Fahrenheit 451 Dystopian Society Essay

In the novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury there are many examples that prove the society is a dystopia. A dystopian society is an unpleasant or dangerous society. The novel shows not only people who are harmful to the society but also certain things. First, it is normal for death to occur often whether it’s suicides or murders. When Mildred overdosed on the sleeping pills, the handymen said “We get these cases nine or ten a night...you don’t need an M.D., case like this; all you need is two handymen, clean up the problem in half an hour” (15). Mildred had overdosed on thirty sleeping pills and attempted to commit suicide however because the suicide cases were so often the society didn’t provide doctors to these cases. They had literal handymen …show more content…
They play games such as “Chicken” where two kids stand in front of a car and see who “chickens” out first. This is an extremely dangerous game as many kids would obviously die or get seriously injured. The children obviously don’t care about the consequences of their actions such as death proving that they are depressed. They don’t care if they die because there is nothing to live for in the society. These examples show how the children affected the society as a dystopia. Additionally, technology advances were also harmful to the citizens. They cause danger and distraction to the citizens in more ways than one. The Mechanical Hound portrays this when Beatty says, “It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It's like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it.” (26). Beatty tells Montag that the Mechanical Hound operates the way the government decides. However, its main job is to find and kill people who are doing things that are against the law. Another innovation in the society is the “parlour walls” and “seashells” which describe real life inventions today. The “parlour walls” represent flat screen tv’s and the “seashells” portray