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Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

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“There are too many of us...There are billions of us and that’s too many. Nobody knows anyone” (pg. 14).

After Mildred tries to commit suicide, Montag begins to question his life. Even though the world is overpopulated, the government won't let anyone die, even if they choose to. Nevertheless, with billions of people packed into the earth, people rarely have meaningful conversations. It occurs to Montag that his wife hasn’t taken her ear thimbles off on two years, meaning that it has been at least that long since he has had a normal conversation with his wife. He also realizes that he didn't even recognise the men who came to replace Mildred's blood after she tried to commit suicide. He lives in a world overcrowded with strangers. …show more content…

It occurs to him that in a society where no one thinks, no one is bothered. He decided that people need to feel strong negative emotions every now and then, even though they may be unpleasant. When Mildred asked Montag if he wanted to try to get rid of his anger by taking the car for a drive, he said, “No, I don't want to this time. I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it's gotten big on me. I don't know what it is. I'm so damned unhappy, I'm so mad, and I don't know why” (61). If he takes the car for a drive, he would go back to the fake state of contentment he once lived in. Montag wants to continue being bothered because he knows that he needs to change. If he stays bothered, he can feel emotion. Being bothered is what society needs to …show more content…

As Beatty has discovered, complete happiness can not be achieved if you question the universe and think deeply. The government has come to the conclusion that ignorance is bliss, and have applied this philosophy to their media and education system. In school, kids learn how to do things but not why they are done, therefore removing the burden of intelligence. The people in Montag’s society would much rather feel smart by knowing how to put a TV together than be smart but feel insignificant and lonely trying to understand their place in the

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Foremost, Mildred helps Montag find himself. When Montag first realizes that there is no connection between him and Mildred he loses feelings for her. He soon realizes that their relationship is pushing each other apart. “And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry”(Bradbury 41).

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Throughout this book we can see people who live their lives without asking themselves if they are doing the right thing, or why am I doing this, or what is my life goal. Some characters may conclude that they want to spend their entire lives with their TV. Others to have fun. Montag had been one of these people for many years. When he met Clarisse he slowly began surface from his shell, and transform into a true

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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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Suddenly things he did every day without hesitation seemed silly. This is when the reader finally is able to identify the theme. For a while, it seems as though it is Montag against the world. The only person who could possibly understand him, Clarisse ,was murdered. His Family isn't an option and his wife Mildred was a lost cause.

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