Dr. Suess once said, “Why fit in when you are born to stand out.” Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a dystopian novel focused around the habits that arise as technology outsmarts the population. The focus of the novel is a man named Guy Montag who lives in a society that has been overrun by the government. Technology has been imposed on the population to regulate their everyday lives. Everyone appears happy except for Guy Montag, who is beginning to question his own actions. Conformity’s negative impact is a crucial message that repeatedly appears in any society through the influence of entertainment, education, and occupation. The forms of entertainment that exist in the Fahrenheit 451 city seem obscure to people’s liking today.
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I can’t talk to the wall because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls” (Bradbury 78). This excerpt expresses Montag’s frustration with conformity. Because Montag is one of the few characters trying to defy the government, he feels very left out of society. Those who abide by the government stipulations tend to watch the government issued programs. The viewers are brainwashed to believe that the television characters are their family; therefore, they spend much less time with their true family. The conformity that the parlor rooms create puts a great toll on the family life in the book Fahrenheit 451. Driving cars at high speeds is the final mode of entertainment for the people. This helps curb conformity because it gives individuals time to momentarily unplug from technology. When the people are driving, they have time to think about their lives. However, in the book, people commit the crime of murder when they drive. They run into innocent pedestrians who are crossing the road and kill them. When people ruthlessly murder others, they are most likely not thinking straight. Murder is a disgustingly common action among the citizens in Fahrenheit 451. The people …show more content…
The day after Montag and Clarisse meet, he wants to discover why Clarisse does not attend school on a daily basis. Clarisse responds to his question by saying, “An hour of TV class… another hour of transcription history… they just run the answers at you, bing, bing bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher” (Bradbury 27). Clarisse’s words prove exactly how frustrated she is with the electronic teachers. She is dissatisfied with how the government is pressuring the people into conformity even in the classrooms. Clarisse has come to realize that being taught through technology is not beneficial to any human. She prefers an actual human figure as a teacher because Clarisse believes that she will retain valuable information much more efficiently. A real teacher would also allow Clarisse the chance to ask her teacher questions. Not only are the imaginary teachers bothersome to Clarisse, but the fact that questions are prohibited also irritates her. Inquiring is a natural instinct among people. Clarisse McClellan is a very curious young lady who is always questioning why her society runs the way it does. She is especially interested in why the school forbids the students to ask meaningful questions. When Faber gives Montag the long speech about freedom, he comments to Montag, “With school turning out more runners, jumpers, and racers instead of examiners, critics, and
I can’t talk to the wall because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls” (Bradbury 78). This excerpt expresses Montag’s frustration with conformity. Because Montag is one of the few characters trying to defy the government, he feels very left out of society. Those who abide by the government stipulations tend to watch the government issued programs. The viewers are brainwashed to believe that the television characters are their family; therefore, they spend much less time with their true family. The conformity that the parlor rooms create puts a great toll on the family life in the book Fahrenheit 451. Driving cars at high speeds is the final mode of entertainment for the people. This helps curb conformity because it gives individuals time to momentarily unplug from technology. When the people are driving, they have time to think about their lives. However, in the book, people commit the crime of murder when they drive. They run into innocent pedestrians who are crossing the road and kill them. When people ruthlessly murder others, they are most likely not thinking straight. Murder is a disgustingly common action among the citizens in Fahrenheit 451. The people …show more content…
The day after Montag and Clarisse meet, he wants to discover why Clarisse does not attend school on a daily basis. Clarisse responds to his question by saying, “An hour of TV class… another hour of transcription history… they just run the answers at you, bing, bing bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film-teacher” (Bradbury 27). Clarisse’s words prove exactly how frustrated she is with the electronic teachers. She is dissatisfied with how the government is pressuring the people into conformity even in the classrooms. Clarisse has come to realize that being taught through technology is not beneficial to any human. She prefers an actual human figure as a teacher because Clarisse believes that she will retain valuable information much more efficiently. A real teacher would also allow Clarisse the chance to ask her teacher questions. Not only are the imaginary teachers bothersome to Clarisse, but the fact that questions are prohibited also irritates her. Inquiring is a natural instinct among people. Clarisse McClellan is a very curious young lady who is always questioning why her society runs the way it does. She is especially interested in why the school forbids the students to ask meaningful questions. When Faber gives Montag the long speech about freedom, he comments to Montag, “With school turning out more runners, jumpers, and racers instead of examiners, critics, and