The book Fahrenheit 451 brings to the palate of the reader a very sobering forecast of humanity, that has only become closer to becoming a reality since the date of the book’s composition. As Fahrenheit 451 has aged, the story has gone from a bleak science fiction piece to a near prophetic manual. Through a setting based in a near dystopian future, such themes as societal ignorance, human perseverance, and censorship became the pillars of the book Fahrenheit 451 that made the book so impactful. The pleasure submerged society portrayed in Fahrenheit 451 not only held no value for knowledge, but sought to rid every citizen of all traces of intellect. This genocide of intelligence was a despicable act because in the beginning the move to dumb
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The level of political correctness in Fahrenheit 451 may have surpassed the intent of such non discriminatory actions by replacing an offensive ignorance for another, less offensive ignorance. Instead of giving minorities a voice, the warped sense of equality in Fahrenheit 451 deliberately took the voice away from all categories of minorities by taking away any and anything that could be interpreted as offensive as seen in Captain Beatty’s monologue, “The bigger your market Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that! All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean.” (Bradbury …show more content…
It was only when Montag encountered his neighbor Clarisse that his eyes were opened to how shallow a life he was living. Clarisse brought with her a wisdom that was beyond her years and highly discouraged by the society got rid of those who asked “why” instead of just sitting back and listening to “how.” As seen by his already extensive collection of stashed books before meeting Clarisse, Montag had always been drawn to the mysterious power books seemed to possess. This inquisitive drive most likely came about during his time as a fireman seeing people getting thrown into prison or even killed over an object that he had been taught his whole life was just a waste of time that poisoned people and caused unhappiness. It was only Montag’s interaction with characters like Clarisse and Faber that influenced Montag to pursue his simple fascination with knowledge rather than just stash the
The level of political correctness in Fahrenheit 451 may have surpassed the intent of such non discriminatory actions by replacing an offensive ignorance for another, less offensive ignorance. Instead of giving minorities a voice, the warped sense of equality in Fahrenheit 451 deliberately took the voice away from all categories of minorities by taking away any and anything that could be interpreted as offensive as seen in Captain Beatty’s monologue, “The bigger your market Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that! All the minor minor minorities with their navels to be kept clean.” (Bradbury …show more content…
It was only when Montag encountered his neighbor Clarisse that his eyes were opened to how shallow a life he was living. Clarisse brought with her a wisdom that was beyond her years and highly discouraged by the society got rid of those who asked “why” instead of just sitting back and listening to “how.” As seen by his already extensive collection of stashed books before meeting Clarisse, Montag had always been drawn to the mysterious power books seemed to possess. This inquisitive drive most likely came about during his time as a fireman seeing people getting thrown into prison or even killed over an object that he had been taught his whole life was just a waste of time that poisoned people and caused unhappiness. It was only Montag’s interaction with characters like Clarisse and Faber that influenced Montag to pursue his simple fascination with knowledge rather than just stash the