Theme Of Madness In Fahrenheit 451

The book Fahrenheit 451 is a book that promotes many themes and morals. There are more than just a few themes we can see in this story, some of them quite different to the others. Some of this has to do with violence, in the book we read about how young people go around killing others just like them or sometimes just because they are a bit different, which shouldn’t matter, another one about how the citizens are not satisfied with how they’re living their lives. What if many of them actually found appealing or amazing the art of writing but weren’t able to pursue that because in that society it wasn’t right to do that, it was more like a crime.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is full of different allusions from different books and authors and also full of themes connected to the allusions. Some of the allusions in the book are Henry David Thoreau and his book, Walden. Guy Fawkes and the book of Job connect to the book as well.

In Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” Montag starts off as seemingly normal as he goes about his job, home life and inner conscious. As elements are introduced, it is clear that psychologically he has been trained to think a certain way and live his life as if it were written, or programmed. Ray Bradbury creates this world that seems to promote “sameness” in Montag’s society, and clearly discourages any deviation of one’s job or role in society. In the course of the story, Montag ‘sinner peace is interrupted when he encounters a woman named Clarisse on his way home from work. From this moment, Montag is intrigued, and his inner psychological consciousness is impacted in a way that will change the way he sees his role in society, personal, professional, and even love life. His relationship with himself, his wife Mildred, his boss Beatty, and his coworkers, and finally the most impactful Clarisse. This affects Montag, and help him see his dystopian society for what it truly is, and how he’s been serving it.

Many times one forgets how they should think or act depending on how they are surrounded. Perhaps It's the people they are surrounded by, maybe it’s how you live your life. It could also be how you don't want to be different and tend to act like everyone, ignoring whatever else could be. The impact the society you live in and how they view what you stand by might also affect the things you do. Throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, he uses symbols, figurative language and other methods of characterization to describe how Montag is unhappy, curious and determined.

Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, is an alarming science fiction classic novel and a powerful commentary on humankind’s urge to suppress what it doesn’t understand. In this dystopian fictional world books are illegal; they are burned to a crisp when found. Books are very powerful. They come with knowledge, and knowledge can bring fear. Fear many times is something one cannot understand. To understand, one must know why one fears. Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 realizes this importance of the knowledge in books when he meets a young woman; Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse is an outsider, a very different type of girl. When she meets Montag, Clarisse sparks a change in him. Her curiosity and questioning is so unique that Montag is struck by her. He

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is set in a dystopian society. The government’s main belief is happiness is the result of everyone being equal. The government believes that certain books should be forbidden because those books bring false, individual ideas, which make people unhappy. Guy Montag is just like every other fireman: he does not read the books, just burns them. Then one day, he meets Clarisse, a young girl, that challenges his viewpoint of life. After several conversations with her, he begins to question the government’s ideals. He starts stealing and reading the forbidden books, and he begins to understand the purpose of those books. Montag then meets up with an old friend, and they make plans to start a revolution by

Humanity is afraid. We hear it all the time that the reason to be alive is to be happy but when we are not happy and are simply living, we get scared. We do not like to be sad nor contradicted. Humanity is so afraid of the unknown and the pain that we try to numb ourselves by knowing as little as possible. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, we see a dystopia that proves the point. In the book, everyone lives in a hurry because it´s the law and they do not have moments of silence. No books are allowed neither, they are dangerous because they contain ideas that make people think and question their lifestyle.

How scared would you be if at any moment your house could get burnt down for just having a book? This fear is realized in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 is about a dystopian world where books and free thinkers are singled out and attacked by the rest of society. The book follows the main character Guy Montag as he uncovers the truth about books and what society use to be. He starts off as a book burner, but later realizes how useful books are to people. The culture, characters, and theme in Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 create an interesting dystopian novel that serves as a warning to future readers.

