Examples Of Individualism In Fahrenheit 451

What does it mean to be an individual in society? In the book Farenheight 451 and in today’s socety have very simalar definitions of individualism. And in both places being an individual means being treated as an outcast and just being seen as flat out wierd. Because of this I have found out that being an individual means standing out against the crowd and doing something that may not be that popular. The only thing that matters is doing what you think is important and not what society tells you. But because of the constant pressure to be “normal” it is rare to be an individual today and in Fahrenheit 451. So let's dive in more to find out why this has happened.

Reason one on why being an individual has become hard is the constant censorship.

Look here! Innocent! Look!”(Bradbury page 18) he was able to think for himself and in result was seen as strange and he had become and individual. Today's form of censorship is our parents and older people try to prevent us doing stuff they don’t like such as listening to certain music, watching certain music, and hanging out with certain people. Because of parents trying to block what their children see and do there has become a certain mold the kids are supposed to fit. And if the kid starts doing what makes them happy the parents in turn may “disown them” because of this fear kids will try their hardest to seem normal to their

You see this happening in guy's society with the expection for people not to read “ IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BURN IT was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.”(Bradbury page 1) because it could offend others. The same thing happens today and that is the reason why things get banned. This happens a lot in Fahrenheit 451 from burning of the books to the tv’s only showing shortened content so no one got offended ”Now let's take up the minorities in our civilization, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog?lovers, the cat?lovers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs, Mormons, Baptists, Unitarians, second?generation Chinese, Swedes, Italians, Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. The people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual painters, cartographers, mechanics anywhere. The bigger your market, Montag, the less you handle controversy, remember that”(Bradbury page 28). Because guy used to anything to please his peers he was unable to