Man's Freedom In F-451, By Ray Bradbury

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“ Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone.” In,”F-451,” by Ray Bradbury talks about a dystopian society run by the government. Strict laws, especially about books. Books aren’t allowed in this society, they’re forbidden. Only two men can change that. Faber and Granger are the only hope for this chaotic society to end. Only they can stand up and take action and change the future for the sake of their society. Bradbury illustrates that man's complacency leads to chaos which results in total destruction. Government control eliminates man's freedom which leads to annihilation of one's self confidence. Without self confidence man experiences fear. Granger fear stems from his lack of power to take action in what he …show more content…
“‘ The book-where did you-?”’ “‘ I stole it.”’ “Faber for the first time, raised his eyes and looked directly into Montag’s face.” “‘ Your brave”’ (Bradbury 81). Faber was afraid , low self confidence when he was shocked he realized there can be hope. Self confidence is the only thing you need to take action. “‘ Always the chance of discovery. Better to keep in the old heads, where no one can see it or suspect it. We are all bits and pieces of history”’ ( Bradbury 152). Granger had no confidence he had was to think of a strategy to hide the importance for society. Government control eliminates man's self confidence that prevents to take action for what they believe …show more content…
Without free will, man become a coward and hold them back from standing up. “‘ Mr. montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up”’ ( Bradbury 82). Because Faber lost his free will he lost everything, he could’ve done something but didn’t. Without free will man can’t take action which will lead to regret and guilt. “‘ When no one would listen to the guilty, but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself. When finally they set the structure to burn the books, using the fire men..”’ ( Bradbury 82). Faber knew what was going on, but didn’t speak, now he regrets not speaking up, nor taking action. Free will is the importance of man's decision in speaking up with the knowledge they have. “‘ Number one; Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture”’ (Bradbury 83). Faber has the right to stand up and take action because he knows what's he doing. Loss of free will can lead to mans fear which will also leads to

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