1. Bradbury kills off characters in his story to make Montag realize the wrongs in Fahrenheit 451’s world and Clarisse’s death is no different. Throughout the story, we see that Montag is very sensitive to death. For example, following the death of the woman in the burning building, Montag realizes that books aren’t what F451’s society make him think they really are. Clarisse’s death causes Montag to realize that F451’s society forces a blanket of happiness on people to the extent that Clarisse’s death practically no impact on anyone. When Montag asks Mildred about Clarisse why he hasn’t seen Clarisse for four days, Mildred says, “I meant to tell you. Forgot. Forgot”(48). The fact that Mildred was able to forget about the death of their neighbor,
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In F451, the widespread use of TV parlors and seashell radios give the government two great ways of controlling their citizens. The spread of TV parlors, and more importantly, the profuse amount of useless information it entrances and entraps the viewer with, gives the government easy-to-control people due to their inability to critically think. According to Faber, TV parlors are an “environment as real as the world”(84). What he means by this, is that TV parlors become reality for those that watch it, and with no one paying attention and critically thinking about the world around them, the government is able to get away with committing all sorts of immoral acts. Additionally, seashell radios give the government an amazing device to spread propaganda. In the story, the radios are heard saying “We have mobilized a million men. Quick victory is our if the war comes…”(92). This is actually propaganda rather than fact since in reality according to faber, ten million men were mobilized(92) and also at the end of the story, the city is completely obliterated by bombs. The seashell radios spread propaganda that hides reality so well and is believed so easily, that the government is able to make their citizens believe anything the want them
In F451, the widespread use of TV parlors and seashell radios give the government two great ways of controlling their citizens. The spread of TV parlors, and more importantly, the profuse amount of useless information it entrances and entraps the viewer with, gives the government easy-to-control people due to their inability to critically think. According to Faber, TV parlors are an “environment as real as the world”(84). What he means by this, is that TV parlors become reality for those that watch it, and with no one paying attention and critically thinking about the world around them, the government is able to get away with committing all sorts of immoral acts. Additionally, seashell radios give the government an amazing device to spread propaganda. In the story, the radios are heard saying “We have mobilized a million men. Quick victory is our if the war comes…”(92). This is actually propaganda rather than fact since in reality according to faber, ten million men were mobilized(92) and also at the end of the story, the city is completely obliterated by bombs. The seashell radios spread propaganda that hides reality so well and is believed so easily, that the government is able to make their citizens believe anything the want them