Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 utilizes social commentary to express opinions on society at that time. A major issue that exhibited throughout the novel is the prohibiting of books, censorship. Society doesn’t allow books because they offend/upset the citizens, Beatty stated that if “colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Someone’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping…” (59, Bradbury). Specifically, Bradbury uses censorship in his novel to convey a feeling of love for books, in an interview for the National Endowment for the Arts, he explains how his family didn’t have enough money for him to college so he turned to
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In one instance, Montag’s wife, Mildred unintentionally attempts suicide, she is not the only one attempting. There are 9-10 attempted suicides a night due to the society’s overwhelming feeling of being removed from reality. In particular, a handymen state that they “got so many, starting a few years ago, [they] had the special machines built… don’t need an M.D, case like this; all you need is two handymen, clean up the problem in half an hour,” the way he speaks so easily about the self harm (15, Bradbury). Likewise, the civilization also speaks to others and disregard what they say and have no meaning for their words. Montag realizes this after Mildred attempts suicide, “there are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone,” he also emphasizes that “strangers come and violate you, strangers come and cut your heart. Strangers come and take your blood” (16, Bradbury). The only person Montag truly knew was Clarisse, “you're not like the others… when I talk, you look at me,”(23, Bradbury). Clarisse was an inquisitive and different person than those of society which made her an outcast but she didn’t care. Ray Bradbury incorporates censorship, attempts of suicide, and the society’s egotistical ways to convey humanities social and ethical
In one instance, Montag’s wife, Mildred unintentionally attempts suicide, she is not the only one attempting. There are 9-10 attempted suicides a night due to the society’s overwhelming feeling of being removed from reality. In particular, a handymen state that they “got so many, starting a few years ago, [they] had the special machines built… don’t need an M.D, case like this; all you need is two handymen, clean up the problem in half an hour,” the way he speaks so easily about the self harm (15, Bradbury). Likewise, the civilization also speaks to others and disregard what they say and have no meaning for their words. Montag realizes this after Mildred attempts suicide, “there are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone,” he also emphasizes that “strangers come and violate you, strangers come and cut your heart. Strangers come and take your blood” (16, Bradbury). The only person Montag truly knew was Clarisse, “you're not like the others… when I talk, you look at me,”(23, Bradbury). Clarisse was an inquisitive and different person than those of society which made her an outcast but she didn’t care. Ray Bradbury incorporates censorship, attempts of suicide, and the society’s egotistical ways to convey humanities social and ethical