Fahrenheit 451 Debate-Free Society Essay

Have you ever thought about a society with no debate, no thinking even? At first glance, you’d think that it’s an example of a picture-perfect society. In reality, though, many consequences come with having a debate-free society. In “Dear Mr.Bradbury” By Jane Wang, Wang talks about how even she thought a debate-free society was a perfect society, that was until she read Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury. She writes about how the book changed her beliefs about a restricted society. In her letter to Bradbury about Fahrenheit 451, Wang talks about how she realized that even if someone does everything in their own power to create a happy society, it really can’t happen. Fahrenheit 451 is about a societal downfall in a “happy society” with no thought,

Even though getting rid of debate and thought in society seems like a great idea for an easy-going, fast-paced society. Wang supports the central idea that consequences come with the absence of debate in a society by using the literary element of conflict. She uses it to represent the conflicts as a result of a debate-free society, and also the ones she takes for granted, which are the ones they don’t have in a debate-free society. A society with no profound thinking, no time even, for individual thought created “happiness” as it was called. Although under this thin blanket of “happiness” was a depressed, suicidal, and agonized society. These are some major consequences of a society in which thinking, debate and controversy aren’t allowed. In her letter to Bradbury, Wang mentions how she realized the consequences of a debate free society, to support this she says, “And without that special moment to think and wonder, Montag and everyone else’s mind slowly faded away as they were continually stifled and restrained, their individual thoughts and ideas burned away with the books they couldn’t even remember.” (2). This is a huge repercussion of a society with little