Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury And Joe Fassler

The Influence of Literature Capturing a reader within every word, a strong piece of literature holds the power to reshape a reader’s perspective. Readers of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Joe Fassler’s article entitled “How Literature Inspires Empathy,” discover how quality literature can improve humanity. Bradbury and Alaa Al Alswany display literature’s capability to transform the compassion, knowledge, and vision of a person. Aswany says, “‘Literature is not a tool of judgment— it’s a tool for human understanding’” (Fassler). Therefore, literature is effective in the human ability to understand another person’s misfortune. Dostoyevsky’s story of his fight for life seized the Russian Emperor’s torturous acts. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag watches a woman burn herself along with her books and says, “‘There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there…’” (Bradbury 51). Furthermore, Montag puts himself in the woman's shoes by discovering the information books

Aswany states, “‘I write about human beings—and part of the suffering of the human being is living under a dictator who is willing to kill anybody, and torture everybody, to keep power. I write about how being free and keeping our dignity is a very important thing’” (Fassler). In other words, literature is a means of connecting with others, and a reader can gain the knowledge of someone’s life through writing. Ultimately, a reader can gain the knowlege of hope through reading a fictional or nonfictional character’s venture in finding hope. The uplifting and knowledgeable Granger mentions, “‘For if we are destroyed, the knowledge is dead, perhaps for good’” (Bradbury 152). In addition, Granger is saying knowledge on the memorized subject is destroyed once forgotten or lost. Under that circumstance, one must hold tight to literature in order to gain