Futuristic Setting In Fahrenheit 451

Think of all the thoughts, questions, and opinions you have had today and the consequences and affects after; how each one alters who you are as a person, but what if all of that was controlled, all the things you thought you knew, that make you who you are, facades. In Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian society is controlled in their imagination and evolvement. Books are burned by firemen enforcing the law, aware citizens vanish, and schools fill heads with useless knowledge and information until there is no room for imagination or creativity. Published in 1951, Fahrenheit 451 has a futuristic setting with a dystopian twist. The movie adaptation of the book was released in 1966 directed by world renowned François

The book has a more futuristic notion; for instance, the electronic devices and technology that is advanced for even our time, sixty-seven years later. TV walls surround that blast with color and boom with noise and a mechanical hound that injects its prey with stunning chemicals are some examples of the advanced setting. On the contrary, in Truffaut’s version of Fahrenheit 451 the setting seems in an alternate universe rather than futuristic. Notably, the city looks like an ordinary town with strange ways of control and manipulation. It seems more relatable to the present, unlike the futuristic and seemingly impossible setting in the novel. Given these points, The book and movie share some similar details such as a fireman pole that carries them up and down, but the overall concept and feeling of the novel and film are complete opposites which has a major affect on the

Bradbury’s novel resolves with Montag and the group of people who memorize books to share with others walking toward their city that had just been bombed. This scene leaves the message that the slate has been wiped clean and knowledge is the new begging in the never ending future. Conversely, the movie’s ending leaves a different impression. The movie ends with Clarisse and Montag with the book people, a similar version of the group of rebels in the book, memorizing books. The message that comes out of this, is the idea of continuing knowledge; however, it does not show that the new knowledge will spread and evolve into an open minded society like the book. Ultimately, the book and movie’s ending scene give a message that display new knowledge arising, but the book leaves the reader’s mind turning with questions and contemplating the