Examples Of Dystopia In Fahrenheit 451

Just like American society, Montag’s world is far from perfect, with many dystopian traits and flaws. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the author addresses just a few of the many problems in society. Some of the issues in the book, are very different as well as similar to American society today. The book takes place in a futuristic and very oppressive society with a lot of government control. In this society, books are banned. By the extinction of books, people do not think more than others so everyone is equal, intelligence wise. The banning of books is a big cause of the dystopian elements. Montag, who is the main character, is a fireman and his job, as a fireman, is to burn books at Fahrenheit 451, which is the temperature

Mrs. Phelps and Bowels say “‘No use going through all that agony for a baby. The world must reproduce, you know the race must go on. Caesarers or not children are ruinous” (Bradbury 92). No one in Montag’s world actually wants to have children they just do it because they feel they have to. Most people in society today have children because they want to have a family. Having children should be a very positive, joyful experience, but in the book they make it sound negative as if it is a requirement to have children and it is dreadful. Mrs. Bowles says “‘I plank the children 9 days of 10. I put up with them when they come home 3 days a month; its not bad at all. You heave them into the parlor and turn the switch.”’ (Bradbury 92-93). Mrs. Bowels along with other parents do not want to spend time with their kids so they distract them by putting them in the parlor. Parents do not want to deal with the responsibility of having kids, so they do whatever they have to, to get out of it. This is similar to American society because there are people that do not enjoy having kids so they do not want to take any time to spend with

When Montag is thinking about what he did to Beatty he says “Beatty wanted to die, he had just stood there, joking, needling” (Bradbury 116). When Montag’s house was on fire Beatty give Montag a blow torch and made him mad so Montag would blow the fire at him. Beatty never implied or show any signs of suicide, he just kept it to himself like others do. In American society people keep it to themselves and usually do not show signs of suicide. If people do many do not notice and it is a serious issue. The causes of suicide in Montag’s world are also different to American Society. “The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers white her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can’t ever have my books”’ (Bradbury 35). The ladys only joy in life was her book which were about to be burnt. She refuses to let the firemen burn her books by kneeling in front of them, hoping they would see how important books are, and how much they mean to her. They do not care and burn the books along with her anyways. Suicide is not taken seriously and no one does anything to try and stop it in the book. Suicide in American society is different because people commit suicide because they feel they are not important and there is no point in living. Suicide is taken very serious as steps are taken everyday to stop suicide and spread positivity and awareness everyday to