Society In Fahrenheit 451

Imagine living in a world where your society was dystopian, meaning just about everything is unpleasant and totalitarian. As an audience reads about the dystopian society in the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, we are appalled about how miserable their society sounds. Little do we realize, this so called miserable society is very similar to our world as we know it. In the novel, the plot is centered on facing reality. As the story progresses we see many problems including war, drug abuse, and the lack of love. Montag, the main character, sees these issues and is determined to reform them while everyone else is oblivious to the cold world around them. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is both similar and different from american society today in terms of war, drugs, and views on love and marriage. Much like our world today, Montag's society is approached with the threat of a growing war. As clearly shown in the novel, they have a different viewpoint and handle the threat very differently from what we are used to. In the novel, the author states the following, …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451 a character, Mrs. Phelps, states the following, ¨Anyway, Pete and I always said, no tears nothing like that. It's our third marriage each…¨(Bradbury91). This quote clearly demonstrates the society´s intake on love itself. We can see that people in this society do not marry for love, they just do it because it is stereotypical or the usual thing to do. There is no feelings attached to these marriages whatsoever. On the other hand, society as I know it is much different and holds separate views on the topic of love and marriage. Today, when people marry they do it because they are in love. People who are truly independent typically do not end up marrying and the couples who do not truly love each other anymore or in general separate. This is much different from montag's society because we act out of love while they do