Independent Thought In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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Throughout fahrenheit 451 people become zombified with hardly any ability to think at all, the few characters seen with the ability to perform independent though are those who tampered with books. In Fahrenheit 451 the author Ray Bradbury introduces the theme that books are integral for independent thought. Early in the book Montag is seen as an average joe just doing his jobs not really thinking about much until he meets Clarisse, mid way for throughout their conversation she says “you never stop to think”(Ray Bradbury 12). At this moment Montag stopped laughing after every remark she made because he took moments to think. This little bit of thinking was the bottom of the hill slowing inclining till he reached the top and became an independent