Rationale: (197 words) The question that I chose from this unit was, “to what extent do the actions and decisions Malcolm and Montag make throughout the story portray the issues within their societies?”. I was interested by this question because of how simple of a term the question referred to and how it took the term deeper. While talking about the science fiction unit the protagonist was brought up as nothing special. The character indeed played an important role within the book and the society but he or she did not have any special powers or some ability that totally changed the book. Although, what I did notice was that in every science fiction story, the protagonists came to points where their decisions and actions did matter, in one …show more content…
To them everything that goes on is necessary and the people have to do what is needed to live life normally or in Malcolm’s case, survive. Montag even talks about how much he loves his job as a fireman within his society, stating “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (Bradbury 3). For Montag everything seems so right; he loves his job, has a wife to go home to, and sees no issue with the way everything is going. Malcolm on the other hand, lives in a bitter world alongside super intelligent apes. Although that doesn’t stop him from realizing his place among his human society as a man in search of the dam that could bring more power to the town. Similar to every other human He is totally afraid of the apes and wants nothing more than the survival of the town. Everything Malcolm does is not only for his family, but for the town, even if that means disrespecting the apes. Whilst talking to Caesar after going against his demands in hopes of getting power for the town Malcolm explains, “If we can just get this dam working, then we have a shot at restoring limited power” (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes). Just by going back to the apes home is risking his life and the lives of his family but again he puts the survival of the town