With new smartphones and toys coming out all the time to distract children, it's becoming more common for children to not know how to read. People are so focused on technology they begin to lose touch with the real world. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, is an American dystopian novel about Guy Montag’s difficult journey to escape from society's brainwash, and his attempt to help others. Bradbury uses imagery,diction and syntax to convince readers that we need to not censor everything, stop obsessing over technology and have individuality in order to prevent turning into the dystopian society in Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury uses imagery to show how individuality and technology can lead to a controlled corrupt society. When the police were
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Faster! Leg up, leg down ! "Four ! " The people sleepwalking in their hallways. "Five! " He felt their hands on the doorknobs!”, after reading this one can visualize every person standing up in unison, even the ones asleep, and doing everything step by step as told. This helps the reader understand that in the society they live in, everyone does as told, everyone is the exact same. They are unable to think for themselves, this quote expresses how even when they’re busy, for instance sleeping, they will get up and do what everyone else is doing because society controlled them to be a follower. Imagery is also used to show how the use of technology lead to this dystopian mess. Montag imagined Mildred in a hotel before the bomb, “He saw her leaning toward the great …show more content…
One could tell that Imagery showed that everyone was the same, and they all based their lives off of technology, even if it was the very thing separating them from reality. Diction showed how censorship hides people from the truth, so they don't have to face any imperfections, and that people can become so dependant on technology they see it as family. Last syntax showed that nobody can think for themselves so they feed off each other, and that banning books is a big part of not being able to think because they have never been faced with thinking. This dystopian novel was extremely effective at showing how people can become so easily manipulated, and how any society without making the right choices, and avoiding certain things can change and will change to an unhappy
Faster! Leg up, leg down ! "Four ! " The people sleepwalking in their hallways. "Five! " He felt their hands on the doorknobs!”, after reading this one can visualize every person standing up in unison, even the ones asleep, and doing everything step by step as told. This helps the reader understand that in the society they live in, everyone does as told, everyone is the exact same. They are unable to think for themselves, this quote expresses how even when they’re busy, for instance sleeping, they will get up and do what everyone else is doing because society controlled them to be a follower. Imagery is also used to show how the use of technology lead to this dystopian mess. Montag imagined Mildred in a hotel before the bomb, “He saw her leaning toward the great …show more content…
One could tell that Imagery showed that everyone was the same, and they all based their lives off of technology, even if it was the very thing separating them from reality. Diction showed how censorship hides people from the truth, so they don't have to face any imperfections, and that people can become so dependant on technology they see it as family. Last syntax showed that nobody can think for themselves so they feed off each other, and that banning books is a big part of not being able to think because they have never been faced with thinking. This dystopian novel was extremely effective at showing how people can become so easily manipulated, and how any society without making the right choices, and avoiding certain things can change and will change to an unhappy