Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel in which Ray Bradbury, the author, presents a dystopian world. In which firefighters burn books instead of putting fires out. Guy Montag, the book’s main character, experiences an identity crisis, in which he starts questioning his purpose and part in society. In the beginning, Montag is content with his profession as a fireman, burning illicit books and their owners house’s. However Montag soon starts to doubt the ethics of his profession and the morality of censorship. Written during the mid nineteen hundreds, a period of delusions, war and fear. The oppressive nature of Montag's world, a world where television, music, and most of all literary has been censored, may be a reflection of that era.
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury was able to illustrate censorship by fabricating a shielded society that is filled with inhabitants that are ignorant to the defected parts of mankind. The
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Even though he is the head of the firefighters, he seems to be the most knowledgeable on books. Beatty explained to Montag that censorship has occurred because the people , who did not want to be disturbed with thoughts on controversial issues, allowed censorship to happen. People stopped reading so that they didn't have to think about things that might upset themselves. The people choose censorship not the government, they ensured censorship continued when they gave their neighbors names up to the firefighters. Faber, an old english professor, also admits in helping enact censorship as he was too cowardly to revolt when reading and books were criticized. In many ways, Beatty is able to provide an justification in why firefighters exist, why do the things they do. Although, Beatty intended to help Montag resolve his dreams of freedom, he unconsciously made Montag more discontented, as Montag does not want society to be the way Beatty