Fahrenheit 451 Essay
In the year of the 1951, a book by the name of Fahrenheit 451 was released by the author Ray Bradbury. In his book, he shows how the main character Montag faces society and its cruel ways. Montag is a fireman who on one strange night meets a young girl. The young girls name was Clarissa, and she asked him if he was happy. After being questioned by the young girl, Montag realizes what he is doing as a fireman is wrong and that he is not happy. Montag then meets up with a man by the name of Faber, who he had meet a while ago, and he talks to him about society and how they could possibly stop it from progressively getting worst. The society that Bradbury creates in this story very well reflects modern day’s society and its …show more content…
In the story, Bradbury uses Faber to address the people, and how they do not care about books anymore. This could relate to modern day society because humans do not care as much as they used to about reading. Instead, people would rather watch TV or be on their phones. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Montag meets Faber; Faber tells Montag all about people in their community. When Faber explains what is wrong with society, he says, “The whole culture’s shot through…. The public itself stopped reading on its own accord” (Bradbury 83). Faber says in this quote that humans in 2053 do not read books anymore and any force being of use to get rid of them is unnecessary. This is because there is no one using or reading them. The Author gives a connection between 2053 society and modern days. He does this by showing how no one in 2053 will read books anymore, which can be associated with how the idea of reading is already a depleting interest to many …show more content…
When writing a science fiction story the writer tends to predict types of technology and other advanced things that humans might have in near future. However, sometimes when predicting certain things, they are trying to warn the reader of possibilities. One way the writer wants the reader to be affected by the story, is for someone reading it to try to pay more attention to what is happening around them. In the story, the author, Bradbury tries to warn readers of how humans’ advances in technology can shape their future
In the year of the 1951, a book by the name of Fahrenheit 451 was released by the author Ray Bradbury. In his book, he shows how the main character Montag faces society and its cruel ways. Montag is a fireman who on one strange night meets a young girl. The young girls name was Clarissa, and she asked him if he was happy. After being questioned by the young girl, Montag realizes what he is doing as a fireman is wrong and that he is not happy. Montag then meets up with a man by the name of Faber, who he had meet a while ago, and he talks to him about society and how they could possibly stop it from progressively getting worst. The society that Bradbury creates in this story very well reflects modern day’s society and its …show more content…
In the story, Bradbury uses Faber to address the people, and how they do not care about books anymore. This could relate to modern day society because humans do not care as much as they used to about reading. Instead, people would rather watch TV or be on their phones. In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Montag meets Faber; Faber tells Montag all about people in their community. When Faber explains what is wrong with society, he says, “The whole culture’s shot through…. The public itself stopped reading on its own accord” (Bradbury 83). Faber says in this quote that humans in 2053 do not read books anymore and any force being of use to get rid of them is unnecessary. This is because there is no one using or reading them. The Author gives a connection between 2053 society and modern days. He does this by showing how no one in 2053 will read books anymore, which can be associated with how the idea of reading is already a depleting interest to many …show more content…
When writing a science fiction story the writer tends to predict types of technology and other advanced things that humans might have in near future. However, sometimes when predicting certain things, they are trying to warn the reader of possibilities. One way the writer wants the reader to be affected by the story, is for someone reading it to try to pay more attention to what is happening around them. In the story, the author, Bradbury tries to warn readers of how humans’ advances in technology can shape their future