Book Report Fahrenheit 451

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door…Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” –Ray Bradbury. Our world compared to Fahrenheit 451 is such a stark contrast, In our world, books are cherished above all others. In 451 books are illegal. The Firemen start fires instead of putting them out. But the only similarity between our world and there's is that technology is everywhere, it is controlling and brainwashing.

Literature is not only important to society, but is very important for each individual to read and understand. Literature can provide a way for people to learn more about what happened in the past and can even be a way for people to reduce stress in their lives. There are many different types of literature and each of them can be used for different reasons. You can use books to study specific topics, to relive the past, and to express yourself through writing. Literature can be written about the past, the future and even about present day society. Even if the book or novel is fiction, it still has some sort of theme that resembles a real world experience or problem. We need literature in our lives to help us develop and improve, not only as individuals, but as a society and to learn about the past.

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are many similar things that are becoming reality in the world today. People have become very reliant on electronics from thing like entertainment to cleaning their homes. They also have much less face to face communication but rather they communicate with cell phones or computers. When the book was written in 1953, many people socialized by going out and having fun with their friends. Now many people would rather stay home and play video games with their virtual “friends.”

Imagine yourself 50 years from now, what will you be doing? What do you think the world would be like? In Fahrenheit 451 the future is full of strange things and ideas like burning books and keeping information from society. When I think of society 50 years from now, I imagine a world full of technology and information. When I think of architecture, I imagine immensely tall buildings made almost completely of glass.

“ At a time when books, movies, and the theater are relaxing restrictions and expanding their fields of coverage, Tv still kills shows because of subject matter and story line.” (Newsweek 161). In the 1950s, there were many items and things censored for various reasons. A Dystopian culture is an unpleasant society specifically related to the future. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury chooses to incorporate the individual censorship to reveal the negatives of a Dystopian culture.

“Well wasn't there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Literally not just one wall but, so far, three!” (41 Bradbury). In Fahrenheit 451 Montag and his wife Mildred are so far apart, not by physical space, but by something else entirely. A once sacred bond like marriage is simply a word and nothing more. They share the same house but not the same mindspace. Her head is filled with simple words and silly technological people. She is too blind to even comprehend love. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 there is no such thing as love.

May 10, 1933; Nazi Germany attacked Jewish intellectuals. Claiming they needed to “purify” the German language and literature, universities to be German nationalism. A symbolic significance to May 10, university students burned upwards of 25,000 volumes of “un-German” books. Within past history in the book Fahrenheit 451 the resemblance of the two stories relate to how the governments wanted to banish books due to a new education, different than what should be taught (general information) as well as, people rebelling once learning this information.

If parents book their kids so they are not use to free time, kids do not know how to use their unstructured free time when they have it. Kids that are use to always participating in an activity get use to not ever having to find something to do on their own. Kids going to school, then going to sports, and then coming home and doing homework never have time to think about what they could be doing if they did not have a busy life. If you hand a kid that is constantly on the move a ball, they might ask what they are supposed to do with it. If you hand a kid a ball that has free time, they will most likely find a game they can play using the ball. Also, kids who are never allowed free time to become bored are always focused on a structured

Why would those in control of a society want to suppress knowledge? People in control want you to believe all of the information they throw at your face. Therefore the information you acquire in school is censored “for your protection”. Fahrenheit 451 is a logical explanation of this and a great comparison to this type of question. The people that are in control, wipe out almost all knowledge and learning so that people are unable to figure out the past or have any understanding of what is really going on.

The world created by Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 mostly relates to today’s society in that both societies have banned books, which leads people to become dependent on technology; This dependence prevents people from being a part of the community and thinking for themselves. However, the extent Bradbury portrays the insensitivity towards violence creates an extremely dangerous world, whereas today’s society is more aware and sensitive to violence.

Sandy Hook Elementary School. San Bernardino. Paris. What do all of these places have in common? They fell victim to unpredictability. Mass shootings are not new to our society, but they are still a devastating problem that should not exist any longer. Mass shootings connect to the novel, Fahrenheit 451, through both the unnecessary violence and the absence of humanity that are evident in the novel. Mass shootings are a devastating problem in our society, and now their numbers have escalated to a new level. This change reflects how both our society and our humanity is beginning to crumble, solutions like banning unnecessary and excessive fire arms are currently being enacted.

As a child, there are special books that we never will forget. When I was younger, my mother would read the bible to me every night. Joining the wandering group of book lovers, had me choose a valuable book to preserve and memorize. I would preserve the bible for future generations because it gives a message of freedom, tells history, and transformed the world.

Background: this story takes place in a futuristic USA where the country is at the brink of war. Tensions between other countries are increasing and soldiers are being deployed to their stations. Although all of this is happening citizens of the US believe that the world will be short and quick and the soldiers will be back home within a week.

Censorship has been around the centuries for a long time. Censorship means a suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc that can be considered a non- posing threat or threat to our society. Censorship can be impacting many children, teens, and even adults today. The main purpose Ray Bradbury illustrated “Fahrenheit 451” is to show future prosperities that everything we post on social media and also for the world to see can impact our chances to gain access to many different opportunities providing educational, video games, and more websites.

In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the author predicts the future of today’s society. Bradbury predicted the future of today’s technology and societal issues. Some technology from the book that is similar to today is the small electronic earpieces that fit into peoples’ ears to communicate with people; nowadays, it exists and people call it Bluetooth. In addition, there was large flat screen televisions that were the size of a wall. Technology is part of the societal issues from the book, they are similar to today’s society because the people do not care about reading or gaining knowledge anymore, it’s all about television and technology. In addition, suicide is not taken care of or prevented properly It is almost as suicide is taken as a joke. Actually, there are many ways today’s society is similar to the book, society that Bradbury based in the future containing advanced technology and societal issues.