Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that sends a very clear message. It is an amazing story about a society in which books are burnt by firemen. The story follows a man named Guy Montag who is one of these firemen who loves to burn books but slowly begins to question his lifestyle choice. There was a movie made from the novel that was also very great. However, the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better than the movie version because it has greater detail and more suspense.
The first reason why the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better is because it includes more detail not given in the film. In the novel, it says “Without turning on the light he [Montag] imagined how this room would look. His wife stretched out on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. And in her ears the little Seashell, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her …show more content…
They may believe this because Clarisse was added to the plot of the movie more than in the novel. People who believe this overlook the fact that two characters were also taken out. The characters that deleted were Faber and the Mechanical Hound. These two characters were essential considering that Faber was the one teaching Montag to read books. The same importance goes to the Mechanical Hound that set fear to those considering hiding books. This shows how their claim is false. The movie version is not better because it took out two essential characters. In conclusion, the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better than the movie version. It includes a greater description in certain things like characters. Also, it has more suspense in a number of scenes. These reasons and the evidence given show that the novel is clearly better than the
The first reason why the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better is because it includes more detail not given in the film. In the novel, it says “Without turning on the light he [Montag] imagined how this room would look. His wife stretched out on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. And in her ears the little Seashell, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her …show more content…
They may believe this because Clarisse was added to the plot of the movie more than in the novel. People who believe this overlook the fact that two characters were also taken out. The characters that deleted were Faber and the Mechanical Hound. These two characters were essential considering that Faber was the one teaching Montag to read books. The same importance goes to the Mechanical Hound that set fear to those considering hiding books. This shows how their claim is false. The movie version is not better because it took out two essential characters. In conclusion, the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better than the movie version. It includes a greater description in certain things like characters. Also, it has more suspense in a number of scenes. These reasons and the evidence given show that the novel is clearly better than the