Life And Death In Fahrenheit 451

The dead or alive theme in Fahrenheit 451 The major theme of life and death was expressed throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury author of the arguably greatest dystopias Fahrenheit 451 reveals paradoxes between life and death, the main theme throughout. Bradbury demonstrates life and death, also what the society has come to by the characters carless actions. The confusion if something is alive or dead and the unawareness of people’s life threatening situations provides the reader with a visual of life and death in the book. The book includes many mercy killing stories such as the old woman who burned herself to death, The woman who overdosed on sleeping pills and the mechanical hound which had many human characteristics, although was not …show more content…
Death caused by suicide attempts, even though it was not intended occurs very often. The lack of care towards life determines the factors to go through in the process of suicide. The bystander can be a hero and save the life of a loved one. Montag said to Mildred “You took all the pills in you bottle last night”. Mildred was described as “she had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away”. This is the main reason for the incident occurring because Mildred is distracted by all the media in her life and does not realize what Brar 2 she is doing. “Oh, I wouldn’t do a thing like that,” Montag states “The bottle was empty” (52). Which means Mildred did over dose and was completely confused because she was unaware of it. In the time period of the book Fahrenheit 451 mass media has taken over and changed the society. The society is unaware of the things they do like stated in the text. Mildred over dosing on sleeping pills could have killed