Fahrenheit 451 vs. Our Current Society Have you ever thought of a perfect society where everybody gets along? Well, a utopia doesn’t exist because everybody has different view and perspectives and soon the utopia turns into a dystopia. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, there was a perfect society where nobody really thought twice about things, until some people start to question the rules. Even though our two societies are completely different, we share many similarities such as how we spend time and communicate with our families and how we socially interact. In this novel the families are very disconnected,shallow, and uncaring. They spend most of the time talking with their tv family than their real families that love them and have feelings.
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In Fahrenheit 451, the people don’t express much emotions and they have no meaning of life. For instance, kids run over other children if they are considered anti social, which in their definition means, bright, smart, detailed, and thoughtful. Clarisse explains how after school kids, “race on the streets, trying see how close they can get to lampposts (Bradbury 27).” To kids in their society, nobody really stops and thinks twice about how they just took someone else’s life. Furthermore, Mildred didn't care when she couldn't remember when or where her and Montag met. Montag clarified the question saying, “The first time we ever met, where was it, and when (Bradbury 40)?” In response, Millie “laughed an odd little laugh that went up and up. ‘Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife (Bradbury 40).’” Mildred just laughs at the fact how she cannot remember. Nowadays, people always share their emotions with others; they laugh, cry, get mad, laugh, etc. Most kids also don't kill others and do get sad when someone else dies. However, in our society, there are still bullying problems and, rarely, kids might murder each other. Our two societies are opposites in terms of social interactions, but have little things in
In Fahrenheit 451, the people don’t express much emotions and they have no meaning of life. For instance, kids run over other children if they are considered anti social, which in their definition means, bright, smart, detailed, and thoughtful. Clarisse explains how after school kids, “race on the streets, trying see how close they can get to lampposts (Bradbury 27).” To kids in their society, nobody really stops and thinks twice about how they just took someone else’s life. Furthermore, Mildred didn't care when she couldn't remember when or where her and Montag met. Montag clarified the question saying, “The first time we ever met, where was it, and when (Bradbury 40)?” In response, Millie “laughed an odd little laugh that went up and up. ‘Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife (Bradbury 40).’” Mildred just laughs at the fact how she cannot remember. Nowadays, people always share their emotions with others; they laugh, cry, get mad, laugh, etc. Most kids also don't kill others and do get sad when someone else dies. However, in our society, there are still bullying problems and, rarely, kids might murder each other. Our two societies are opposites in terms of social interactions, but have little things in