Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Imagine living in a society where opinions and the concept of thinking were not accepted. A dystopia is an imagionary society where almost everyone and everything is suffering and nothing is pleasant. Some of the more common types of distopian literature can be found in Fahrenheit 451, ranging from propaganda to utopian illusions. Author Ray Bradbury's main intention for writing this novel was to convey the message that books are slowly becoming second nature. The message that this story gives is that technology is beginning to become a replacement for books, and people are beginning to read a lot less and to use technology as an alternate or shortcut for reading. Books are a top resource for opinions. The society in Fahrenheit 451

There are definitely advantages and disadvantages about the burning of books. Beatty shares his take about books in general and how it's just one author arguing with another. "They're [books] about nonexistant people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if nonfiction, it's worse, one profesor calling an idiot, one philosopher screming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the star and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost." (Page 59) In this part of the book, Beatty is explaining to Montag how foolish it is to read a book. He also explains that he "had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing!" (Page 59) By scorching books, the society is terminating all opinions and controversies that are associated with them. Although the burning of books is viewed as a positive action throughout the society, there is a protagonist in this story. In this particular novel, Guy Montag serves as the protagonist, and he calls out the society as potentially doing the wrong thing. Montag proposes an objection to burning books, questioning if it is a good or correct way. "Montag only said, "We never burned right…." (Page 113) Montag questions what qualifies to be burned. Is it just books? Should absolutly anything that is affiliated with an opinion be burned? The society is burning books to get rid of all opinions so

The challenge from the author is for us to admit to ourselves that technology, believe it or not, has a major effect on how we live and how we act. Us humans are beginnig to use electronics as an alternate for reading, which is the point that Ray Bradbury is trying to make in his novel. "I had a nice evening," she said, in the bathroom. What doing? The parlor. What was on? Programs. What programs? Some of the best ever." (Page 46) The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a fictional story that explains what the world is currently like, the technology that surrounds it, and how we neglect books. Is there a way to control this