The society in Fahrenheit 451 successfully reflects our contemporary society in some aspects.The novel Fahrenheit 451 is about a society that prohibited reading books and a society with large media impact ( propaganda ). This classic novel by Ray Bradbury which won many books awards , shows the negative effect in which a society can have without books. The contemporary society in some ways reflects this society from the government to the schools. The two society ( Fahrenheit 451 and the contemporary society ) show lack of reading , mass media ( Propaganda ) , Lack of faith ( Atheism ) and rebelism.
One great aspect of similarities between the societies and theme in this book is the lack of reading. Both the contemporary society and the society of Fahrenheit 451 are either losing the skill of reading or have low reading rates. Montag , The protagonist in this novel is walking with clarisse ( one of the antagonist ) and she says to him “ Do you ever read any of the books you burn “ He laughed “ That’s against the law!” ( Bradbury , 8 ).This statement of Montag shows how the government made it against the law to read , just so they can get mindless citizens. This is one of many of the proofs of lack of reading.The contemporary society is losing and lowering the read rate by five percent from 2000 to 2009 ( Statistic Canada ). …show more content…
In both society mass media plays a big role in making choices. Both society propaganda stops people from going outside and do what they believe is right and being independent. The Novel portrays people as breathing , living zombies due to mass media. A great example can be found when the government tells everyone to get montag and how everyone leaves their homes all at once. The contemporary society is continuously under propaganda and mass media from the t.v all the way to the