Aurelia Goodall
Mrs. Crays
English 9/10
February 27, 2018
Dystopian Called Fahrenheit 451 The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book of fiction. The book is also classified as science fiction, an allegory, and dystopian. The protagonist is Guy Montag, who is a fireman in the 1950s after World War II. Although the book is set in the 1950s Ray Bradbury has made them have many technological advancements. The book starts out with Guy Montag burning a house. However, he is not really burning the house, he is burning the books inside of the house. Books in the society are looked down upon. Since they have been banned the people have stopped wanting to read them. Bradbury writes on page 52 “Classics cut to fifteen-minute radio shows, then …show more content…
The technology in the book are seashells which are radio headphones, fireproof coating on houses so when the firemen come to burn books they don’t burn your house down, smart tvs or “the family”, and the Hound which is a animal/machine mix with the body of a spider head of a hound and scorpion like tail with a needle on the end “it's eight legs spidered under it on rubber-padded paws.”(Bradbury 22). Montag has been afraid of the Hound for months now. Montag feels as though it hates him for some reason and he hates it. The technology used in the book can be used for good, for example the seashells can be nice for exercise but they are used for bad like zoning out the world, like Mildred Montag does to her husband Guy Montag. The smart tv is used for bad also, when Mildred invites her friend over to watch the “family” they completely lose track of what is going on around them and they become addicted to it. Mildred wants to add another wall to the “family” which is expensive and she expects her husband to do it for her without …show more content…
Ray Bradbury conveys this throught through Montag, the protagonist, by the choices he makes. The book even goes into a biblical standpoint at certain times, which to some readers can make the book powerful in a spiritual way, if used in the right context. Ray Bradbury effectively uses the category of science fiction in this book because he shows how advanced technology is helpful but only if used correctly. For example if Mildred did not talk to the “family” quite as much, she might have understood her husbands reason for reading and taking
Mrs. Crays
English 9/10
February 27, 2018
Dystopian Called Fahrenheit 451 The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book of fiction. The book is also classified as science fiction, an allegory, and dystopian. The protagonist is Guy Montag, who is a fireman in the 1950s after World War II. Although the book is set in the 1950s Ray Bradbury has made them have many technological advancements. The book starts out with Guy Montag burning a house. However, he is not really burning the house, he is burning the books inside of the house. Books in the society are looked down upon. Since they have been banned the people have stopped wanting to read them. Bradbury writes on page 52 “Classics cut to fifteen-minute radio shows, then …show more content…
The technology in the book are seashells which are radio headphones, fireproof coating on houses so when the firemen come to burn books they don’t burn your house down, smart tvs or “the family”, and the Hound which is a animal/machine mix with the body of a spider head of a hound and scorpion like tail with a needle on the end “it's eight legs spidered under it on rubber-padded paws.”(Bradbury 22). Montag has been afraid of the Hound for months now. Montag feels as though it hates him for some reason and he hates it. The technology used in the book can be used for good, for example the seashells can be nice for exercise but they are used for bad like zoning out the world, like Mildred Montag does to her husband Guy Montag. The smart tv is used for bad also, when Mildred invites her friend over to watch the “family” they completely lose track of what is going on around them and they become addicted to it. Mildred wants to add another wall to the “family” which is expensive and she expects her husband to do it for her without …show more content…
Ray Bradbury conveys this throught through Montag, the protagonist, by the choices he makes. The book even goes into a biblical standpoint at certain times, which to some readers can make the book powerful in a spiritual way, if used in the right context. Ray Bradbury effectively uses the category of science fiction in this book because he shows how advanced technology is helpful but only if used correctly. For example if Mildred did not talk to the “family” quite as much, she might have understood her husbands reason for reading and taking