What ideas are key to a perfect society? Is that society still even considered perfect? In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the society is very forced upon those who live in it. The emotions were all artificial and bland for they were not allowed to access those types of feelings due to the restriction of information. The people never interacted or really got to know each other while also accessing their feeling. People were ignorant and very inactive as a whole. While, there were some citizens who would think outside of the box and try to know why things were done, most of the people were empty and shallow and did not care at all. Their society failed and did very poorly due to this and many other factors. If they had had some crucial concepts,
…show more content…
In a dystopian society, people don’t talk about things or think about the things that they spew out of their mouths due to their restriction of knowledge. They stay at home and sit watching their parlor walls more than going out for a walk to the park or to go and sit and talk about meaningful things with friends. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about a party held by a group of women. They greet each other very blandly and the dialogue says, “‘Doesn’t everyone look nice!’ ‘Nice.’ ‘You look fine, Millie!’ ‘Fine.’ Everyone looks swell.’ ‘Swell!’” (Bradbury 89). When they first see each other, they say very shallow things that don’t say much about each other or have much meaning. One woman doesn’t do anything except repeat everything the other women say. This shows that the people just speak out without really thinking at all before they say anything. Also, in the book, there is a scene where Clarrise talks about how people don’t talk anymore, and that people never think for themselves and that’s why porches were banned. In the book, Clarrise says, “‘People don’t talk about anything… They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else,’” (Bradbury 28). She means that everyone in the society are all the same in that they don’t think about the true meaning of things and what really matters in life. This is mostly due to the lack of information. In our society, people are similar in that people are always talking about things that don’t matter like new phones or clothes that they just got, and many people are spending time on screens rather than getting to know people really well. But on the other hand, you find many people thinking about if what they say has true meaning to it and what is and isn't worth saying. You can typically see a lot of people in our
In a dystopian society, people don’t talk about things or think about the things that they spew out of their mouths due to their restriction of knowledge. They stay at home and sit watching their parlor walls more than going out for a walk to the park or to go and sit and talk about meaningful things with friends. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury writes about a party held by a group of women. They greet each other very blandly and the dialogue says, “‘Doesn’t everyone look nice!’ ‘Nice.’ ‘You look fine, Millie!’ ‘Fine.’ Everyone looks swell.’ ‘Swell!’” (Bradbury 89). When they first see each other, they say very shallow things that don’t say much about each other or have much meaning. One woman doesn’t do anything except repeat everything the other women say. This shows that the people just speak out without really thinking at all before they say anything. Also, in the book, there is a scene where Clarrise talks about how people don’t talk anymore, and that people never think for themselves and that’s why porches were banned. In the book, Clarrise says, “‘People don’t talk about anything… They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else,’” (Bradbury 28). She means that everyone in the society are all the same in that they don’t think about the true meaning of things and what really matters in life. This is mostly due to the lack of information. In our society, people are similar in that people are always talking about things that don’t matter like new phones or clothes that they just got, and many people are spending time on screens rather than getting to know people really well. But on the other hand, you find many people thinking about if what they say has true meaning to it and what is and isn't worth saying. You can typically see a lot of people in our