Imagine a place where you are forced to conform to a new system that denies you the privilege of reading and enjoying books. In Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 books are burned by firemen and it is considered against the law to read any book. many people do not get to understand the messages that books can give us because of the dystopian world they live in. Bradbury reveals the theme that individuality exists within all but will struggle to show if it has been forced to conform. Fahrenheit 451 will show characters that have conformed, changed, and that have fought for individuality since the start. Individuality is within us all but if made to conform it might never show. In the book Fahrenheit 451, a character named Mildred who is empty and devoted to mindless
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In this world firemen don't put out fires they start them, and what they specifically set on fire is books. Montag is a firefighter himself but with a twist, in the book it is revealed that he has stolen books and has stashed them away in his house. After Montag and his wife Mildred read a couple of books together they fail to understand what the book is trying to say. Since Montag is determined to understand books he sets out to find a fellow named Faber in hopes that he could teach him how to understand a book. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury writes, “‘ Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife, she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say, and maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense. and I want you to teach me to understand what I read.”’(82). Montag wants knowledge and to be heard. with this it shows Montag's individuality start to come out and take shape. Montag started to question and seek knowledge from books, even though it is considered illegal in his
In this world firemen don't put out fires they start them, and what they specifically set on fire is books. Montag is a firefighter himself but with a twist, in the book it is revealed that he has stolen books and has stashed them away in his house. After Montag and his wife Mildred read a couple of books together they fail to understand what the book is trying to say. Since Montag is determined to understand books he sets out to find a fellow named Faber in hopes that he could teach him how to understand a book. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury writes, “‘ Nobody listens any more. I can't talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife, she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say, and maybe if I talk long enough, it’ll make sense. and I want you to teach me to understand what I read.”’(82). Montag wants knowledge and to be heard. with this it shows Montag's individuality start to come out and take shape. Montag started to question and seek knowledge from books, even though it is considered illegal in his