Role Of Individuality In Fahrenheit 451

Individuality Individuality. Look at the person sitting right next to you, is your style the same? Would you want to live in a world where no one pursues knowledge or thinks differently? Well, this is how the community was for Montag in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury wanted to created the opposite of a good society within this book, a dystopian society. The protagonist, Montag, was a firefighter, but only because his dad and grandfathers were. Firefighters had to burn books because they were illegal and provided people with knowledge. Everyone had to be of the same intelligence and couldn’t read about new ideas. Montag and his friends rise up against protagonist, the society. During the war, the city is destroyed, but …show more content…
Today so many people are reaching for equality and to be alike, but would it really be that great? In a society where there is no individuality, no one’s life would be special or valued, which was also included in Bradbury’s book. If lives aren’t valued, suicide and murder will circle around your world like crazy. If no one is valued, self-esteem will sink drastically, causing the suicides, like MIldred’s suicide in the book. Individuality is a giant part of today’s society. People revolve around being different, that is is good to be “different” so, if this is a good trait of today’s world. Let’s not let sameness ruin our community like it did for Montag’s community in Fahrenheit 451. The quote, “Ten minutes after death a man’s a speck of black dust. Let’s not quibble over individuals with memoriams. Forget them.” is put into this essay because it is showing how much life is not valued. No matter what that person had accomplished in life, it doesn't matter now, he’s just a speck of black dust, let’s forget him. Bradbury was trying to show that this is what would make up a dystopian society, not caring about someone dying, not having funerals or mourning. Once they’re gone, they’re