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A Dystopian Society In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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“It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury, line 1 page 1). The book Fahrenheit 451 is similar and different from our society. Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian like setting. In a dystopian society, they can only do some things and they have a bunch of rules, and our society is neither a dystopian or a utopian society, Our society has rules too, but we have more freedom than Fahrenheit’s society does. There are at least three features that are similar and different are laws, Education, and happiness. “Hello I am a firefighter in the book Fahrenheit 451 but I am a special kind of firefighter. We firefighters love to burn, we burn books for a living and we love to do it. The only reason we burn books is because it is forbidden. We all need to be equal, books make some people happy but not other people so we burn them so we don 't have to deal with people who are different.” In this society, they cant read books and if they do they get locked up in jail. But some people don 't care, they love books so much that they are willing to go against the law or even die. In this society they cannot read books, and if they do their books get burned and they go to jail for …show more content…

In our society we also have many comparisons and differences. In this society we have rules, but we get more freedom. There are at least three most important topics that need to be brought up. One Law enforcement, Friends, and relationships. In our society we have different laws than Fahrenheit 451. Our law enforcement we have the Police, Fire Department, Paramedics. All of these law enforcements help keep our society safe from any harm. In Fahrenheits society they only have the fire department, but their firemen are different from us. When they go to work they wait till the alarm sounds and instead of going to stop fires they go and break the citizens house down and destroy where there books are and then they put kerosene all over them and burn the books. And if there are too many books they burn the whole house

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The government in Fahrenheit 451 censors the citizen’s reading material completely. The desire of the government is to keep all books out of the hands of the citizens. The firemen are trained to have that thinking too and to burn all books along with the homes that the books are in. “It was a pleasure to burn.”

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In these idealistic societies the government tries their best to ensure happiness by whatever means necessary. But satisfaction is not the same for every individual. By examining The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, Standing Women by Yasutaka Tsutsui, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury it's become clear that mankind cannot dictate happiness across their nation and that they fail in making utopian civilizations. In Fahrenheit 451, knowledge and new ideas in the form of books are prohibited and burned because it threatens the government. It makes it easier to control civilians when they are ignorant.

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It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury, 1). Have you ever heard someone that actually liked to burn other people’s possessions? Or maybe burning something valuable to your or maybe even the society? In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, this is the case. In this book, the society in which the main character , Guy Montag, lives in, is a dystopia of knowledge ,violence, fear , and much more.

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In Fahrenheit 451, technology, violence and distractions are used as a warning to society. First of all, technology is constantly around their society and is getting better. If this happens to our society many would not be engaged with their life Secondly, in the book distractions are created to create a better society, but this creates emotion to be fake. This could change society drastically now days .

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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is a novel about a futuristic society where books are banned and firemen burn books rather than put out fires. The main character Montag is a fireman who lives with his wife Mildred. Montag ends up stealing books which is against the law especially because he is a fireman; and Mildred is against anything that has to do with books. Society wants everyone to be happy but there 's an alarming mechanical hound in this novel that kills people and is asymbol of fear. Bradbury’s novel shows how a society overcomes the eradication of books through the use of symbolism, motif, and imagery.

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Ray Bradbury’s novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ warns of the dangers of technology and blind obedience through the character of Mildred Montag amongst others. Although Mildred is a minor character throughout the text, her image as the poster girl of the dystopian vision of the future Bradbury had created highlights that in a society where technology is all-powerful and all-consuming, true happiness is seldom found. Bradbury depicts characters who have an awareness of life outside of technology to be genuinely happier and more sincere, whereas those who have conformed to mores of society are consequently dissatisfied with life. Ultimately, it is Montag’s realisation that there is more to life than shallow conversations and parlour walls, and the happiness

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The differences between our society and the society in the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 are numerous, but Bradbury said it quite well when he said, “'I don't talk things, sir, ’I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive'” (Bradbury 71). The society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 is different as their society has outright denied the human brains the books it craves to read. There are several other differences between our societies the road laws are drastically different, the fireman are polar opposites, and the war is different.

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But in this society the government bring people were they are told because of a crime. The three main topics were book burning, equality, and government bringing people somewhere for no reason or crime. In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and modern day society, books exist yet they are treated differently. Quotes are used and authors are mentioned in Fahrenheit

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In the society of Fahrenheit 451, people would stick to desires of others, so that they are not left alone by society. They would look for answers in books of what was the purpose for their life. In Fahrenheit 451 people who express their individuality find themselves as social outcasts, and are at worst in real danger. There are a lot of quotes in Fahrenheit 451 that are about conformity and individuality. " Are you happy?"

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The differences and similarities between the book’s society and our modern day society really bulged out at me while I was reading the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. In Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. And instead of having firemen that put out fire, the firemen start the fire to burn down books and houses. There are many differences and similarities between our modern day society and the the society in the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. Such as our Government, Technology, and Behavior.

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The “perfect” society that is created, comes at the cost of individuality. In Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, the individuality of the citizens is threatened by the amount of government control in their lives, and can be seen through the Utopian goals, the government punishments, and the citizens’ conformity in response to this. The Utopian goals that the society holds limits the individuality of the citizens. Their attempt to create a controlled environment leads to more government control than necessary.

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Books have been banned in this society due to the controversy over many topics and opinions. Rather than Fighting fires, firemen produce fires. The firemen burn the illegal books and the houses which shelter them. Throughout the story Fahrenheit 451, censorship has affected society by dehumanizing citizens, creating fear of individuality, and causing more rebellion, conflict, and crime. Dehumanization is one

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