Paper #2: A Critical Analysis of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Corruption by the government has caused the society in Fahrenheit 451 to be in a crisis. Lack of knowledge enables ignorance in Guy Montag 's society. Books contain great knowledge and ideas that inspire. This unfortunately, is a threat to the government, which explains why the burning of books was the only reasonable solution to keep the government in power, because it 's much easier for the government to enforce and control an uneducated, unknowledgeable society, rather than an insightful, intelligent one. When people read, they learn, and when people learn, they ask questions and make inferences. Allowing people the access of books enables them to question their own society,
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Lessing in her essay describes how people in the West are "helpless against all kinds of pressures on them to conform in many kinds of ways." (Lessing 724) This indicates that people fear isolation, they fear making their own decisions, or leading themselves. People in the West are always seeking some kind of group to belong to, and even when there may be some differences, they may change themselves and/or their thinking to feel accepted by a group. The people in the society Lessing paints and the people in the society in Fahrenheit 451 are similar in the sense that they 're both blind to the loss of individuality that 's happening to them and the people in their society. These two groups of people haven 't awoken yet to the fact that they can 't be their own person, truthfully because people "are always seeking groups to belong to and if one group dissolves, they look for another." (Lessing 724) The most dangerous aspect about this kind of thinking, as is shown in Fahrenheit 451, is "not the belonging to a group, or groups, but not understanding the social laws that govern groups and govern us." (Lessing 724) The people in Fahrenheit 451 are somewhat blind to the occurrences and destruction surrounding them. The fact that the society is perfectly accepting to books being totally banished is terrifying, because books have shaped the world, the country, and the communities people exist …show more content…
Postman analyzes telegraphy, photography, and the television, including their effects on the country and the people within it. "There is no beginning, middle, or end in a world of photographs, as there is none implied by telegraphy. The world is atomized. There is only a present and it need not be part of any story that can be told." (Postman 74) This quote summarizes the ideas Postman had surrounding the introduction of technology to the world. In some ways, it 's enhanced the country, but in other ways it hasn 't. In Fahrenheit 451 the use of technology, particularly television, is extremely heavy. In the parlor televisions are always on, and daytime T.V. rumbles through the entire home. This annoys Montag greatly, because he doesn 't want to be distracted by technology so he can be blind to the real world around him. Postman additionally discusses how the information of the "news of the day" doesn 't inspire people to take charge, and take action. He asks what plan will be taken to lessen crime rates, or issues regarding the Middle East. The nightly news and discussions surrounding it have become more talk rather than action because the power of information to sincerely influence us in some way has been entirely
Lessing in her essay describes how people in the West are "helpless against all kinds of pressures on them to conform in many kinds of ways." (Lessing 724) This indicates that people fear isolation, they fear making their own decisions, or leading themselves. People in the West are always seeking some kind of group to belong to, and even when there may be some differences, they may change themselves and/or their thinking to feel accepted by a group. The people in the society Lessing paints and the people in the society in Fahrenheit 451 are similar in the sense that they 're both blind to the loss of individuality that 's happening to them and the people in their society. These two groups of people haven 't awoken yet to the fact that they can 't be their own person, truthfully because people "are always seeking groups to belong to and if one group dissolves, they look for another." (Lessing 724) The most dangerous aspect about this kind of thinking, as is shown in Fahrenheit 451, is "not the belonging to a group, or groups, but not understanding the social laws that govern groups and govern us." (Lessing 724) The people in Fahrenheit 451 are somewhat blind to the occurrences and destruction surrounding them. The fact that the society is perfectly accepting to books being totally banished is terrifying, because books have shaped the world, the country, and the communities people exist …show more content…
Postman analyzes telegraphy, photography, and the television, including their effects on the country and the people within it. "There is no beginning, middle, or end in a world of photographs, as there is none implied by telegraphy. The world is atomized. There is only a present and it need not be part of any story that can be told." (Postman 74) This quote summarizes the ideas Postman had surrounding the introduction of technology to the world. In some ways, it 's enhanced the country, but in other ways it hasn 't. In Fahrenheit 451 the use of technology, particularly television, is extremely heavy. In the parlor televisions are always on, and daytime T.V. rumbles through the entire home. This annoys Montag greatly, because he doesn 't want to be distracted by technology so he can be blind to the real world around him. Postman additionally discusses how the information of the "news of the day" doesn 't inspire people to take charge, and take action. He asks what plan will be taken to lessen crime rates, or issues regarding the Middle East. The nightly news and discussions surrounding it have become more talk rather than action because the power of information to sincerely influence us in some way has been entirely