Role Of Society In Fahrenheit 451
Can you imagine a society where books are banned? Can you imagine a society where fireman start fires instead of extinguish them? Well, the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 written by famous writer Ray Bradbury explains how a book-less society can impact human beings in many ways. Bradbury tells us the story of a fireman named Guy Montag whose duty was to burn any house with books found in it. In the beginning, he is content with his government and laws and is a loyal supporter of the censorship society and imminent war. After many tragic events, Montag tries to discover ways to break away from the society and challenge the established government and its subgroups. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses multiple characters like Montag and Faber to show how outsiders can target people in power and can break national laws to challenge the establishment. Montag challenges the establishment by killing his
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captain Beatty, and Faber challenges the establishment by reading books which is highly illegal in their society.
Bradbury uses a Montag in a lot of different ways to show how he challenges the establishment.
In other words, Bradbury makes Montag do multiple things like break their society's laws and also challenge the people in power to weaken his government and spread his ideas. During the scene when Montag kills Beatty, Bradbury says “And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him” (Bradbury 119). This quote from the novel, Fahrenheit 451, shows that Bradbury purposely made Montag kill his fire department leader Beatty to show a way of challenging the establishment. Furthermore, killing Beatty slowed down the communication of the fire house which lead to less burning of books, and also lead Montag to the hobos near the railroad track who shared the same ideas as him. Altogether, Bradbury uses this horrific scene to show how outsiders like Montag challenge the establishment by destroying power and get their ideas across to the
community.
Bradbury challenges the establishment again by breaking national laws using Faber. To put it in another way, Bradbury uses Faber as an ex-english professor who has vast knowledge in english and loves reading books. During Montag’s flashback to when he met Faber for the first time, Bradbury says “Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat” (Bradbury 75). This quote from Fahrenheit 451 shows that Montag knew Faber had a book but he didn’t take any action. In fact, this quote gives us a clue that Faber was reading a book before Montag met him at the park. Later in the book, we see that Faber does have a vast knowledge in english because he’s read many books. This also shows that he broke the law and read books which means he can challenge the establishment by spreading the ideas from the books. As a final point, Bradbury broke the book reading law in their society to show how Faber can challenge the establishment by spreading ideas he learned from the books.
Throughout the book, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses Montag and Faber to show how outsiders in their society can challenge the establishment by breaking laws and attacking people that have vast power. In other words, Montag challenges the establishment by killing his fire department captain Beatty, and Faber challenges the establishment by reading many books and trying to spread the ideas from the books. As the use of technology increases in our society, can you imagine breaking laws and reading books? Can you imagine fireman burning house because they find books in them?
captain Beatty, and Faber challenges the establishment by reading books which is highly illegal in their society.
Bradbury uses a Montag in a lot of different ways to show how he challenges the establishment.
In other words, Bradbury makes Montag do multiple things like break their society's laws and also challenge the people in power to weaken his government and spread his ideas. During the scene when Montag kills Beatty, Bradbury says “And then he was a shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling gibbering mannikin, no longer human or known, all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on him” (Bradbury 119). This quote from the novel, Fahrenheit 451, shows that Bradbury purposely made Montag kill his fire department leader Beatty to show a way of challenging the establishment. Furthermore, killing Beatty slowed down the communication of the fire house which lead to less burning of books, and also lead Montag to the hobos near the railroad track who shared the same ideas as him. Altogether, Bradbury uses this horrific scene to show how outsiders like Montag challenge the establishment by destroying power and get their ideas across to the
community.
Bradbury challenges the establishment again by breaking national laws using Faber. To put it in another way, Bradbury uses Faber as an ex-english professor who has vast knowledge in english and loves reading books. During Montag’s flashback to when he met Faber for the first time, Bradbury says “Faber held his hand over his left coat pocket and spoke these words gently, and Montag knew if he reached out, he might pull a book of poetry from the man’s coat” (Bradbury 75). This quote from Fahrenheit 451 shows that Montag knew Faber had a book but he didn’t take any action. In fact, this quote gives us a clue that Faber was reading a book before Montag met him at the park. Later in the book, we see that Faber does have a vast knowledge in english because he’s read many books. This also shows that he broke the law and read books which means he can challenge the establishment by spreading the ideas from the books. As a final point, Bradbury broke the book reading law in their society to show how Faber can challenge the establishment by spreading ideas he learned from the books.
Throughout the book, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses Montag and Faber to show how outsiders in their society can challenge the establishment by breaking laws and attacking people that have vast power. In other words, Montag challenges the establishment by killing his fire department captain Beatty, and Faber challenges the establishment by reading many books and trying to spread the ideas from the books. As the use of technology increases in our society, can you imagine breaking laws and reading books? Can you imagine fireman burning house because they find books in them?