There is a lot of dystopian and utopian literature that explore whether or not a society can actually be perfect in everybody's eyes and standards. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a society where the government does not allow their citizens to gain additional knowledge from other resources such as books. In this book, characters influence each other and this makes them change their views on their society. The characters slowly find out the truth and try to take action for their own causes. A utopia is considered to be a society where everything thing is perfect. A dystopia is a society considered to be a place where everything is unpleasant and bad for citizens, or is trying to mimic a utopia but is failing to do so. Therefore, the
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Referring back to the text, when Faber was explaining why books are magical and have all the missing patches of the universe he states, “ "So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life." “ (62). Faber was explaining that books were magical because they had untold truths of the world and this is the knowledge the government and the society didn’t want us to know, this proves that the government doesn’t want us to find the knowledge about how bad and secretive the society really is. To sum up, the government are not allowing citizens to experience the hidden wonders and untold truths of the universe of a book that the quote states to have and also not letting them experience the enjoyment of reading a book, this is a reason why Fahrenheit 451 is a …show more content…
Furthermore, when Faber was telling Montag to say something in his ear and Montag responded by saying, “ Faber's voice whispered in his other ear. "But say one million. It's happier." "Faber?" "Yes?" "I'm not thinking. I'm just doing like I'm told, like always. You said get the money and I got it. I didn't really think of it myself.” (82). This reveals that Montag feels that he has lost his true identity and is being controlled by Faber, Montag dislikes this feeling but continues anyway just like how the government is controlling the minds of the citizens of the society. To summarize, the people of the society are being brainwashed by the government and are losing their true identities, which makes Fahrenheit 451 a dystopian
Referring back to the text, when Faber was explaining why books are magical and have all the missing patches of the universe he states, “ "So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life." “ (62). Faber was explaining that books were magical because they had untold truths of the world and this is the knowledge the government and the society didn’t want us to know, this proves that the government doesn’t want us to find the knowledge about how bad and secretive the society really is. To sum up, the government are not allowing citizens to experience the hidden wonders and untold truths of the universe of a book that the quote states to have and also not letting them experience the enjoyment of reading a book, this is a reason why Fahrenheit 451 is a …show more content…
Furthermore, when Faber was telling Montag to say something in his ear and Montag responded by saying, “ Faber's voice whispered in his other ear. "But say one million. It's happier." "Faber?" "Yes?" "I'm not thinking. I'm just doing like I'm told, like always. You said get the money and I got it. I didn't really think of it myself.” (82). This reveals that Montag feels that he has lost his true identity and is being controlled by Faber, Montag dislikes this feeling but continues anyway just like how the government is controlling the minds of the citizens of the society. To summarize, the people of the society are being brainwashed by the government and are losing their true identities, which makes Fahrenheit 451 a dystopian