Books give insight to issues that face the modern world, listening to them is key. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury depicts a world with exaggerated scenarios that are similar to problems that face the modern world. Bradbury’s purpose in writing Fahrenheit 451 is to show the reader that the problems shown in the novel may come to fruition if there isn’t something done about them. Fahrenheit 451 has a powerful meaning for readers because of the connections between the real world and the novel's world, such as war, substance abuse, and violence among children. While at war, those not directly affected don’t care about the effects that war leaves behind, such as hunger and poverty. In the text and in real life it seems as if there is always
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In Fahrenheit 451’s world, when people overdose the fix is as easy as calling 911; and the technicians that are sent are able to pump all of the toxins out of the victim's body. This sort of fix to the drug abuse is only adding to the problem because if there are no serious consequences to drug abuse they will continue abusing drugs. Bradbury’s point is proven in present-day society through the article, “Confronting the rise in abuse of prescription drugs," because it provides data showing that millions of people today abuse drugs solely for pleasure or entertainment (Volkow). The way people are abusing drugs could easily transition present-day society into the society depicted in Fahrenheit 451, where people constantly overdosing isn’t taken as a serious problem. The connection that is made between drug abuse has a powerful meaning for readers because it shows how dangerous substance abuse can get to …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451, many of the activities that children take part in are dangerous. For example, the children are constantly beating each other up and adults do not do anything about it because they have come to believe that these dangerous activities and aggressive attitudes towards each other are normal for children to have. To see the connection to our world here are some statistics. The article, “Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools”, statistically proves that there are thousands of violent crimes that are committed by students against other students while at school and away from it. As a community parents and teachers need to start being more aware and conscious of the way children treat each other because if they don’t the exaggerated scenario depicted in Fahrenheit 451 may become a reality one day. The connection made by child violence has a powerful meaning for readers because everyone has seen how nasty kids can get to
In Fahrenheit 451’s world, when people overdose the fix is as easy as calling 911; and the technicians that are sent are able to pump all of the toxins out of the victim's body. This sort of fix to the drug abuse is only adding to the problem because if there are no serious consequences to drug abuse they will continue abusing drugs. Bradbury’s point is proven in present-day society through the article, “Confronting the rise in abuse of prescription drugs," because it provides data showing that millions of people today abuse drugs solely for pleasure or entertainment (Volkow). The way people are abusing drugs could easily transition present-day society into the society depicted in Fahrenheit 451, where people constantly overdosing isn’t taken as a serious problem. The connection that is made between drug abuse has a powerful meaning for readers because it shows how dangerous substance abuse can get to …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451, many of the activities that children take part in are dangerous. For example, the children are constantly beating each other up and adults do not do anything about it because they have come to believe that these dangerous activities and aggressive attitudes towards each other are normal for children to have. To see the connection to our world here are some statistics. The article, “Violence, Crime, Victimization, and Safety in Schools”, statistically proves that there are thousands of violent crimes that are committed by students against other students while at school and away from it. As a community parents and teachers need to start being more aware and conscious of the way children treat each other because if they don’t the exaggerated scenario depicted in Fahrenheit 451 may become a reality one day. The connection made by child violence has a powerful meaning for readers because everyone has seen how nasty kids can get to