Knowledge is Not Overrated
“Knowledge is power,” is what Francis Bacon once said. Knowledge to some could be considered overrated. In reality knowledge is nowhere near over rated. It opens so many doors and possibilities. It can be proven that people with knowledge in any time period or society are always those who manage to come out on top. What matters though is what one person with a great knowledge does with it. Throughout the works of 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the idea that knowledge is not over rated is constantly portrayed. Knowledge is not in any way over rated; this is shown through the rejection of Soma by Bernard in Brave New World and where that rejection bring him, …show more content…
If you even begin to have any sort of knowledge beyond what the government wants you to believe they make sure you are in a way killed. In both circumstances in this novel it is being “accidently” hit by a car. Montag is able to get away from it but he knew exactly what the erratic car filled with children was meant for him. Montag has these knowledge that very few people do. He has the knowledge of books and of the past and truth. He begins to feel as if what he has been living his whole life isn’t quite correct. When he is deemed as a traitor by his government and is wanted, he runs away. He runs into others who have this same burden of great knowledge. One of the men tells Montag this “Sometime the load we 're carrying with us may help someone, but even when we had the books on hand we didn 't use what we got out of them." (Bradbury 148.) This goes to prove that knowledge is not over rated. Montag has this knowledge that one day will help the society and help someone else. Eventually one day this tech dependent society will be nothing. Judging by the now completely bombed city if this pattern continues then this society will have to begin all over again. The strong base of beginning again will be the knowledge that Montag and the others are carrying. This is shown in the quote “all we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe, for if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good” (Bradbury 144.) This quote basically says knowledge is not just for one person. It’s meant to share so others can take that and grow off of it. So we have new technology, new ideas, etc. If this knowledge is not shared and is kept within one person, then these dystopias within all the works are created. The person with all this knowledge decides they can be the only one. So they create these societies where they tell their citizens so much and grow their own
“Knowledge is power,” is what Francis Bacon once said. Knowledge to some could be considered overrated. In reality knowledge is nowhere near over rated. It opens so many doors and possibilities. It can be proven that people with knowledge in any time period or society are always those who manage to come out on top. What matters though is what one person with a great knowledge does with it. Throughout the works of 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the idea that knowledge is not over rated is constantly portrayed. Knowledge is not in any way over rated; this is shown through the rejection of Soma by Bernard in Brave New World and where that rejection bring him, …show more content…
If you even begin to have any sort of knowledge beyond what the government wants you to believe they make sure you are in a way killed. In both circumstances in this novel it is being “accidently” hit by a car. Montag is able to get away from it but he knew exactly what the erratic car filled with children was meant for him. Montag has these knowledge that very few people do. He has the knowledge of books and of the past and truth. He begins to feel as if what he has been living his whole life isn’t quite correct. When he is deemed as a traitor by his government and is wanted, he runs away. He runs into others who have this same burden of great knowledge. One of the men tells Montag this “Sometime the load we 're carrying with us may help someone, but even when we had the books on hand we didn 't use what we got out of them." (Bradbury 148.) This goes to prove that knowledge is not over rated. Montag has this knowledge that one day will help the society and help someone else. Eventually one day this tech dependent society will be nothing. Judging by the now completely bombed city if this pattern continues then this society will have to begin all over again. The strong base of beginning again will be the knowledge that Montag and the others are carrying. This is shown in the quote “all we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe, for if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good” (Bradbury 144.) This quote basically says knowledge is not just for one person. It’s meant to share so others can take that and grow off of it. So we have new technology, new ideas, etc. If this knowledge is not shared and is kept within one person, then these dystopias within all the works are created. The person with all this knowledge decides they can be the only one. So they create these societies where they tell their citizens so much and grow their own