Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And Put It Away By Ray Bradbury

Both Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Put it Away by Marianne Waud (2014) demonstrate the theme of technology and modernization. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag and the other firemen are brought to burn his house and he sees Mildred, who pressed the alarm, as she “shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, ‘Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything gone now’” (Bradbury 108). The theme of technology and modernization is shown through Mildred, who gets Montag in trouble. Instead of worrying about him, she worries about her tv parlour family, verifying that she values it over him. She moves into the car without sparing him a glance. This shows how the connection people have with technology changes over time.

In Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse tells Montag that she feels that him being a fireman is strange since it doesn’t suit him and Montag realizes she was right, so he becomes confused with himself and “felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other” (Bradbury 21). At this point in the story, Montag realizes that part of him wants to remain a loyal fireman, but another part wants to be something else. He has a conflict within himself about his identity and struggles to choose a side. He is forced to choose between living is false happiness while burning books or discover the truth that could lead to happiness. The painting by Antoine Stevens demonstrates the theme of identity. It exhibits three faces of the same person. They display different emotions and different sides of a face. One face appears content and another appears crestfallen. They represent an internal struggle to find one’s true self and how they truly feel. The piece uses contrast in colors that could represent clashing conflicts and polarity. The use of mainly red, in the undertones and background, represents pain and anguish. The painting also uses saturated colors in order to make the piece more