Fahrenheit 451 is an impeccable book written by Ray Bradbury. This novel contains a government that banned books and a tightly controlled society. The characters live under laws that influences the civilization to be ignorant and only depend on technology. Creativity and being considered different is rare in the dystopian society. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, whereas knowledge burns in the mind. Fahrenheit 451 creates an image of a “perfect” culture that in the end only leads to downfall.
In the book, Guy Montag lives very naïve to the world around him. Montag is a fireman, but instead of being seen as someone who puts out fires, firefighters in the novel, set flames to the books instead. Books are banned in their society because it makes people think on their own and question the world around them. In the text it states, “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture; just get people to stop reading them.” This quotation explains how lack of knowledge establishes ignorance. Montag is waking up to realize how he has been controlled his whole life. He recognizes the importance in the books. Ignorance allows the government to take full control.
Throughout the text, the readers get an understanding of Montag and how he takes pleasure in the …show more content…
In the book it states, "Nobody listens anymore I can't talk to the walls because they are 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.” This quotation explains that everyone in their society is unbelievably ignorant. Their ignorance to everything around them makes it hard for them to ask questions and see the world in a different light. This is an important passage in the novel because it gave him the gift of knowledge. Faber helps Montag understand books and literature before it was all
In the book, Guy Montag lives very naïve to the world around him. Montag is a fireman, but instead of being seen as someone who puts out fires, firefighters in the novel, set flames to the books instead. Books are banned in their society because it makes people think on their own and question the world around them. In the text it states, “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture; just get people to stop reading them.” This quotation explains how lack of knowledge establishes ignorance. Montag is waking up to realize how he has been controlled his whole life. He recognizes the importance in the books. Ignorance allows the government to take full control.
Throughout the text, the readers get an understanding of Montag and how he takes pleasure in the …show more content…
In the book it states, "Nobody listens anymore I can't talk to the walls because they are 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.” This quotation explains that everyone in their society is unbelievably ignorant. Their ignorance to everything around them makes it hard for them to ask questions and see the world in a different light. This is an important passage in the novel because it gave him the gift of knowledge. Faber helps Montag understand books and literature before it was all