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Individual Thought In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury's theme on individual thought and his theme on technology both use characters, setting, and conflict, but the individual thought theme uses resolution and allusions while the theme on technology uses irony. Bradbury’s theme on individual thought is that individual thought is necessary for a functioning society. It develops through characters, setting, and conflict. The character of Montag is an example of this theme because only when he embraced his individuality did he truly understand how horrible the society was. Later in the novel, when he leaves the society and meets the other people who read, Granger tells him about his grandfather and about how everyone leaves something when they die. “Everyone must leave something behind when …show more content…

It doesn’t matter what you do he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that’s like you after you take your hands away.”(Bradbury 157) This quote reflects the idea of individual thought because to make an impact or change you have to think for yourself. The writers of books have left something behind in their novels and stories, which take your own thought to notice. The society in Fahrenheit 451 did not think for themselves, which lead to them not understanding the importance of books. This lead to the society becoming an oppressive, unsympathetic, non-functioning society. Montag had learned the importance of books throughout the story and as he learns this fact, he grows as a character. Bradbury’s theme on technology is the reliance on technology blinds those who rely on it. This theme also develops through the characters, setting, and conflict. The characters of Montag and Mildred with their conflict of their ideas. Mildred relies on technology throughout the book while Montag does not and this creates conflict in their

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