Why Is Books Important In Fahrenheit 451

The novel, Fahrenheit 451, takes place in a dystopian future. In this world there are divers of futuristic technologies. There are walls made up of entirely of television that would communicate with the viewers, high speed flying cars, and even an apparatus that would butter your toast for you. Even though their world has a multifarious amount of many great devices that benefit their society; they are lacking one important aspect. That aspect is books. In this world books are considered felonious. If a book were to be found it was to be burned. Since this is a law in their civilization; the majority of those people have a strong aversion about books.

In this society books are considered treacherous for two important factors. One of those …show more content…
To these people books are an abundant amount of words that make no sense when read. Chief of their fire department,Beatty Stoneman, is apart of this majority that share these values. He states, “I’ve had to read a few (books) in my time to know what it was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe” (Bradbury Part 2). For people like Montag, Faber,and the rest of the minority they put a high valve on books. They strongly believe books are valuable assets to have in life. As said in the novel by Faber, “The books can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion” (Bradbury Part 2). The value isn’t put on the book itself. It is put on the quality that each book contains. To them books lightened up their lives and gave them a purpose. “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope” (Annan). They understood the world around them better than those who were constantly …show more content…
By reading, and or writing a book it would bring creativity, and intellect that that society would highly need. Since society wasn’t allowed to engage in reading; the vast majority of them became extremely dull, and uneducated. In the novel the majority were so dimwitted that when voting for a person of office they chose the better looking candidate. Mrs. Bowles, a friend of Mildred, muttered “ I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for President Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest-looking men who ever became president” (Bradbury Part 2). Those that did choose to read were highly intelligent. They were fully capable of grasping concepts, and figurative writings of books. Reading and writing books would strongly impact their society if they were able to do