In Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, being lonely is generic between all the characters. In this dystopian society, government technology is depicted and described as noisy bugs that quietly invade citizens’ minds each moment they are awake, whether they are in the parlor with their ‘family’ or just going to sleep with the seashell radios droning endlessly in their ears taking them everywhere except the outside world. Most characters in this story are secluded from society by either being an oblivious citizen, an inquisitive outcast, an unintentional outlaw, a fireman disguised as a revolutionary, or an insurgent coward; however, the character many might agree is the most alone in this dark tale is Mildred Montag, the wife of an inadvertent
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For that reason, she is unconsciously perplexed by her own feelings making her incidentally attempt to take her own life. When Guy discovered Mildred’s limp body after arriving home from his late night shift, he describes her lifeless eyes as “two pale moonstones buried in a creek of water over which the life of the world ran, not touching them”, and illustrates her face as a place “…which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow”. (page 11) This visual imagery portrays how she is a woman outside the realm of the population only looking in to observe what is happening, not acknowledging and interacting with the world like she should. Another example which confirms that Mildred is lonesome is when she avoids Guy’s attempts to encourage her to communicate her sensations and question her on excessively taking pills in the morning after she overdoses. Then, she irately says “ ‘I didn't do that,’…‘Never in a billion years.’ ” And " ‘Let me alone,’ … ‘I didn't do anything.’ ” (page 17) These citations are hyperboles that Mildred states verifying that she has been forlorn for so long that she unintentionally has buried her actual feelings into the back corner of her mind that she can’t recollect them and prefers to be alone immersed in senseless spectacles. Finally, Mildred’s lack of expertise in interaction with the humans takes a toll on her relationship with Guy when he affirms that their affiliation is a “…open car and Mildred was driving a hundred miles an hour across town, he was shouting at her and she shouting back and both trying to hear what was said, but hearing only the scream of the car.” (page 43). Various people might maintain that Guy is more desolate in their relationship than she is; nevertheless, Mildred can’t find comfort in Guy, so she locks her emotions away in solitary confinement compelling her to stay by her lonesome. All these
For that reason, she is unconsciously perplexed by her own feelings making her incidentally attempt to take her own life. When Guy discovered Mildred’s limp body after arriving home from his late night shift, he describes her lifeless eyes as “two pale moonstones buried in a creek of water over which the life of the world ran, not touching them”, and illustrates her face as a place “…which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow”. (page 11) This visual imagery portrays how she is a woman outside the realm of the population only looking in to observe what is happening, not acknowledging and interacting with the world like she should. Another example which confirms that Mildred is lonesome is when she avoids Guy’s attempts to encourage her to communicate her sensations and question her on excessively taking pills in the morning after she overdoses. Then, she irately says “ ‘I didn't do that,’…‘Never in a billion years.’ ” And " ‘Let me alone,’ … ‘I didn't do anything.’ ” (page 17) These citations are hyperboles that Mildred states verifying that she has been forlorn for so long that she unintentionally has buried her actual feelings into the back corner of her mind that she can’t recollect them and prefers to be alone immersed in senseless spectacles. Finally, Mildred’s lack of expertise in interaction with the humans takes a toll on her relationship with Guy when he affirms that their affiliation is a “…open car and Mildred was driving a hundred miles an hour across town, he was shouting at her and she shouting back and both trying to hear what was said, but hearing only the scream of the car.” (page 43). Various people might maintain that Guy is more desolate in their relationship than she is; nevertheless, Mildred can’t find comfort in Guy, so she locks her emotions away in solitary confinement compelling her to stay by her lonesome. All these