books symbolizes a death of individuals being burned by governmental regulating their lives to meaninglessness. Many other authors had input about Bradbury’s choice in not only writing a novel based on a futuristic dystopian society, but in his execution and reasoning. Infamous dystopic novels are compared to Bradbury’s due to their criticism of society by using outlandish tales that have a deeper meaning. While some characters, such as Mildred and Captain Beatty, in the novel love the world they live in, Bradbury uses the polarization and Montag’s metamorphosis to display how the role of technology is “an already planned murder of the individual, an easy victim in a metal landscape”(Mitchell 225). It is a call to action to not let technology
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It is evident that Bradbury seeks true human interaction without technology or government to get in the way. In Fahrenheit 451 it is common that these characters are indulged with synthetic entertainment and fall into the “intellectual holocaust”(Eller 168) Bradbury fears and doesn’t want for the future. In attempting to enhance the message, Bradbury used Montag’s interactions with other characters to heighten tension between the characters. Each character has a clear position on the topic of censorship and their interactions amongst each other reflect their individual views. This is another piece of evidence that creates the paradox of censorship because while the censorship was created by the government to prevent conflict of interests and ideas, it just added another …show more content…
The firemen in the world are known to prevent fires and help those in need while the firemen in the book are tools used by the government to take away freedom of expressing individual intellectuality and exploration of outer realms only present in literature. Bradbury uses the actions of characters following the tendency to go along with the societal view to exemplify the possible devolution of individuality in response to this book environment (Amis 232). It is cautionary to those who tend to follow the norms and sheds light on what it means to find your own voice and use it to make a case. Bradbury’s ability to balance absurdity and reality is what makes this story to be able to be a part of mass culture in and effective
It is evident that Bradbury seeks true human interaction without technology or government to get in the way. In Fahrenheit 451 it is common that these characters are indulged with synthetic entertainment and fall into the “intellectual holocaust”(Eller 168) Bradbury fears and doesn’t want for the future. In attempting to enhance the message, Bradbury used Montag’s interactions with other characters to heighten tension between the characters. Each character has a clear position on the topic of censorship and their interactions amongst each other reflect their individual views. This is another piece of evidence that creates the paradox of censorship because while the censorship was created by the government to prevent conflict of interests and ideas, it just added another …show more content…
The firemen in the world are known to prevent fires and help those in need while the firemen in the book are tools used by the government to take away freedom of expressing individual intellectuality and exploration of outer realms only present in literature. Bradbury uses the actions of characters following the tendency to go along with the societal view to exemplify the possible devolution of individuality in response to this book environment (Amis 232). It is cautionary to those who tend to follow the norms and sheds light on what it means to find your own voice and use it to make a case. Bradbury’s ability to balance absurdity and reality is what makes this story to be able to be a part of mass culture in and effective