Comparsion Of Families In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Could you possibly imagine living in a society where families are disconnected and almost completely apathetic towards each other? How about a society where people exclusively interact with others via the internet? What about a world where books are burned instead of read? Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a book about a fireman named Guy Montag. Montag is a fireman, but these firemen don’t extinguish fires, they ignite them. They do this to eliminate a highly illegal commodity: printed books. However, after Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, his new eccentric neighbor, Montag questions everything that he’s done. Now, despite our worlds appearing to starkly contrast each other, we do share some similarities you might not see, especially

Hmm, this is quite similar to our society, as many people are occupied with their electronics, such as phones, gaming devices, tablets, computers, you name it, people are most likely occupying themselves with it. People would rather text their friends and family than actually see them in person. However, in Fahrenheit 451, families have little to no regard for other family members. Mildred requested that they get a fourth TV wall, to which Montag responded that it would cost him a large portion of his yearly salary. Mildred said that it only cost $2000. Here, we can easily see that families in that universe are more concerned about themselves rather than others. Nobody’s thoughtful. In our society, we still bond and interact with our family members. Whether it’s going on family vacations, visiting relatives, family reunions, or simply spending time with one another, we still value our families unlike them. Now then, you can see quite a similarity between us and them,

Our social interactions also seem to bear quite a few similarities. People who are considered “abnormal” in the world of Fahrenheit 451 have to see psychiatrists, like Clarisse. Seeing psychiatrists are mandatory for the “abnormal”. Kids who drive speeding cars love ramming right into pedestrians. In our society, we also tend to treat those who we consider “abnormal” rather poorly. Think about it, there are the beautiful but arrogant popular girls in high school and their cronies who bully those who aren’t popular. We call people who are highly interested in the Japanese culture “weeaboos”. People like me with Asperger's Syndrome or autism get pushed around easily. Both of our society’s think that mistreating people we consider too different is fine. It’s nowhere close to “fine”. Despite this example of how disgusting humanity is, we have an almost innumerable amount of differences regarding social interactions. They have almost no regard for the safety of others. People in Fahrenheit 451 speed down the street, maybe plow into a pedestrian or two, and still keep going. They don’t run back to the person they hit check if they’re ok. They don’t bother to interact with anyone, they just continue charging forth, hitting and probably killing anything in their path. Us, on the other hand, still interact with other people, both in person and on social media. Sure, we may or may not communicate with people in real life, but it’s interaction with others nevertheless.