Themes Of Unwholly Society

Children who are neglected by the people they care for during their childhood will find potentially harmful ways to cope on their own. This rings true in the circumstance of Baby in the novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill. Of Baby’s friends her age, she often chose the most troublesome, she begins to cope by means of drug use, and she sells her body in an attempt to gain self-worth. Baby’s father failed to care for her as a father should, especially in the absence of a mother. This forces Baby to find ways of dealing with his negligence on her own.

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.

During the 1950’s, the number of homes with a television increased from 0.4% of homes to 83.2% of homes. This was accompanied with the increase of birth rates and much more. Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, wrote about these trends along others in his novel. Fahrenheit 451 revolves around a man, Guy Montag, who lives in a dystopian future where books have been banned and many social trends and issues exist. He based his book around societal trends that he predicted were going to become a problem in future society. Fahrenheit 451 accurately reflects many societal trends in modern-day society, such as the desire for instant gratification, the devaluation of human life, and the impact of technology on human relationships.

The government is coming to take you away! Government control is a common dystopian theme, as it is feared greatly by many people on this planet. Some people, such as the residents of North Korea, already are in complete government control and brainwashing. A recurring idea in government control is the government wiping out a certain percentage of people to keep the population down, which is usually the people with less intelligence than average. In Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” the parents get to choose if they want to get rid of their child between the ages of 13 and 18, but there’s a catch. The “unwind” doesn’t necessarily die, rather his/her body parts are put up for sale, and a bit of the unwind’s consciousness gets put into each part. In Henry Slesar’s “Examination Day” children at the age of twelve

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.

There is a saying that goes: “When we acknowledge the value in every human life and witness such, we thrive and succeed and protect one another” (Invisible Children). The value in life is a prospect that should not be suppressed, even in times of hardship. Conveying this message through literary elements can be tough at times, therefore leaving the theme unclear. Neal Shusterman’s Unwind counters this standard by using character development as a means of portrayal. Shusterman’s main character, Connor, adapts realistically to a situation where the safety of his life must come first, consequently illustrating a change from impulsive to reflective. Additionally, the conflict in Unwind that Connor encounters plays a role in compelling him

Knowledge is the driving force behind any society. Without knowledge, a society is bound to become corrupt and nonfunctioning. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of a firefighter named Montag. In this futuristic and utopian society, firefighters do not put out fires, they start them. The job of a firefighter is to find and burn books, which have been banned by the government. Montag goes along with the firefighter lifestyle until he meets a young girl named Clarisse. She causes him to start wondering about books, and Montag decides to grab one from a woman's house before it is burned down. Montag reads it and realizes how important books are to humanity. He knows that what firefighters are doing is wrong, and sets out to change it. Bradbury uses this story to portray a corrupt society that he believes will come of the real world, and some of his ideas have already come true.

Contemporary American culture is represented in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Omelas is a Utopian city which inhabits citizens who are pleased and content with their lives. It is described as happy, full of freedom and joy. However, this privilege of life comes at a price. In order for the people of Omelas to live this way, a child must be kept stowed away in a dark closet. Miserable and left to wallow in it's own filth, the citizens are told or even bear witness to the child's agony. After being exposed to the child, most of the citizens carry on with their lives, employing the cause of the child's unfortunate place in their society. Nobody knows where they go, but some do silently walk

People look at the stories of corrupt government and unusual behavior ,and feel secure for in their eyes the stories are fabled. They aren’t aware that the world of today is headed down the same path. A world of dystopia is on the horizon as the world is slowly consumed by the bright lights in our palms. Authors, and filmmakers have utilized many tools to make their creations come to life in front of the intended audience. In these forms of entertainment, social commentary is used to relate the audience in the distant world. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is placed in a book burning world that is against any form of actual thinking, but all that changes for Montag as he meets Clarisse McClellan who questions everything around her.

Very rarely do two unconnected works of fiction have a similar message. The messages of two very different works, Unwind and A Modest Proposal, have the same grotesque meaning. A Modest Proposal is a description of a plan that would fix the population and poverty problem by means of selective cannibalism of children. Unwind is a story about a future dystopia where selected teenagers are unwound for their body parts to control population and make the most out of the unwound teens. The message transpires time in the two utterly different stories while maintaining the same meaning.

Someone once said; “When we acknowledge the value in every human life and witness such, we thrive and succeed and protect one another”. The value in life is a prospect that should not be suppressed, even in times of hardship. Conveying this message through literary elements can be tough at times, consequently leaving the message unclear. Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” demonstrates the opposite and conveys the theme thoroughly, leaving no room for uncertainty. His characters, one of the most important elements of an amazing story, all adapt realistically to a situation where the safety of their life comes first. Additionally, the conflict in “Unwind” is a central point of interest and engages the reader in the motives behind the battle faced by the characters. Finally, the narrative perspective further expresses a sense of meaningfulness when dealing with the topic of life significance. Evidently, Shusterman emphasizes the worth in human life through his character development, the conflicts and the theme.

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

My chosen theme, dehumanization, has affected my thoughts about our responsibility to one another by making me realize that we are not different at all, in fact, we’re all the same. No matter what race, gender, religion, or sexual preference. We should be responsible for one another because we are all human, not wild animals. We should not have to fight over trivial things, we are all livings beings but my evidence could almost prove otherwise, these starved, beaten, and tortured men have become

I live in a society of “misfits”. Money is everything in the society I live in. Good hearted people are never shown to have as much value or worth as those with the biggest banks. In many ways people who fight the hardest to win, ends up coming up short due to the price tags. I constantly feel like I am in the middle of these battles. I was never a fan of conformity, it always made “different” bad, I don’t agree with that, the world needs mavericks.