In the world now and the society in Fahrenheit 451, because citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. The book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is about a dystopian world, where firemen are worshiped and people fear them. People fear them because they burn every book and house the books are found in. Books aren't allowed to be owned or read because they give you knowledge. Guy Montag is the main character, who is a fireman. He doesn't think very much, but when Clarisse talks to him he begins to think if he is happy or not. He burned down a house with a woman in it and began feeling guilty about it. He stole a book from the house and he began breaking the rules to figure out why they keep books from people. “The mechanical hound” watches people like a surveillance camera would. The American Society today and the society in the Book are Dystopian societies because citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. …show more content…
Captain Beauty describes what it does, “all of those chemical balances and percentages and all of us here in the house are recorded in the master file downstairs” (Bradbury 24). Generally in a dystopian world, citizens are under constant surveillance and the ‘Mechanical Hound’ is their version of a surveillance system. In the world now and the society in Fahrenheit 451, because citizens are perceived to be under constant