Common Themes In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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Wayne Dyer once said, “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about” In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, ignorance is a common theme. From the thoughtless decisions Guy Montag realizes he has been making when he meet Clarisse, to the harsh rules the town has to destroy any literature, and the effect of burning the books has on the town people. The ignorance shown in the novel is greatly shown on page 95, due to the encounter of Guy Montag with Faber, and the women seeing Montag with the book in his hand, while still being a firefighter. This page shows the theme of the book though the characters tone, syntax, and the diction that is all found in the text.
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Montag due to ????After the woman find out that Montag has a book, Mrs. Montag freaks out and tries to cover it up. She does this trying to come up with a lie quickly but she is very nervous so she says, that firemen are allowed to bring home a book ”to show his family how silly it all was, how nervous that that sort of thing can make you, how crazy” EMPHASIZE THE SHILLY CRAZY ETC WORDS Bradbury used Syntax in Mrs. Mildred's part to show how nervous she was, because when people come up with lies they often just keep talking, this is found with the run ons. She then continues saying, “So none of us will have to bother out little old heads abou that junk again, isn't that right?” Mrs. Montag called the books junk shows the lack of appreciation that most of the people give to the books, even though they never gave them a chance. Also hoe right is italizd shoes how Bradbury wants to stress the fact that it was a lie, and she is trying to get Montag to agree with her quickly. and quincy told Montag to answer because she was very nervous. She called the books juk because she did not have the background knowledge in the book to make her smart and not ignorant. Mrs, Montag ignorance is greatly shown on page 95 when she tries to come up with the “perfect’ lie, to show her nervousness Bradbury views a lot of …show more content…
On page 95 Badbury uses diction to relate and show the ignorance of the woman, and Montag. After Montag's encounter with Mrs phelps and Mrs. Bowles, she starts to get worried about her husband. She also notices that he is talking to someone, because he is talking to Faber through the earpiece he gave him. So she ask him, “who are you talking to?” fdgrtgorgnrogiho rtgrbrbr and when she does this a “silver needle pierced his brain” Bradbury italitices the word who to make it stand out and more important, this is also because Mrs. Montags knows the truth and just doesn't want to let Montag know. Than after, the metaphor? That is used is referring to the mechanical hound and the needle noise it has. This reminds Montag of the law, and hoe his ignorance is still breaking it. Transition…..So Mrs Montag told up a lie that all the fireman>>>>>>> Then encouraged Montag to read the book. “ ladies, you won't understand a word. Its goes umpty-tumpty-ump. Mrs montag jokes making fun of literature she has never read shows her ignorance. Her rudeness to make fun if something she knows nothing about HUMPTY TIMMY FELL OFF A WALL> The doctor of this page goes the ignorance of Montah and the woman because they do not thing fully before completing their

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