Books transmit knowledge, books give us general facts, books deliver an experience of amazing adventure. A book is a significant symbol in Fahrenheit 451 because of the hatred people had for writings.
The conflict in The Book Thief is man vs. society or to be more specific, the
Dystopia vs Reality Dystopian novels. They are completely fictional and very far away from today’s ideologies, which makes them easy to enjoy. But are they that far off? Well, dystopias often include real-world issues but are highly exaggerated and warped. In our world, we have immense opportunities, unlike dystopian novels, where the protagonists are forced to defy conformity for liberation.
Controlling anything or anyone other than ourselves can be very difficult. Trying to control the whole world is unquestionably almost impossible. However, in the books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Book by M. Clifford, the mission impossible was becoming possible. Beatty, the cold-hearted antagonist in Fahrenheit 451 and the Publishing House Officials in The Book have grasped their hands on the world and taken over people’s minds to think like theirs. The two characters control books.
When reading the book, “Fahrenheit 451” and the article, “The Great Imagination Heist” they argue the same topics yet different. The are both saying arguing about books and technology. In the book the character Captain Beatty has a interesting conversation with Montag about books and why they must burn them. In the article it is claiming why we should read more and be more involved in reality. Both stories give good valid logic to behind their thoughts to point out the claim.
Fahrenheit 451 is set in a horrible, yet very possible, dystopian world. The setting is very undesirable because everyone thinks that books are bad so they have prohibited all of them. Everyone has this Belief because over time it has been convinced that books only bring sorrow. Most people have forgot about books and their importance, but the people who haven’t forgotten try to sneak books into their homes only to then have their homes burned, sometimes with them in it. Books are valuable, worth the time and effort, and in Montags’ world books are considered dangerous.
You must understand the importance of what books do, so you appreciate and experience what they offer. In Fahrenheit 451, people in the society can’t comprehend what books actual purpose is. When Montag first realizes the significance of books, he has to rethink everything: “There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a women stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing”(Bradbury 48). Almost all the people in the society don’t even think twice about someone dying like that.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a time honored classic featuring a dystopian future where books are banned by the government. Likewise, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick depicts an alternate future, but with a slightly differed conflict. Despite this difference, characters from both books display a recurring idealism of what their world could be which motivates to take action, whatever that action may be for the specific character For instance, in Fahrenheit 451 Guy has a certain belief of what the world could be like if books were legal to possess and embraced by the public. He sees books as the miracle that could solve all of society’s problems. “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe
Society would be so much different without books. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, for many years books were outlawed. People found with books would be imprisoned. Ray Bradbury in his novel uses conflict to show knowledge and ignorance between characters. Even though the society in the novel Fahrenheit 451 was corrupt, most of the citizens were oblivious.
In Fahrenheit 451 there are many similar comparisons to the real world and thats what its supposed to be it was written in the 1950s about the future of the united states. So there's bound to be some similar things something were spot on and others not so much but it is still good comparison to our world today. One of the thing that is similar from the book to the real world is people are to stuck looking at screens all day in Fahrenheit they treated their shows as if they were family. Today be stay in front of a tv watching netflix or hulu and youtube as if that is all they have they spend days wasting away in front of a tv screen then feel emotionally empty when they've finished their show like it was all they had. Another example of screens we are glued to today are our cell phones doing many of the same thing we use a television for but we can take it anywhere so we don't have to leave our screens at home.
In the novels, The Book Thief and Brave New World, the characters have challenges thrown at them that they must overcome. In the novel, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel is constantly faced with challenge after challenge. She loses her entire family and is placed with a foster one. There she faces the challenges of not being able to read and the hardships of living in Nazi Germany. In the novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, John Savage faces the challenges of living in a world where he is completely isolated from the world because of his beliefs.
Life often entails societal changes that not only serve as obstacles, but also catalysts that coerce one to readjust one’s attitude. Likewise, the latter can be as simple as moving to a different geographical region, or as drastic as the arrival of a new, authoritarian governing body. Such is the case in the paths of Liesel Meminger in the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Martin Luther during the Protestant Reformation of 1517. Both figures are awakened by external sources that enable them to discern the injustices imposed upon their societies, and choose to adjust their perspectives accordingly, using the power of words to speak out against unjust societal changes. Liesel Meminger is a foster child who, in the midst of a war, comes to understand the dire situation that the Jews
Bradbury first draws attention to the books as a symbol when the firemen burn the books. Books represent power; this society doesn 't want people to have power so they take it away from them. This symbol is the main focus of Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury states, ¨He carried the books into the backyard and hid them in the bushes near the alley fence¨ (Bradbury 2.364).
Books have always been an alternate world to escape to and learn more about the world around you. But that’s a privilege some do not have. In Fahrenheit 451, books and burned at all costs and in The Book Thief, Liesel must steal to be able to read and learn about the world. Within both texts, books play a vital role.
Did you know that Pavel Friedman, the author of the book The Butterfly wrote “A total of around 15,000 children under the age of fifteen passed through [the concentration camp] Terezin. Of these, around 100 came back”. This is a completely, absolutely horrid statistic, and yet it is true. Speculate about being a child back in Nazi Germany. Not all of these kids were Jews.
