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Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

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Liv Amann Ms.Balmer English 10-Pd 5 1 Febuary 2023 Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a dystopian society. Montag lives in a society that trys to eliminate all things of complexity, and confusion to make sure all of the people are happy. Montag is a fireman and takes great pride in his work. He has recently been feeling empty with his unfulling wife, Mildred. She discourages Montag’s rebellious thoughts and actions. Mildred always follow the rules of society, She is unable to have deep meaningful conversations with Montag, which frustrates him, and Mildred is very connected to technology and Montag feels like that is putting up a wall between them. Mildred negatively affected Montag is after montag asks Mildred the question of, “Where did we meet ten years ago?” Mildred was not able to remember where they met and neither did Montag. Then they have an altercation; afterwards Mildred gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom to take some sleeping pills, and Montag tries to count the number of times he hears her swallow and wonders if she will forget later and take more. He feels terribly empty and concludes that the TV walls stand between him and his wife. Montag believes’ this because Mildred is more connected to the TV and can not even remember if she took …show more content…

She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away. She looked up suddenly, saw him and nodded. “You all right?” he asked. She was an expert at lip reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles. She nodded again.” This shows that when Mildred wears the ear-thimbles that she isn’t actually listening to Montag and is more accustomed to just reading his lips. This is showing that she will not be able tp have depth in her conversations with him, and doesn’t listen to him, which is putting a negative impact on his

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He asked. That’s my family”(Bradbury 46). Montag asks Mildred to turn the TV off when he is talking to her. She tells him that she doesn't want to shut off her family. Mildred spends most of her time watching TV which helps her relate to what her own family does not have.

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As he is eating dinner, Mildred’s friends come over to watch the screens. As Montag is eating dinner he begins to stare into the parlor from the kitchen, he then suddenly “reached inside the parlor wall and pulled the main switch,” (pg94). By pulling he completely shut down the walls. He then asks the women about the war and where their husbands are. Montag continues to try to engage in the women’s conversation

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‘That’s my family.’ ‘Will you turn it off for a sick man?’ ‘I’ll turn it down.’” Mildred is more concerned about listening and paying attention to her tv “family” that she doesn’t pay any attention to Montag. They can’t express themselves because they don’t know how to share their feelings.

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Mildred obviously overdosed and Montag was trying to explain it to her but she just won't listen or genuinely doesn't believe him which is unlikely. In the passage, you can see how much Mildred is trying to convince Montag and herself that she would never overdose. This led to very obvious delusion because Mildred would rather be crazy than have to talk about something important or something worth thinking about with her husband. By the end, it shows how Montag was also quick to just let go of the topic in order to avoid conflict of irritation with his wife.

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‘A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.'” - Captain Beaty This quote I find especially important to the story and message as it highlights the way people were scared into believing that books were weapons of evil and mass destruction and should be destroyed. I find this eerily similar to Mccarthyism and the way it was used to scare Americans senseless at the mention of communism and even the color red. Fahrenheit 451 is a book set someplace in the future written by Ray Bradbury in 1953 the book displays a concern for the direction the country was taking and the dangers of technology and brainwashing.

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In the text Montag noticed, “She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away,” (Bradbury 16). This reflects on Mildred and Montags relationship because instead of talking to each other Mildred always has her ear buds in. She sits there neglecting her surroundings which shows Montag that she could care less about everything that's going on around her. As Montag starts to realize what the world really is, Mildred says, “Funny, how funny, not to remember where or when you met your husband or wife” (Bradbury 40). While Montag is frustrated with trying to figure out when they met Mildred casually laughs about it.

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While their walking, she begins to ask him these all questions; and Montag is just trying to be sarcastic and naive. After he goes inside, he finds his wife Mildred, knocked out cold in their bed. He later finds a prescription bottle that was full of sleeping pills by his foot and learns that Mildred tried to commit suicide. So he calls

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As a result of excessive use of the parlor walls and apathetic behavior, Montag and Mildred develop no real love for each other. Their bond holds meaningless value to them since Mildred cannot recall

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Mildred cares more for the price for the TV than she cares for Montag. “‘It’s really fun. It be even more fun when we can afford to have a fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall- TV put in/ It is only two thousand-dollars.’ ‘It’s one-third of my yearly pay’” (18).

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(Bradbury 41). Montag considers that he and Mildred are disconnected because the walls between them get in the way of their relationship. Since all Mildred is doing is getting more and more machines, there are fewer real-life connections and a lack of interaction in their marriage. (STEWE-2): Montag came home sick and asked Mildred to get him aspirin and water and turn down the parlor.

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This section of the book showed that although they been married for ages, nevertheless they have no connection nor spark that leads to an unbreakable bond. Assumedly, Mildred taking pills revealed that she was depressed and had the desire to commit suicide, but Montag realized he did not cared for her existence. In reality, our relationships are build up due to communication and being apart of our loved ones’ lives. In addition, technology was an obstacle that came between the relationship of Montag and Mildred. “How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in?

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After Mildred woke up from overdosing on pills she responds to Montag in her usual incomplete sentences such as “Didn't sleep well. Feel terrible. God, I'm hungry. I can't figure it,” (pg 16). If Mildred was better at talking and thought more on her own she would not have answered like this.

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“The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay empty in the light of the tiny flare”... “Montag was cut in half. He felt his chest chopped down and split apart.” This shows how Mildred was self-centered and didn't consider what effect her actions would have on her husband. Finally, Montag's shows true self-centeredness when he takes a book from an old woman's house not thinking about future consequences.

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