Fahrenheit 451: Scene Analysis

The trailer for popular novel, Fahrenheit 451, created in our group, incorporates five different scenes taken from the novel. The scenes chosen, each, hold a significance to ideas portrayed throughout the book. The first scene of our trailer involves the bombing of the entire city shown at the end of the novel. The scene is inclusive of a whole city being burned by a wave of flames created by this bomb, in which people, dogs, and other residents are being turned into instant ashes. This scene depicts the end of the dystopian society present throughout the novel and the rebirth of a new society where past mistakes are corrected. This new society would be comprised of “book-people” who are compared to a phoenix by Granger. This particular scene was chosen
This scene, as shown in the trailer, is taken from the Fahrenheit 451 movie, in which Beatty is seen being burned by a flamethrower. This scene is also a scene of importance in the novel. Beatty is seen as both a friend and an enemy to Montag; this can be explained due to the warning Beatty gives Montag to burn the books he’s keeping or turn them in, however, left with no choice, Beatty has to burn down his books and, inadvertently, his home. This scene was chosen because of Montag’s complicated relationship with Beatty and the decision he is faced with when deciding whether or not to “pull the trigger”, creating intense suspense. Furthermore, the fourth scene is consisted of shots with books and houses burning with, yet another, revelation of the ignorance present in this society. Firemen, in the book, burn things, namely books, while firefighters are known to do the opposite and stop fires. This distinct scene is a mix of several such scenes in the book and was chosen, again, to show the massive ignorance shown by the people in this society, where life has no meaning, and thinking is just something that is not done