The Fear Of Society In Fahrenheit 451

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Was it really a pleasure to burn. Ray Bradbury a writer who has written a lot of short stories as well as novels which made him quite successful. However his greatest work was his novel Fahrenheit 451 which reflects his greatest fear of society no longer seeing books as evil and were outlawed which is why they result to burning them. All the events within the story display a message of ignorance,blind obedience,censorship,effort,as well as seeing the importance of books. Bradbury 's fear of society ending up like his novel maybe becoming more of a reality than fiction.
Society in the novel no longer see the books as valuable and instead label them as evil and society in the real world may be headed in the same direction because books are being
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Montag when trying to convince Faber to help him on his mission instead hears Faber insist that“The wonderful thing about man is that he never gets too discouraged or gives up because he knows it’s worth the doing” which only makes Montag try and to make what he wants become real. Effort is something that everyone experiences when they are facing problems or trying to make their goals a success. And if one keeps pushing despite what others say and only lets the doubts make them stronger than their pursuit on their goals only becomes that much more interesting. In the real world society needs people who are willing to show effort in making the world a better place such as in the article”Scholarships for positive change” shows readers how some people are making a difference due and how it all started because of a certain moment in their life and how to this day they still make differences as by according to PRnewswire”185 students submitted inspiring videos of social change” which only show how many people are willing to try. When one decides to make a path for themselves they are determined to accomplish it however a to be further determined it may take a certain moment in their life to happen which would make them try harder. For …show more content…
An example of censorship can be seen when Montag reads a poem to his wife and her friends but later hears her friends reaction when she cries while insisting“I’ve always said poetry and tears,poetry and suicide and crying are all awful feelings poetry and sickness.” which only shows that even though she understood it she feels offended by its very nature. Books do tend to offend a certain group of people but they are also beloved for their knowledge. Which is why people who care for them don’t want to see them rejected for books are the lifeblood for all things that feed the brain. Comparing that to books in the real life society some are despised by people in religion because it tackles their beliefs which is why on the article”Censorship” explains how religious people had a protest to try and get these books banned but were ignored because many people have enjoy reading those books and also due to how their is evidence to back up what the book 's claim as proven by the article under religious censorship”the law is not on religious favor”. Many books that contain knowledge were made by people who

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