Larsen Beenk 4/22/2024 4 period “There are worse crimes than burning books”. One of which is not reading them” (Bradbury). Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic book where it is illegal to own, possess, or read any type of literature and if you do it is most likely punishable by death. Although Fahrenheit 451 and our modern-day society are different, they have many similarities such as diminishing family values, out-of-control teenagers, and the decline of literature. There are many books on attempts at utopia that have turned into dystopias. The book I am reading is called Fahrenheit 451, but all dystopia books show how all the citizens are so miserable and want out of the current modern-day society. In today’s world, TVs and screens take up a lot of time in people’s lives, but sometimes those people will read a book and enjoy it. …show more content…
In’s society every wall is a TV and that is really the only true way people are happy because they cannot read or else firefighters come and burn the books sometimes their whole house burns, nevertheless they are not happy. I would rather live in this society but maybe if Fahrenheit’s world were better than I may reconsider yet I may not. “It was a pleasure to burn" (Baburey). Montag is explaining the beginning of the book showing how life is and how much the world they live in has been brainwashed and there is only one harmful thing that has become fun or enjoyable, instead in our world people are aloud their own opinions and for the most part you can do whatever you want. Later in the book Montag changes and thrives, he makes a change and a fight for justice in an overruled, unfair world. Are you happy” (Brabuley). In the beginning of the book, Clarice asks Montag a question that changes that turns his whole life upside down and gives him a whole new perspective. He starts to hate his