Fahrenheit 451 Conflict Analysis

Improved Essays
Non-conflict is also a standard in this fictional society. Anything that can possibly start a conflict, cause conflicting opinions and or offend someone is just simply destroyed. The law will not allow even the smallest thing affect people or get them thinking. This is a societal standard the Montag family has a hard time following because of the arguments between Guy and Mildred, they cannot come to an agreement when it comes to what they spend their money on. Guy starts to struggle to do what everyone gets used to doing, which is the same thing as every other day. The community does the same thing daily so they will not have to think or have a single worry in their life. Captain Beatty explains to guy, “'You can't build a house without nails …show more content…
Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war.’”(Bradbury 61). In the eyes of the government, society is a potential problem that needs to be stopped before it even starts. Completely taking away all opinion in the community is the way to solve the problems in this fictional society. Captain Beatty continues, “‘Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change.’”(Bradbury 61). Apart from taking away anything that can cause an issue, the government fills the community with information that will distract them from what is going on around them. Guy Montag, at one point, is just like the rest of the society who do not notice the problems around them and feel like this is how the world is supposed to be. Although this fictional society does not have very much conflict, it leads the community to be brainwashed and do the same thing on a daily basis for their whole

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    society. In this novel, Montag faces several conflicts. The first conflict is when he starts to read books. In society, books are banned, yet Montag goes against society and reads them anyway.…

    • 879 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Those two people, one symbolized the real world, one the imaginary, provides the audiences two different ways of life. Guy Montag definitely enjoys the real life better, he likes the stuff Clarisse points out to him and willing to try different new things and gain experiences. Because of that, he starts to have more and more argument with Mildred and starts to compare his own wife with Clarisse. Although Guy Montag has known his wife Mildred for about ten years till now, they never actually get to know each other in depth.…

    • 1427 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Chapter one “Gone” the words repeated over again in his head, a resonating sound of his son’s voice. So close were the children so close, just one more day and they would be back in Berlin. “Was it really my fault? Was I wrong to bring them here?” Father slowly uttered like he wanted someone to hear, but was too ashamed to say it aloud.…

    • 2179 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As the cinders of what I once called my home rose from the ground, forming terrible gaseous smoke and clouds of ashen smog, it hit me: I had caused this. The bodies of my former colleagues lying on the ground were my own doing; the burning house that surrounded me was a consequence of my own actions, and the cries of my wife all those nights ago were because I refused to let go of the book in my hand, refused to let it burn like the many others that came before it. Once a respected fireman and enforcer, burning the laws of society into people’s minds, all I had left was the name they had called me by on the news: The refugee, Guy Montag, a man who had slaughtered his own coworkers in a fit of insanity, a man who had brought an entire library home in an…

    • 979 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    It introduces a new world in which control of the masses by the media, overpopulation, and censorship has taken over the general population. The individual is not accepted and the intellectual is considered an outlaw. Ray Bradbury introduces this new world through the character Guy Montag, the protagonist, during a short time in his life. Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic American city. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out.…

    • 2173 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Montag is just a normal citizen who follows the rules, but later becomes a bit rebellious towards the laws of his society. First of all, Guy Montag is a fireman, which means he burns books for a living. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, Montag states that burning books were pleasurable to him. “It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 3).…

    • 676 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Sometimes we go through life without a care in the world, thinking that we are happy when we are not. Something occurs or someone comes and opens up a little hole that allows us to see who we really are. We all have to face reality. Sometimes it is not what we want to see, and like Mildred, Montag’s wife, it is often hard to break away from the ways we have known our whole life. As previously mentioned, there is a little bit of Guy Montag in all of us.…

    • 1454 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In Guy Montag’s society, he works as a firefighter, burning down buildings that contain books and other written material. One day, Montag runs into an inquisitive young girl, named Clarisse, who forces him to rethink his opinions on society 's mandates…

    • 1638 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Guy Montag is a fireman who lives with his wife Mildred. Every day he gets up, sees Mildred watching the parlor walls, goes to work, burns books, comes home and sees Mildred watching the parlor walls, and goes to bed. His life is almost always like this until he experiences an awakening. Montag now sees the sad, empty, and censored lives him and everyone he knows is living. This awakening is influenced by Clarisse, Mildred, and Faber.…

    • 968 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In the novel Fahrenheit 451, author, Ray Bradbury, creates a dystopia where the protagonist hides from his problems, realizes that it’s because of the way society is, and that he needs to make a change. Main character ,Guy Montag, is a very confused man that can not seem to figure out what he’s missing in life. He is tested from every aspect to figure out who he really is, but is he Guy montag or is he just like everyone else? Is he living a “normal” life or is there something missing? Why are things so mysterious?…

    • 1017 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    I am in receipt of your letter of March 25, 2016, to attend on a jury duty on May 5, 2016. I am honored by the privilege, but I am writing this letter request that I be excuse from Jury Service. I am currently a part time student and part time job, in order to pay for my tuition. My school takes up the day time and my job takes the rest of the day. Due to this situation, I can not miss a day from school nor from my job because I wouldn’t be able to catch up my lecture and most lecture work.…

    • 528 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    To some, books are just words on worthless paper. To others, empty promises written on a page. Yet, to others, they are a way to get away from the “real world” and dive into a blissful moment of peace. All of us have our opinions on books, varying from “I don’t even know how to say library correctly” to “I read every chance I get”. However, what if this privilege was taken away from us?…

    • 1436 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    His ability to become in individual is very significant in the matter of regaining humanity; if one person is able to break away from manipulation and conformity, there may be a chance to save the rest of society from destruction. This act is simply the beginning of his rebellion and his individuality continues on. He chooses to act on his thoughts of rebellion in an active manner, not containing his emotions and exposing them to others around him. Montag ventures to persuade his thoughtless wife and friends to change their perceptions and consume knowledge from their surroundings as well as from the books hidden in his house. He is also careless in his attempt to hide his knowledge from others; he urges his wife to read the books with him, naively trusting that she will not report him to authorities.…

    • 1607 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He is now free to rebuild his new life and start anew. In meeting Clarisse, his mentor Faber and Montag burning his home down, Montag emerged as a leader to guide the intellectuals to the ruined city. The society Guy Montag lives in was based on instant satisfaction. The citizens were too caught up in having a fun, fast-paced life with lots of material goods and in that, they stopped caring about ideas and values.…

    • 972 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Therefore, when an individual acts out, or tries to be different, it is frowned upon by the vast majority of the public. An artist named Alex Grey once said “In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized” (Brainyquote). The common lack of true individuality in the world today is similar to that of Guy Montag’s Mrs. Kollbaum told me to describe the type of society society in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. as a thesis I would add in Ray so that you can understand who by eliminating your introduction Bradbury portrays Guy Montag as a deviant, and a rebel to diverge from the path of similar individuals, think for himself, and establish the need for a…

    • 817 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays