Theme Of Society In Fahrenheit 451

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Society: Do not let it disintegrate

The society we live in differed from person to person, yet everyone could agree that it have to be strong to support everyone and everyday on the way of living their life’s and communicating. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, A man in a dystopian society decides to become a rebel to break the rules that they have been living by their whole life. He started to understand and realizing that his life and everyone else’s is corrupt. Bradbury is trying to sends out messages that can be taken as warnings or threats for the future. He wants people today to understand and know about the possible dangers in our community and the whole world. One particular message the story is trying to send out to society is
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In Fahrenheit 451 there is mention of rumors of the world, both from years past and existent. It is obvious that they do not know much about history other than the limited information they have been given. I don’t even think they know where they came from. Nobody ever has anything to debate because everything they know is the same and it must be true. Kim Jong Un from North Korea in our world today is doing exactly that he is an iron dictator that makes everyone believe what he says. He limited what the people can watch on television, what they can hear on the radio, just like in the world Fahrenheit 451. This causes certain people to question their way of life. Clarisse in particular is one to gossip about what took place before her. She always mentions how her uncle would tell her stories about his rebellious experiences. In the beginning of the text she immediately recognizes Montag as a fireman: “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” (Bradbury 8). Montag laughs uncomfortably because he is never quite sure on how to answer her foolish, storage questions. Beatty is a clear example of someone who is in favor for this lifestyle: “So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.” (Bradbury 58). This idea puts a limit on the whole world. Everybody would be completely unaware to what has actually led him or her to this point. That is a huge downfall and it would also kills society. I believe should know about history so they can learn from their mistakes and other’s. If not then how else should we set examples for futures ahead of us and not to fail

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