In greater detail, when a work itself is criticized or evaluated, usually one literary element is focused on to prove an argument pertaining to a novel. To bring the topic into focus, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 possesses many points that could be argued in contradictory ways based upon factual

"Montag 's hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest."

As deliberations whirl through his mind, Montag finally feels a sickness and discomfort. “How rarely did other people’s faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your innermost trembling thought?” (8). This illustrates that Clarisse brought a rumination out of Montag. Montag no longer is at ease with his line of work. This event represents the call to adventure for Montag as Clarisse made him ponder for the first time in a long time. The scene following portrays the crossing of the threshold into a new world for Montag.

As the story opens, what are the forces acting upon the protagonist, Montag, and what other forces help Montag in the recognition of his dilemma?

For Montag, his face is like clay and his mind has sculpt it into the ideal way that the society would like for him to be like. This introduces the idea that Montag is split in half. His conscious knows that what he is experiencing is definitely not normal, but his mind is in control though and it tries to bury the other side of him. What his mind makes him do is clearly straining not only on his conscious, but also his body as shown from the signs that his body sends him. For instance when muscles feel gripped that means that it hurts. This reveals how Montag is willing to hurt himself to fit the norm even if it means sacrificing his happiness. To go to that length and create a perfect image shows how self-absorbed Montag is. One of the many people who prompted Montag to come out into the world and see the reality that he had been so ignorant to was

How would a person feel if they were in a society where people walk around with a blindfold and music in their ears letting others decide how they should act and feel? Reading the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a wake up call that shows the readers what could happen to a society that loses control and lets others control their lives. The novel is about a character who realizes that he is living in a dystopia and wants to change that by bringing back books and knowledge that comes with it into their society. The book shows readers that to make change one must stand up for what they believe in and fight for it no matter what it takes. The characters Guy Montag and Beatty in the novel live in a censored, technology-driven culture that illustrates the themes of happiness and knowledge.

In Montag's society people find pleasure in causing others pain. “Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by the flame.” (pg 2) In the beginning of the story Montag follows what his government tells him. He enjoys burning people and what their life has worked towards. This seems to be normal for everyone in this society. Montag is awoken with the death of Clarisse and slowly turns to realize that caring for others is important. This contrast slightly with ours. Our society has slowly started to turn self based. Most people in our society care for at least a few people although some people do not. Another example not caring about others was when Clarisse was killed by a car, ““The poor girl’s better off dead,“” (Pg 58). Rather than saying that he was sorry for Montag, Beatty rubs the death of Clarisse in Montag’s face. In our society if this were to happen, people would treat you poorly. Death is very sad and even bringing up death can be rude. Another example of not caring for others was when Montag’s wife openly said to go kill things. ““It’s fun out in the country. You hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs. Go take the beetle,”” (Pg 61). This is evil. Millie gets out her boredom by running over innocent animals. People in Montag’s society just do not care. People run each other over for the fun of it, without noticing they are doing wrong. Luckily our society

Overall, Montag’s displeasure in the definition of happiness society gave him, lead him to finding out the truth and finding out who he truly is inside.

Montag thinks about this and realizes that even though everybody in his society is supposed to be happy, he isn’t. This realization makes him notices that his life and his world aren’t perfect at all. When Clarisse is hit by a car, Montag is devastated by the fact that his new found friend is gone. He tries to explain this to Mildred, but she does not understand. “And Clarisse.

When Montag goes on the run after killing Beatty, he face the biggest danger which is the mechanical hound, who has Montag’s scent and is on his trail. Media was another problem, because the government took quick advantage of the fact, that almost everyone in their society stays home at night and watches television.

At this point in the book, Montag’s brain is so confused and flustered that when it gets pushed over the top, his first instinct is to turn to violence. He is trying to comprehend all that is going on around him, and how he can make other’s see and feel what he’s seeing and feeling. Because, as of now, no one understands him, and that can add to his hysteria and uncontrollable temperament. He turns to fire as a weapon, and utilizes it in ways he never imagined it could be used for in the beginning of the book. This is kind of like the stage in your life when you are a teenager.

Struggling for Freedom or Wisdom? It’s a common thought to consider what author Napoleon Hill moralized: “Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.” But is struggling really worth the trouble? Presently, many individuals globally are labored in relation to poverty, economical depression, and numerous other cases.

“Science fiction is the art of the possible. It could happen. It has happened” (Bradbury, "A Conversation with Ray Bradbury”). In Ray Bradbury’s work, his characters are often extreme, he utilizes common themes between works, and his life and beliefs influence his work. Overall, Ray Bradbury’s influences and personal opinions affect his work, and his works share similarities.

“It was a pleasure to burn,” wrote Ray Bradbury in the novel Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury used a number of different sources that influenced him to write with such themes. Some of Bradbury’s themes that are evident in his writing are alternative worlds and censorship. These themes are shown in some of his famous works, Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Dandelion Wine. Ray Bradbury uses symbols such as expressions and behaviors of certain characters and combines his personal experience along with the Postmodernist Era of American Literature, to make the themes of censorship and ignorance meaningful and important.