In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, the main character, Guy Montag, lives by the social norms of his community. He doesn't question any of the rules that his society has created, such as burning books and literature due to their offensive nature. After meeting a girl named Clarisse, all of the opinions that have been set in his brain are questioned. Montag undergoes something of a moral crisis and decides to rewire the thoughts that he once trusted. Suddenly he sees his wife Mildred differently, and wishes that he had developed a better relationship with her, but she drifted away from him because she prefers the comfort of the television over her husband.

In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag becomes fascinated with his new neighbor, Clarisse because of her unusual way of living. “Isn 't this a nice time of night to walk? I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sunrise." They walked on again in silence and finally she said, thoughtfully, "You know, I 'm not afraid of you at all." He was surprised. "Why should you be?”, “How immense a figure she was on the stage before him; what a shadow she threw on the wall with her slender body!” This supports the fact that the

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.

To truly live consciously, one cannot keep knowledge to oneself if there is somebody out there who needs it. When Celie returns to Albert’s farm, she sees that he has attempted to change into a better person, but still needs help to save himself from wallowing in his own sorrows. She begins to talk to him again, and he tells her, “I use to try to sew along with mama cause that’s what she was always doing. But everybody laughed at me. But you know, I liked it” (Walker, 277). Celie then invites him to sew with her, and they talk about how backwards the views of men and women are in their society compared to Africa. Her stories about the differences lead him to become a more conscious person, and actually a pretty nice guy. His character development is one of Celie’s greatest impacts in the book. In Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse impacts Montag through almost everything she says and does, but one statement makes him question his whole world, and eventually saves him from it. As they are walking she tells him, “I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow." just an offhand statement, but it helps Montag begin his quest towards transcendentalism, shown in his response, “He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other” (Bradbury 23). This quote shows his identity as a fireman conflicting with Clarisse’s worldview. Montag wants to agree with her, but his whole life up until this point prevents him. He continues to discover himself and the flaws in his society, allowing him to understand Clarisse and how she views the universe. In The Catcher in the Rye, unlike with Celie and Clarisse, Phoebe does not directly attempt to save Holden, in fact, she is mad at him during the time that her transcendentalism impacts him the most,

She refuses the entertainment that society offers, such as watching television. Instead, she prefers to wonder, sit, and talk about things, most particularly with Montag. Furthermore, she is not intimidated by the government like the rest of society. All of this enlightens Montag to reveal all the goodness that is being hidden in this blind society. Clarisse never tells Montag what to think; she just shows him that thinking is an option. She simply asks Montag questions such as “How long’ve you worked at being a fireman?” (8) and “How did you get into it?” (22) Such questions awaken him to realize why he really “enjoys” doing what he does, to a point where he realizes he really does not admire starting fires, and burning books. Montag grows extremely dissatisfied with his life and work as he talks more with Clarisse. She instigates him to wonder if perhaps books are not so bad, and so he even steals one from a book burning. In Fahrenheit 451, it states, “So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected, and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous.” (41) The reader is able to see here that Montag is becoming more and more influenced by Clarisse. The more time he spends with her, the more he begins to contemplate. This phrase clearly shows how Montag is being “infected”, but in a positive way. His thoughts are taking control over him all because of his conversations with Clarisse. She invites him to

A very fitting title, based on the fact that paper ignites at 451 degrees Fahrenheit. In both Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and in Anthem by Ayn Rand, the main protagonists are both challenged by society in their own way. One by reading a book and the other by thinking independently compared to thinking collectively. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses cultural and physical surroundings to convey the idea that governmental control of knowledge by removing books will cause the society to collapse due to rebellion and controlled thinking as seen through the eyes of the protagonist, Guy Montag.

Clarisse McClellan symbolizes clarity and inquisitiveness in Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the Hearth and the Salamander, her innocence, curiosity, and adoration of nature stirs Montag’s inner belief that something is very wrong. “He felt his body divide itself into hotness and coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding upon the other.”(page 21) After his conversation with Clarisse, Montag loses his sense of self. He does not know whether to continue being a typical individual in a damaged, unhappy world, or to acknowledge his inner belief that something is wrong. This is a society where suicide is common, love is nonexistent, and books are prohibited, therefore knowledge, thinking, and happiness