Fahrenheit 451 Warning Analysis

In Fahrenheit 451 books are illegal. Compared to our world this is crazy. In our world we are always being encouraged to read and sometimes forced too. But in Guy Montag's world it is the highest crime too even own a book. Your house gets burned down for it.

The dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 written by author Ray Bradbury in 1953, shows what he speculates the fate of society to be. Fahrenheit 451 takes places in the corrupt United States when people no longer read books and are satisfied only by entertainment. In Fahrenheit 451, the fire has been perceived in many different ways by the main character Guy Montag, once a fireman. Fire in Fahrenheit 451 represents both rebirth and destruction. Mythological creatures, such as the salamander and Phoenix have influenced the change in the perception of fire.

In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury tells the story of a dystopic world where books are burned by firemen because they are prohibited. By presenting this, he makes a point on how books are essential and at the same time warning readers. He was trying to say,” If this happens, then this will happen.” He visualized this society in this book, based on his society, which is parallel to our society now. In the dystopic Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury examines his society at the time, and he admonishes readers about possible aspects of future societies, especially mass media, technological advancement, and peoples’ mental health.

“Coloured people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it. Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book”. Beatty is stating that if some people don’t like the information in books, then the firemen should burn the books or else people would become unhappy.The government is censoring information from the citizens because not everybody would want to know that information or wouldn't support it. “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon, Breach one man’s mind” (Page, 58). The quote is saying, if you have knowledge, then you will be different than others and be considered weird like Clarisse and her family. The government in Fahrenheit 451 wanted everybody to be the same and equal and since not everybody can be smart, they censor books and what you learn in school so everybody will be

Montag could see the millions of little crumbles and bits of building that at one time in history were considered modern and original. Montag saw the remains of the building like they were all the rules and standards of society, holding him back in his past. He was startled, confused, and almost refreshed by the perspectives he was receiving from just a long glance at the remains. The thoughts flowing through his mind caught him completely off guard, almost like being slammed with one, bold, enormous brick. They left him feeling empowered and wise, like he all of a sudden understood all the unanswered questions flowing through his mind, even the ones that were nonsense, and he felt free, from the chains, the locks, and the bolts, locking

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, whereas ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going on in the world, with regards to censorship, and McCarthyism in America. That is

When I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, I felt very depressed and angry over the idea of burning books. In Fahrenheit 451 society it is against the law to read or own books. If you do, you could go to jail or be killed. And burning down houses, if there are books in them, is also acceptable. But in real life burning houses and books is not good. Fahrenheit 451 society and our world are very different because they have different laws and rules. Another example of how Fahrenheit 451 and our society are different is that in the book it was not against the law to run over someone, but in our society it is against the law.

‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ and ‘Fahrenheit 451’ are both dystopian novels published just after the end of the Second World War. ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by George Orwell is set in ‘Airstrip One’; the ‘future’ England, which has become a totalitarian government that persecutes all individualism and independent thinking as ‘thoughtcrime’. ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury however, is set in a future American society where books are outlawed and any found are burned. Both novels explore how governments can oppress their citizens by propaganda, such as the Big Brother posters everywhere, which are meant to give the citizens a feeling of protection, and also denying them the right to knowledge and individualism.

“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” ( Pg.58) This means that since the books hold a large amount of knowledge you never know who will be exposed to it. This relates to the novel because books were hidden from everyone because if its internal value and if people were exposed to them it will begin to shift their society. This quote builds on the ideas of why people should not have access to

Members of this society have lost the ability to have true, meaningful relationships with people because they have abandoned everything for technology. Those obsessed with technology are unable to have and keep relationships with other members of their society. Mildred is a key example of this. She values her technology more than her own husband. "She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling , 'Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now. . . . '" (Bradbury 108). MIldred would rather save herself than stay with the man who she supposedly loves when he needs help. She thinks about technology and herself, not Montag or any other human being. “He squinted at the wall. ‘The favourite subject, Myself.’ ‘I understand that one,’ said Mildred” (Bradbury 68). Technology is causing people to forget others and only think of themselves and technology. They

Government, a system that has high dignity and extreme power, decide what people should do, what people should not do. Also, they protect people from their own selfishness and evil. In order to maintain the peace, the government encourage people collaborate together, and share the same belief, therefore, a city won’t have any conflict and struggle. But, everything has a negative side, because of the long time controlling, people changed, they are submissive, they are ignorant, and also, the “Brain” of the city finally stopped thinking. Fahrenheit 451 shows that the fireman montag thought burning was a pleasure to him, but later he realize that the society is lacking self sense, therefore,he started to change.

Imagine living in a world where you are not in control of your own thoughts. Imagine living in a world in which all the great thinkers of the past have been blurred from existence. Imagine living in a world where life no longer involves beauty, but instead a controlled system that the government is capable of manipulating. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, such a world is brought to the awareness of the reader through a description of the impacts of censorship and forced conformity on people living in a futuristic society. In this society, all works of literature have become a symbol of unnecessary controversy and are outlawed. Individuality and thought is outlawed. The human mind is

Imagine a world in which one is taught how and what to think. In this world no one is given the opportunity to form their own opinions. Books are illegal because they might generate ideas other than those which are taught. Knowledge is what allows a person to understand right from wrong, but if it is ingrained in a person to follow a set of rules without having an understanding for them, it’s most likely that the person will rebel. That is what occurs in Fahrenheit 451. Books are banned and, if found, are burned along with the house they are located in. This rule instilled fear and curiosity in the hearts of certain people within their society. Fear of getting their house burned and curiosity about the contents of these books people are sacrificing their houses and even some lives for. The answer is simple: knowledge. In Fahrenheit 451, the power and value of ideas allows one to see the world’s beauty clearly through their own eyes, comprehend and cognize the rules, and instigate conflict.

The First Amendment grants the freedom of speech for all United States citizens. Envision not possessing this right, but also not being able to think freely. If a future filled with no individual expression and everyone and everything looking the same came to mind, you were close, but not quite there. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is about a war ridden society that restricts the freedom of thought through the practice of banning and burning books. An analysis of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 displays change is needed because it opens one’s eyes which is illustrated by his use of character interaction, detailed events, and revealing the character’s thoughts.

“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”- Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury created this novel; not just to make an entertaining story, but to explain the problems of the future. Though this book is fiction, it informs the public on similar problems in the 21st century. Fahrenheit 451 illustrated problems such as technology, the brainlessness of society, and lack of communication. Those problems relate to the main themes of the book: totalitarianism, loss of faith, and the importance of relationships. The downfall of humanity can not be blamed for the lack of structure, but by the attitudes of the people. The actions of humans influences the destruction of mankind