Comparing Literature And Books In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Anvesha Kumar

Ms. Glynn

English 10

19 November 2022

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Today's time's sources of knowledge are available everywhere and in multiple different forms, to educate and are used massively by society. Having the drive to be better than others and to be superior is normal, everyone's curiosity is fed and it's less likely to not get an answer to a question with a proper explanation. The fire department is a civil service responsible for working to prevent, countering, and most importantly extinguishing fires to protect people and houses. And books enhance knowledge, memory, and communication abilities. literature and firemen being two very different categorized play a crucial part in society. If Literature is responsible for educating without

Despite that, what if these two were to play the opposite role as they do in society? Where firemen are responsible for igniting fires instead of putting them out they don't care for human lives and are to burn down everything related to literature. A society in which books are put on the same scale as loaded weapons. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, is exactly how things are. Books are banned and are to be lost sight of, the fire department aids and is in charge of burning all books. The government classifies literature as an unessential source of knowledge while creating the illusion that they are preserving society. Firemen are oblivious to how they are regressing society by using fire to be highly oppressive, as well as giving individuals the wrong idea of an ideal society. As a result of this; firstly, firemen burn books and don't care what or who is in the way; the pleasure they find in burning literature overpowers giving a single thought to how much destruction they are causing to society. Next, in the society described by Bradbury oppression is implied in the personal beliefs of individuals. Then, having the incorrect conception of the ideal, uniform society is one major

Through censoring and television, society manipulates its citizens. Every home has a large television screen which has replaced the family, these screens give the people of the home news and everything they must know. Resulting in everyone in society having the same amount of information. Because they give people more knowledge than they should know, books are banned. “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door ” (58). The priority of life is similarity or rather equalization. It must be understood that any additional knowledge acquired by an individual may be hazardous to this uniform society. The use of books is equated with the use of a weapon. Furthermore, this quote is said by Montag's superior Beatty, who has educated himself further with the help of the book, making his statement hypocritical. As a result, when others in this society believe that every person is the same, there are exemptions, and the public image that everybody in this society has equal knowledge is a misunderstanding. “Will you turn the parlor off?” he asked. “That’s my family.”(58). When Montag is still disturbed after burning down a house along with a woman, he asks Mildred to turn off the large televisions in their parlor. "Will you turn off the parlor?" he inquired. "That's my family." "Mildred responds that the characters on television are her