As W.E.B. DuBois once said, “Thus all art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists … I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.” These stories are both used as propaganda to persuade people to believe in the things that the authors do. Catch-22 is propaganda against war, and Fahrenheit 451 is propaganda for standing up for what you believe in. Catch-22 is all about the chaos of wartime. The story is told in the very hard-to-understand way that it is to show how chaotic and messy war is. The characters are all very quirky and strange in their own ways, but I think that is meant to show what wars can do to the people involved. Joseph Heller seems to be very against war, and he decided to show
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Bradbury uses this dystopian society that is absolutely insane to show how important it is to really believe in something and to stand up for it. In the story, many people are content to be totally oblivious to what goes on in the world, and are unaware that their lives will stand for nothing, but others are willing to lose their lives for books. I think it is a fantastic way to promote making your life matter, and that Bradbury did something extraordinary when he wrote this book. Bradbury’s main character in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, is a very emotional man. However, during many of his emotional rampages he makes many good points. During one he says, “Let you alone! That’s all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” (Bradbury 49). Guy definitely embodies the message of the whole story, standing up for what you believe …show more content…
I mean, it included a man burning another man alive for crying out loud. The whole book was very intense, including all of the characters. Going from burning a woman in her own home to his wife committing suicide was definitely one of the craziest things I’ve ever read, but it showed me that you should do anything you can to live and make your life matter. I do not want to die without having it mean something to someone, and I think that is what the woman with the books was going for. Mildred just died. I definitely will appreciate life more, and I will stand up for things that I believe in after having read this book. I thought that Fahrenheit 451 was one of the best books that I’ve had the pleasure to read. It was extremely enlightening, and it definitely gave me a new perspective on life. The characters are all very extreme in how they live, but I think that is how Bradbury saw everything. He wrote about a very black and white world, in which he created a gray area. The book, to me, was all about questioning everything and questioning it again. Bradbury was showing us that you should not be complacent with just living life, and that you should always strive to see the world in new
Bradbury uses this dystopian society that is absolutely insane to show how important it is to really believe in something and to stand up for it. In the story, many people are content to be totally oblivious to what goes on in the world, and are unaware that their lives will stand for nothing, but others are willing to lose their lives for books. I think it is a fantastic way to promote making your life matter, and that Bradbury did something extraordinary when he wrote this book. Bradbury’s main character in Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, is a very emotional man. However, during many of his emotional rampages he makes many good points. During one he says, “Let you alone! That’s all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” (Bradbury 49). Guy definitely embodies the message of the whole story, standing up for what you believe …show more content…
I mean, it included a man burning another man alive for crying out loud. The whole book was very intense, including all of the characters. Going from burning a woman in her own home to his wife committing suicide was definitely one of the craziest things I’ve ever read, but it showed me that you should do anything you can to live and make your life matter. I do not want to die without having it mean something to someone, and I think that is what the woman with the books was going for. Mildred just died. I definitely will appreciate life more, and I will stand up for things that I believe in after having read this book. I thought that Fahrenheit 451 was one of the best books that I’ve had the pleasure to read. It was extremely enlightening, and it definitely gave me a new perspective on life. The characters are all very extreme in how they live, but I think that is how Bradbury saw everything. He wrote about a very black and white world, in which he created a gray area. The book, to me, was all about questioning everything and questioning it again. Bradbury was showing us that you should not be complacent with just living life, and that you should always strive to see the world in new