1. Explore and evaluate the ways in which the use of literary techniques challenge the ideas and perspectives in Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451?
Theme- Fitting in with society, both reader and Montag
The novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury uses literary techniques to challenge ideas and perspectives. Setting, reversal and point of view are used to challenge the theme of ‘society, and how it will change’.
A literary technique which has been used in Fahrenheit 451 is setting. This is used as a way to link the reader to the reality in which this book is taking place. A reader can be completely turned off if nothing that they are reading connects with them. Having the regular world as a setting lets the weird dystopian society seem more normal …show more content…
The idea of using this contrast is to separate Montag from characters which are not acting in the same way as him. These characters which are separated from Montag’s views are perceived as the outsiders of our society, individuals in our society are seen as different if they don’t study at school, or they don’t do their homework, or read books. . A large portion of the dystopian aspects of this society are on account of reversal, like the shunning of books, or that firemen start fires as oppose to extinguishing them. Reversal challenges the idea of how our society would always see ‘smart’ people as the respected members of society, and how this idea could change over time, ‘With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual, ' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be ‘. This outlines the fact that this change happened to society over time, and that the world is growing increasingly less educated, as oppose to our world were we seem to be advancing in how smart the average individual is. This quote allows the reader to perceive ideas in their own time without them being forced, the reader thinks about the differences between the novels contrast with real life and understands the ideas which are …show more content…
Everyone is seeing the crisis of the book burnings in a different way, mostly in an accepting manner. Captain Beatty has really looked deeply into the crisis just as Montage does when his books are found "Every fireman, sooner or later, hits this. They only need understanding”, but still they have many different perspectives of what is right. Beatty understands and agrees with what has been happening with society and therefore carries out what he thinks is right. Montag however does not see the book burnings as positive and reacts in the opposite manner "There must be something in books, things we can 't imagine”. Montag and Beatty are almost at the end of each side of the matter, with one arguing for books and one arguing against, but the general public would most likely be in between, taking the side of an authority figure which points the way. A large portion of the general public would be acting out of fear, and not hate of books "He 'll come in," said Mildred, "and burn us and the books!”, Mildred is the symbol for the general society as she acts in the same way. The different point of views from different characters outline the fact that everyone in a society will have a different reaction from what they see or
Theme- Fitting in with society, both reader and Montag
The novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury uses literary techniques to challenge ideas and perspectives. Setting, reversal and point of view are used to challenge the theme of ‘society, and how it will change’.
A literary technique which has been used in Fahrenheit 451 is setting. This is used as a way to link the reader to the reality in which this book is taking place. A reader can be completely turned off if nothing that they are reading connects with them. Having the regular world as a setting lets the weird dystopian society seem more normal …show more content…
The idea of using this contrast is to separate Montag from characters which are not acting in the same way as him. These characters which are separated from Montag’s views are perceived as the outsiders of our society, individuals in our society are seen as different if they don’t study at school, or they don’t do their homework, or read books. . A large portion of the dystopian aspects of this society are on account of reversal, like the shunning of books, or that firemen start fires as oppose to extinguishing them. Reversal challenges the idea of how our society would always see ‘smart’ people as the respected members of society, and how this idea could change over time, ‘With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual, ' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be ‘. This outlines the fact that this change happened to society over time, and that the world is growing increasingly less educated, as oppose to our world were we seem to be advancing in how smart the average individual is. This quote allows the reader to perceive ideas in their own time without them being forced, the reader thinks about the differences between the novels contrast with real life and understands the ideas which are …show more content…
Everyone is seeing the crisis of the book burnings in a different way, mostly in an accepting manner. Captain Beatty has really looked deeply into the crisis just as Montage does when his books are found "Every fireman, sooner or later, hits this. They only need understanding”, but still they have many different perspectives of what is right. Beatty understands and agrees with what has been happening with society and therefore carries out what he thinks is right. Montag however does not see the book burnings as positive and reacts in the opposite manner "There must be something in books, things we can 't imagine”. Montag and Beatty are almost at the end of each side of the matter, with one arguing for books and one arguing against, but the general public would most likely be in between, taking the side of an authority figure which points the way. A large portion of the general public would be acting out of fear, and not hate of books "He 'll come in," said Mildred, "and burn us and the books!”, Mildred is the symbol for the general society as she acts in the same way. The different point of views from different characters outline the fact that everyone in a society will have a different reaction from what they see or