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Consequences Of Conformity In Fahrenheit 451

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Most people think that having lots of friends makes a positive impact on their life. However, a lot of people believe conformity has many negative consequences in society. A lot of time kids (anyone under 18) spend a good portion of their time at friends’ houses or playing video games. However, kids always get into drama and then later in their teenage years lose most of their friends. If they weren't spending time with people throughout their childhood, they could have been working. Some kids are very dedicated to sports, they want to go to a big school. Then there are a lot of kids that care a lot about school and want to go to college but it costs a lot of money. If kids took some of the time they spent with friends and worked instead, …show more content…

An example to prove this from the novel Fahrenheit 451, is when Montag said “Beatty wanted to die (Bradberry 116).”In the book Montag believed Mrs. Beaty wanted to die and Montag killed her; this is a sign of depression for both of them.The way this answers the question is Montag shouldn’t end someone's life even if they don’t want to live anymore but he didn’t care because he cared about himself and his best friend Faber escaping the city without being caught and not Mrs.Beatty. Montag shouldn’t end someone's life even if they don’t want to live anymore. Another example to prove this from the novel Fahrenheit 451, is when “And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry(Bradberry 41). Mildred overdoses because she is unhappy and depressed and confused with happiness not realizing how she feels because the government is lying to her. This answers the question by showing that Mildred was depressed because the government is lying to her, and she agrees with them, however, Montag(Her Husband) does not agree with them about things and she ends up running away. This shows Depression can come from …show more content…

An example to prove this from the novel Fahrenheit 451, is when Mildred says,” Ladies, once a year, every fireman is allowed to take one book home, from the old days, to show how silly it all was, how nervous that sort of thing can make you, how crazy(Bradberry 99). When Mildred’s friends found Montag’s book. She lied to her friends. Then she was worried about her “family” and not her husband (Montag) she called it in to protect her “family”, because she was scared the government would also try to kill her if they found the books themselves. This answers the question by showing how Mildred was nervous about her “family”, and not her husband. Another example to prove this from the novel Fahrenheit 451, is when Mildred said “She’s nothing to me, she shouldn’t have had books(Bradberry 57). Mildred got mad at Montag. He wanted to quit his job because he liked books and didn’t want to be part of hurting people over reading them. Mildred said the women meant nothing to her, she was concerned about her house, job, and having nothing. You could tell she was rattled that Montag even thought of that. This answers the question by showing that Mildred is mad at Montag(Her Husband) because he views the rule on books differently than her and she is very mad at him and it ends in her running away. Making bad decisions because you are uncomfortable is from

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