The most sold book of all time is the Bible, the holy book of 2.2 billion people on the earth. The word of God to over ¼ of the world’s population. But even this book, the book of all books, burns at the temperature of 451°F. In the story, “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury creates a dystopian world where books and individuality disappear and the government reigns supreme. The audience is led through the novel by Guy Montag, an everyday individual who is enlightened by a young girl, Clarisse, that the “perfect society” that they live in isn’t so great after all. In a society where freedom of thought and individuality are limited, the people of this place who follow blindly will be left with a feeling of emptiness and will easily be forgotten.
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In this part of the story, Montag, is trying to remember his wife, Mildred after he runs away and is on the railroad tracks. This is what he says,"My wife, my wife. Poor Millie, poor Millie. I can't remember anything. I think of her hands but I don't see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there on her lap or there's a cigarette in them, but that's all” (Bradbury 149). Bradbury uses well executed syntax when he puts two very short repeating phrases in the beginning of the passage in order to emphasise that Mildred was Montag’s wife to then later in the quote use a longer more clear sentence to show that he doesn’t remember her. He does this as to express that even though she is his wife and he lived with her every day, he simply could not remember what her hands were doing or what mark she had made on the world. He also used effective diction in the word “hang” when he is speaking about Mildred’ hands. He chooses this word because of its connotation of laziness and nothingness. Overall, through Montag’s lack of remembrance in the area of Mildred, his wife, Bradbury is expressing to the reader that when people such as Mildred in a society are striped of their free thought and ability to be themselves, and they simply accept it, they will be easily …show more content…
During the tale, Granger, the grandson says,“He was individual. He was an important man. I've never gotten over his death.”(Bradbury 149). During this anecdote, powerful syntax is used when all of Granger’s sentences are short and simple. This shows that he is calm and thinking clearly and that what he is saying is true and easy to follow. He also used great diction in the word individual. He uses this because it expresses that he thought differently and he was his own person. It also has a connotation of being distinct and that no one was like him and that is why he made such a difference. Granger’s story is Bradbury clearly saying that in order to not be forgotten, you must be individual and change something in the
In this part of the story, Montag, is trying to remember his wife, Mildred after he runs away and is on the railroad tracks. This is what he says,"My wife, my wife. Poor Millie, poor Millie. I can't remember anything. I think of her hands but I don't see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there on her lap or there's a cigarette in them, but that's all” (Bradbury 149). Bradbury uses well executed syntax when he puts two very short repeating phrases in the beginning of the passage in order to emphasise that Mildred was Montag’s wife to then later in the quote use a longer more clear sentence to show that he doesn’t remember her. He does this as to express that even though she is his wife and he lived with her every day, he simply could not remember what her hands were doing or what mark she had made on the world. He also used effective diction in the word “hang” when he is speaking about Mildred’ hands. He chooses this word because of its connotation of laziness and nothingness. Overall, through Montag’s lack of remembrance in the area of Mildred, his wife, Bradbury is expressing to the reader that when people such as Mildred in a society are striped of their free thought and ability to be themselves, and they simply accept it, they will be easily …show more content…
During the tale, Granger, the grandson says,“He was individual. He was an important man. I've never gotten over his death.”(Bradbury 149). During this anecdote, powerful syntax is used when all of Granger’s sentences are short and simple. This shows that he is calm and thinking clearly and that what he is saying is true and easy to follow. He also used great diction in the word individual. He uses this because it expresses that he thought differently and he was his own person. It also has a connotation of being distinct and that no one was like him and that is why he made such a difference. Granger’s story is Bradbury clearly saying that in order to not be forgotten, you must be individual and change something in the