Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in a conceited dystopian society where any possession of books is illegal? Well, in a dystopian society like Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, it is a community where firemen have to burn books for a living. People are not allowed to peruse books but only allowed to scan through training manuals for their jobs. When people who are against the government read the books, they will either get arrested and have a death penalty, or they either can…

President John F. Kennedy once said “conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” The concept of conformity and individuality is clearly illustrated in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Like most dystopian societies, Fahrenheit 451 contains a damaged society in which the people watch excessive amounts of television on wall size sets, listen to music on seashell radio sets, and drive extremely fast, not afraid to hit animals or people. The masses never think…

Ray Bradbury describes the life of a fireman in a futuristic world in his novel, Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Guy Montag, a fireman, lives in a world where firemen burn books rather than put out fires. Montag meets a teenager, Clarisse McClellan, who he finds odd because of her bright, energetic personality, which is disparate and unnatural compared to the rest of the citizens. Clarisse questions Montag, opening his eyes to the imperfection in his life: his wife, his odd job, his boss, etc..…

The Faintest Breath of Strawberries Guy Montag, a firefighter, lives in an isolated and lonely society where books have become outlawed by government fearing people. Taking place in a dystopian society, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, describes the duty of firefighters to burn any books on sight and send the offender to an insane asylum. Using imagery and symbolism, Bradbury helps the reader understand the characters of Clarisse and Mildred. When Montag first saw Clarisse he was struck by “her…

1. In the case of Century Insurance Ltd v Northern Ireland Road Transport Board the vicarious liability applied, where the lighting of a match to light a cigarette and throwing it on the floor while transferring petrol from a lorry to a tank was held to be in the scope of employment. It is observed that, where an employee is acting in a manner which is expressly prohibited by the employer, but acting in his everyday tasks and duties then the employer is vicariously liable. 2. In the case of…

Comparative Essay of Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 I have chosen to write a comparative essay on the two dystopian fictions, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell’s 1984, that we read this year. The two novels are somewhat different yet they have similar messages of the scary course that our society is heading in and our need to not become mindless bystanders that allow it to happen. I find it easy to parallel the writings and I will present the differences and similarities between the two…

Burning the Blind: Silent Screams In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) many different literary elements were used in his writing to express his overall message for the book. Bradbury illustrates a futuristic community in which everybody is told what to do. Firefighters, which include Montag, are forced to burn every book in sight by the government. Montag had a very unusual encounter with a young girl who opened his eyes to the world in front of him. Rebelling against the government,…

There are many different ways a literary element creates the meaning of the text. In this case it is in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this book, the main character, Guy Montag suffers through many conflicts in his dystopian society. Conflict is a big literary element that creates the meaning of the text. In the first section of this novel Montag meets a peculiar neighbor. Her name is Clarisse McLean. She is the one who introduces him to the past. Because of this he starts to…

In George Orwell’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a futuristic firefighter, whose day to day job requires him to rid the everyday streets of illegal reading materials. In a world where you cannot read books, and futuristic technological advances rules the lives of all citizens, Guy Montag began to rethink such ideals when he met a book-loving girl named Clarisse. Ultimately, Montag has escaped the war-destroyed city. He has joined a group of survivors who devoted themselves to memorizing and…

As author George Saunders said in “Thank You, Esther Forbes” on page 62, “By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.” In this simple, yet elegant sentence I would elaborate its meaning as, The more vocabulary you have at your disposal the more vividly you can describe the world around you. Let me give you an example; If you and a 5th grader see an apple on a chair, the one with the more broad vocabulary would…