Theme Of Escapism In Fahrenheit 451

Nothing is constant in life, everything is bound to change somehow or someway. Although, one thing you can almost always be sure of is that life is full of constant challenges. People face hundreds of challenges every single day; maybe it 's something small like completing your homework on time, or maybe it’s something large, like being in an unhealthy relationship, or having a disease. How is it possible that people go through so many challenges every single day, and are able to remain sane? Well, people do things to relieve the pressures of everyday life., things that are called escapisms. An escapism is “the tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy.” Take a second and try to imagine a world …show more content…
Captain Beatty and professor Faber, these two characters have completely different beliefs, but they sometimes express those beliefs in similar ways. It is made clear in the story that Faber has a love for books, but why? Three reasons, three things that are missing from people 's lives. The first thing is quality information that has detailed the understanding of life. Television is too fast and controlling, whereas books are not. The second thing missing from people 's lives is leisure time. He doesn 't think leisure time includes spending hours watching television with your “family,” it means the leisure of silence and having the space in one’s life to examine and digest one’s reading and experience. The last thing that Faber believes is missing from people 's lives is is the freedom for people to act based on what they learn when they have access to both quality information and the peace of mind to think it through. “It’s not books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books.” Faber says to Montag. I think that Faber isn’t scared of the knowledge that books can bring to you, instead he welcomes