Fahrenheit 451 was wrote in 1951 by a very productive author, Ray Bradbury. It is read by many readers still today who enjoy it’s story. He has wrote over 3 dozen novels over his lifetime, winning a National Book Foundation Medal and a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, and this is one of his most highly honored. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in the future within the United States where books and knowledge are not accepted or allowed. Guy Montag is the one who goes against all of the principles that were set in the society. Bradbury demonstrates the archetype of an anti-hero through Guy Montag in this novel.
Feelings of doubt in the society by Guy started in the moments after the woman with books was killed by him and his crew of fireman. He is mentally falling apart after this incident …show more content…
Bradbury was showing the lack of knowledge and thinking in daily life within the society throughout the entire novel. The schools consisted of TV class, sports, and film teacher (pg. 27). Society is the roadblock that Montag was able to get through to see past all the nonsense like Window Smasher, Car Wrecker, and other games that take you away from your full potential. The quantity of the harshness and lack of any thought is what blended together to make Montag’s eventual departure from the city inevitable.
In order for Montag to be able to abandon the long-known town, it required Bradbury to show the tremendous heroism within Montag. Things that he left behind such as his wife, Mildred, caused him much pain even though she didn’t want a connection with him anymore(pg. 152). Ever since the fact of knowledge came into Montag, that was when he became a severe threat to the society. This makes Bradbury show the transfer Montag undergoes from a state in a bland, controlling society to a completely different and more complex
Feelings of doubt in the society by Guy started in the moments after the woman with books was killed by him and his crew of fireman. He is mentally falling apart after this incident …show more content…
Bradbury was showing the lack of knowledge and thinking in daily life within the society throughout the entire novel. The schools consisted of TV class, sports, and film teacher (pg. 27). Society is the roadblock that Montag was able to get through to see past all the nonsense like Window Smasher, Car Wrecker, and other games that take you away from your full potential. The quantity of the harshness and lack of any thought is what blended together to make Montag’s eventual departure from the city inevitable.
In order for Montag to be able to abandon the long-known town, it required Bradbury to show the tremendous heroism within Montag. Things that he left behind such as his wife, Mildred, caused him much pain even though she didn’t want a connection with him anymore(pg. 152). Ever since the fact of knowledge came into Montag, that was when he became a severe threat to the society. This makes Bradbury show the transfer Montag undergoes from a state in a bland, controlling society to a completely different and more complex