The book Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. This novel takes place in the future, when books are not only unwelcome, but illegal. Firefighters don’t put out fires, they start them. This dystopian society is very different from our society today in the idea of social interactions and our necessity for books but we are inching closer and closer to the culture in Fahrenheit.
Social interactions in Fahrenheit 451 are very different than our society’s idea of ideal social interactions. In Fahrenheit 451, having friendships or bonds other than a spouse and a boss is very uncommon. In Fahrenheit it states, “‘Will you turn the parlour off?’ [Montag] asked. ‘That's my family...That’s my favorite program’ [Mildred] said” (Bradbury 46). This quote shows that Mildred has her special connection or bond with a television show instead of actual people. Not having front porches is another example of cutting social interactions and allowing people to talk and think. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse says, “My uncle says the architects got rid of the front porches because they didn't look well. But...the real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn't want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, …show more content…
Fahrenheit is a dystopian novel that revolves around the fact books are illegal. They became illegal because the government wanted peace and having books put wild thoughts into the minds of the people did not help. The government also did not want people to slow down and talk or think about things so they got rid of porches, gardens, rocking chairs, and more to avoid the long talks and over thinking. Both the novel and our society are very different but due to things such as social media, we are slowly altering our viewpoint and being blindly guided into Fahrenheit’s ways of
Social interactions in Fahrenheit 451 are very different than our society’s idea of ideal social interactions. In Fahrenheit 451, having friendships or bonds other than a spouse and a boss is very uncommon. In Fahrenheit it states, “‘Will you turn the parlour off?’ [Montag] asked. ‘That's my family...That’s my favorite program’ [Mildred] said” (Bradbury 46). This quote shows that Mildred has her special connection or bond with a television show instead of actual people. Not having front porches is another example of cutting social interactions and allowing people to talk and think. In the book Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse says, “My uncle says the architects got rid of the front porches because they didn't look well. But...the real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn't want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, …show more content…
Fahrenheit is a dystopian novel that revolves around the fact books are illegal. They became illegal because the government wanted peace and having books put wild thoughts into the minds of the people did not help. The government also did not want people to slow down and talk or think about things so they got rid of porches, gardens, rocking chairs, and more to avoid the long talks and over thinking. Both the novel and our society are very different but due to things such as social media, we are slowly altering our viewpoint and being blindly guided into Fahrenheit’s ways of