“It is important to foster individuality, for only the individual can produce the new ideas.” Like how Albert Einstein said here, individuality is important, and if you lose it, you lose the ability to create new ideas along with it. If everyone lost individuality, society would become uninteresting. We would not be able to create anything new, ask questions about what we hear, or understand ourselves. This is because the culture would tell you what you hear is what you’re supposed to think, and who you are supposed to be. All of these effects are displayed in the book-burning world of Fahrenheit 451. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the author shows that when a culture neutralizes individuality, life can become less meaningful.
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Firstly, the ideas are very simple; all statements are a comment about someone's appearance. They are repeating basic ideas without extending them to new ones, therefore creating a superficial discussion. Another pattern in this conversation is they both agree on everything. Neither of them think differently, so there are no new ideas. An important part of life is connecting to other people through conversations. The inability to create diverse thoughts and ideas can cause people to construct meaningless dialogues such as the ones portrayed in Fahrenheit 451. Sometimes, individuality is crucial for making life more …show more content…
For example, reading is an important source of knowledge, so if you weren't allowed to read books, it would lead to some confusion. This is exactly what happened in Fahrenheit 451; "'I-I,' sobbed Mrs. Phelps, 'don't know, don't know, I just don't know, oh, oh...'" (Bradbury 97) Mrs. Phelps didn't understand or know how to deal with her emotions after Montag read poetry to her. Mildred even told her to "snap out of it!" (Bradbury 97) A society without books means there's no poetry. As a result, Mrs. Phelps hasn't experienced it, which has caused her to be confused by her emotional response when listening to this poem. "Poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I've had it proved to me. You're nasty, Mr. Montag, you're nasty!" (Bradbury 97) After Mrs. Phelps responded with sadness and confusion, Mrs. Bowles responded with anger. This shows how it can be dangerous to not allow someone to read, because reading not only makes us more knowledgeable of the world, but it also makes us more knowledgeable about
Firstly, the ideas are very simple; all statements are a comment about someone's appearance. They are repeating basic ideas without extending them to new ones, therefore creating a superficial discussion. Another pattern in this conversation is they both agree on everything. Neither of them think differently, so there are no new ideas. An important part of life is connecting to other people through conversations. The inability to create diverse thoughts and ideas can cause people to construct meaningless dialogues such as the ones portrayed in Fahrenheit 451. Sometimes, individuality is crucial for making life more …show more content…
For example, reading is an important source of knowledge, so if you weren't allowed to read books, it would lead to some confusion. This is exactly what happened in Fahrenheit 451; "'I-I,' sobbed Mrs. Phelps, 'don't know, don't know, I just don't know, oh, oh...'" (Bradbury 97) Mrs. Phelps didn't understand or know how to deal with her emotions after Montag read poetry to her. Mildred even told her to "snap out of it!" (Bradbury 97) A society without books means there's no poetry. As a result, Mrs. Phelps hasn't experienced it, which has caused her to be confused by her emotional response when listening to this poem. "Poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I've had it proved to me. You're nasty, Mr. Montag, you're nasty!" (Bradbury 97) After Mrs. Phelps responded with sadness and confusion, Mrs. Bowles responded with anger. This shows how it can be dangerous to not allow someone to read, because reading not only makes us more knowledgeable of the world, but it also makes us more knowledgeable about