Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 Journal Analysis

There was war almost all the time between Israel and Syria, which caused some trouble, that is, a band of Syrians from Damascus would often come into a village of Israel and take the people away for slaves. One little girl who was carried off by the Syrians became a slave in the house of a Syrian general called Naaman, and was a maid to Naaman’s wife.

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.

Acts of terrorism are vicious and pitiless, taking the lives of innocent individuals. I believe that in order to stop these acts of rebellion, unconventional means of combating the threats are necessary, one of these being, wiretapping. In the article, Counterpoint: War on Terror and Wiretaps, the authors explain the controversial issue regarding the government tapping our technology. Although the process may seem excessive and invading to some, it will help save the lives of American citizens. It seems only obvious that someone should care more about the safety of their loved ones, than their text messages being exposed to the government. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, it discusses a society in which the government

In this futuristic novel, all books are banned in an attempt to create a better society. Montag’s job is to set any houses with books found in them on fire so that the spread of books can be stopped. However, Montag begins to realize, after meeting a young girl named Clarisse who opens his eyes to the world that he is missing out on, that the burning of the books is wrong and should be stopped. He realizes that the books are necessary and life without these books is a disaster. This realization lands Montag in a lot of trouble with the law and in his social life as long as with a lot of inner turmoil. He loses his wife, friends, and job because of the knowledge that he gained from reading the few books that he is able to. At the end of the novel, Montag is able to find a small group of people who try to save the books and do so by memorizing entire books word for word. The book that Montag is assigned is the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible which states, “For in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of

This proves Montag’s misunderstanding of what the government is trying to achieve with burning books and shows his general ignorance. This key detail proves the ignorance not only of Montag, but of the entire society, and that's what fire symbolizes. Another key symbol in this book is well, the books itself, the books represent knowledge and true understanding of quality information. For example, Faber, an old English professor, says “its not books you need, it's what once was in books.” (Bradbury, 82).

Montag realizes books are good and full of knowledge when Clarisse saves books from burning. “There must be something in books, something

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.

Beatty claims that books “make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory or thought. All his life, Montag, along as the rest of society, was taught that burning books was solving, or destroying, their problems. Fire represents censorship because it is used as a way to prevent people from gaining too much knowledge and creating beliefs. Opposing beliefs can lead to arguments and destroy society, even though they already do destroy it with every house they burn down, along with every person that chooses to die with their books.

On the secound part the story is going in a really weird direction. I was really expecting that Ms. Clarisse could be the main female character, but now she seems to be dead. I notice how Montag’s mind is shifting as the story goes, but somehow the women’s burning of herself surprised me. Professor Faber is kind of coward when Montag tries to approach him. And Mrs. Mildred is really superficial, and I don’t understand why would she keep trying to kill herself by taking bills. She and her friends saw the books that Montag was hiding, so I think the next plot would be he running for life.

This is a huge change of character for Montag as he is a fireman whose job is to burn books yet he read them. This shows that Bradbury uses character development to develop his theme. Montag wanted more knowledge as to why books are not allowed. He grew curious and tried to read some. As he read them, he grew more wisdom. He started to question society and why books are banned. This shows the theme of when someone gains more wisdom, they start to realise the society around them and question it. This is how Bradbury uses character development to convey his theme.

Books are the portal to other worlds. People use books to express themselves, so if books are taken away then that form of expression is gone. Montag slowly begins to realize how much people miss out on without books. Through Fahrenheit 451, the author reveals that people should not be given too much power or things will get out of hand. Government is taken too far when important items like books are taken away.

Therefore, through books, Montag becomes conscious of the monotony of his previous life, and now rebels against the very foundations of his society. Due to this intellectual illumination, Montag begins to acknowledge the details of the world around him, details he had once ignored: ‘”Bet I know something else you don’t. There’s dew on the grass this morning.”’As enlightenment dawns on Montag, he finally begins to realise the power within books (i.e. they hold the key to power through knowledge) and this is his ‘crime’ against society: ‘There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house...’ Despite his newfound interest, Montag is still struggling to understand the concept of literature. Once again however, Montag is pushed in the right direction by Professor Faber. Under Faber’s guidance, Montag recognises that ‘There is nothing magical about [books] at all. The magic is only with what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment.’ This quote exemplifies the fact that although books are the combination of mere ink and paper, it is the beliefs and the knowledge within a book that are so incredibly powerful.

Now at first glance anyone may look at the book and wonder what does Fahrenheit 451 mean? Well Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which paper catches on fire. This is our first glimpse into Ray Bradbury’s dystopian world in Fahrenheit 451. So, this book was originally published in 1953 during World War II and starting the Cold War, which plays a huge role in what this book symbolizes. The author of Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury.

Imagine if you live in a world where firefighters would create fires instead of setting them out. The book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury tells a story about a dystopian world set in the future, where books are burnt and people are addicted to television. The protagonist Guy Montag is a firefighter whose job is to burn illegal books. Later in the novel, Montag steals some books to read. Their world is a dystopia because people are watched, there is a lot of violence, and books that contain information get destroyed. In the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are many similarities to the US Society such as violence, television, and surveillance which show that we need to stop violence and spend less time on electronics in order to prevent our society from becoming a dystopia.