How Is Fahrenheit 451 Relevant Today

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Ray Bradbury, author of the novel “Fahrenheit 451” has written a story that some think is a sort of premonition of the society that the real world will eventually come to be. Further research shows that the similarities between the rules and regulations of the society in Fahrenheit 451 and the real world society that As the book progresses, it can be said that much of it was just a story of the character Montag. Ray Bradbury’s writing becomes clearer to the eye when readers discover the messages lie beneath the surface of the text. The main character Montag has the profession of burning books, destroying history and knowledge of the world. With his life changing all so suddenly he would find himself growing curious, as to what makes these …show more content…

The article that was used helps give a couple reasons why books are being banned in our society today. The article from (name of writer) “Various authorities have been banning and destroying books for practically as long as books have existed.”This can show that there has always been a distrust for books ever since they were created, because most people always want a just and equal society in which no one person knows too much or too little. Relating back to the story the government wants their society to be equal and easily controlled, so they take away books.This quote shows that even in real life the world has been burning and destroying books. This quote connects to the story because the main job for the firemen is to burn the books. Our society today is almost slowly turning into the one that is in Fahrenheit 451 with the burning of the books and people being mindless and only watching television. The more and more people in the real world society that will end up watching tv will change our society into the one of which Fahrenheit 451’s society has already been turned into, people being easily controlled and books being …show more content…

They will start to duct The article states that policemen “were blamed for the riots because they didn’t protect a group of Mexicans.” This one accusation caused the police to “fire” back and the riots were on. The policemen showed no mercy and were brutal on all of the rioters. This example connects the real world police to the fictional police in Fahrenheit