Examples Of Seams In Fahrenheit 451

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One of the very prevalent and ongoing themes in Fahrenheit 451 is not everything is what is seams. We see this theme fairly quickly in the story an it just continues to grow. When Montog comes home from a walk on the town he sees Mildred laying in bed “her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but felt no rain… (pg 14)” She had just finished a bottle of at least 30 sleeping pills and was laying pale faced on the bed. After using “the snake” to bring her back to life, Montog was awoken to how messed up his society was. A little bit further on in the book, we are shown again how Montog feels about where he is living. Because there are no books aloud people are forced to watch television all day, in this society they