Both Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games show characteristics of Dystopian in their stories. Dystopian is a futuristic, imagined universe where societal control and the illusion of a perfect society have disrupted. It basically shows how the society went from being perfect to completely changing into something different. Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games show that; information, independent thought, & freedom are restricted; a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society; and citizens are perceived under constant surveillance. Information, independent thought and freedom are restricted is a major characteristic in both works.
Bradbury’s stories follow a similar genre which is a dystopian feeling where the characters realize what the world has come to be (“Fahrenheit”). Fahrenheit 451, takes place in a dystopia or “... a dehumanizing environment… where the state keeps citizens in thrall be denying them the kinds of positive, useful intellectual stimuli found in books” (Huntington 107). A dystopia is a future where life is appalling. In their attempt to make a perfect future, the government instead created a dystopia where people are destroying their only sense of truth, joy and humanity (Hamblen). Bradbury is trying to convey that, “Dystopian novels show that any attempt at establishing utopia will only make matters much worse” (Dietz).
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.
A quote showing that Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel is, “They had this machine.” (Bradbury14) One way that Fahrenheit 451 is dystopian is that they are told what to do and how to do it. This is why main character Guy Montag rebels against the fire department. Modern day teenagers relate to this very well because they hate being told what to do, in turn making the teenagers also want to be rebellious.
The novel Fahrenheit 451, is a work by Ray Bradbury categorized as dystopian literature. Dystopian literature, as defined by Questia.com, is a genre of fictional writing used to explore social and political structures in a dark world. There are many literary works that fit into the category of dystopian literature; William Gibson’s Neuromancer and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are examples. The difference between these novels and Fahrenheit 451, however, lies in the nature of the political theme-censorship.
Fahrenheit 451 essentially shows an overview of how this strange life of technology and living in a perfect world could impact the future of society positively and/or negatively. Fahrenheit 451 presents us with a world known as a utopia. Utopia, meaning that everything is perfect, ideal, and flawless. Although the story starts the book off with a world like this, it ends up becoming the complete opposite which you will later find out why.
Fahrenheit 451 is a story written in a future society that is totally consumed in the false media and loses all sense of reality. This story highlights the dangers of the future and over use of technology in our society: Ray Budary is trying to get across that censorship and conformity makes society lazy, knowledge and imagination is important for growth of a society and technology can be a double edged sword. The society Ray Bradury is writing about has a set of very strict laws. The members are sensitized by not being allowed to access books and gain knowledge about the past.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury in 1953, is about a dystopian society in the future times. Bradbury successfully argues that an individual's ability to be physically and mentally active is destroyed as we are blinded with technology and pure knowledge in books are eliminated. Although his book is well supported through his creative use of figurative language, his failure to create suspense makes the resolution predictable. Montag the main character is a fireman whose life and thoughts change when he meets Clarisse, a intellectual teen, and witnesses a woman set ablaze for having books.
Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel that displays extreme ills of society. The novel follows the antagonist Guy Montag as he learns to reject the common way of thinking, or rather not thinking. Basically, the main focus of the book is the effects of media. While some might argue the novel is more focused on censorship, this is incorrect because it shows how the time spent on technology is the issue, not so much what the media contains. It also contains shunned characters, who don’t revolve around technology and displays Montag’s wife, Mildred, who is destroyed through the media.
“It was a pleasure to burn.” (Ray Bradbury pg. 1) What does this quote mean you ask? This says that in the utopia/dystopia in Fahrenheit 451 there were no books aloud, people were not allowed to own books or read books, and they were taught to not like them all together.
Fahrenheit 451 sets the stage for what our modern world could become in the distant future. For instance, the lack of individuality is apparent in Fahrenheit 451. Even today, many follow what they are told is right and what is to be expected. Our world lacks individuality, similar to Guy Montag's world. In the latter, the dystopian society's individualism is hampered by overbearing government and media control.
In which the population lives in a dystopia, one similar to ours. A place where there suffering and dysphoria lives. Although we may not be as deep into our issues as the society in Fahrenheit 451 is, we have issues all the same. Issues which prevent us from labeling ourselves as a utopia.
Have you ever thought about how living in a dystopian society would influence your life? Well, the idea of censorship is used in the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, to make an impact on the audience. Bradbury uses certain elements of dystopia in his novel to show censorship, which significantly effects the society in the novel. For example, Bradbury uses the dystopian element that says citizens live in a dehumanized state, to show that their society believes that curiosity is unacceptable. Next, he uses the idea that in a dystopian world, information, independent thought, and freedom is restricted, to show how books are bad in their society.
Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 he reveals a future where books are banned and if found in the possession of anyone they would be punished. The government makes the people ignorant about the world and themselves. People in this society don’t think. They’re just supposed to think they are important and be happy all the time. They don’t realize that as an individual, they have so much potential.
A dystopian society is an unideal society that is unable to support the wishes of its people. Within a society, many factors can determine whether or not a society will become an ideal or dystopian place. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the main character Montag is a fireman that lives in a dystopian society. There are many underlying themes and messages about the society of Fahrenheit 451 that can be connected to our own society.
