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Thesis: In Fahrenheit 451, the most apparent dystopian trait in Montag's society is the authorities ‘’brainwashing ’’ the citizens to believe they live in a perfect utopia. Body Paragraph 1 TS: The authorities make the citizens believe they live in a perfect utopia through the information the residents receive. CD: At one point Montag says, ‘’I’ve heard rumors; the world is starving, but we’re well fed. Is it true, the world works hard, and we play?’’ (Bradbury In AL, Part Ⅱ, Par. 28) C: This quote manifests that the citizens not know what is happening in the outside world because the people in Montag's society have only heard rumors about the outside and have never experienced it for themselves. C: The authorities do not allow the citizens …show more content…

C: When they compare it to other worlds it leads the citizens to believe they live in a flawless society. C: This method of only showing the bad parts of other people's societies creates a perfect illusion of a utopian world. CD: Also, all of the news the residents receive is not the full story. C: When the authorities only show the good parts of their society if fools all of the people to believe that they live in an utopia.C: Also, all of the war propaganda from the news only talks about how they are going to win the war, and the TV Programs don't talk about how they are unprepared and not ready for the event. C: Another way the society uses the information that the citizens receive to trick them into believing …show more content…

CD: The Parlor walls which also display images can see what you're doing and hear what you are saying. C: Mildred participates in a play that allows the audience to join in it through the walls. C: In the play, they send you a script so the walls can talk to you. C: This notion of talking to your walls is very sad because it shows how everyone in the society is too wrapped up in technology to interact with an actual human being. C: Even though these walls seem helpful, they are the authorities number one way of keeping constant surveillance on their citizens.C: If something bad happened inside a resident’s house, the parlor walls could catch it, and the authorities could get them immediately. C: This leading to no one knowing about the bad situation, leaving the citizens with the illusion of a perfect society. CD: The Mechanical Hound is also another way the authorities keep constant surveillance on their citizens.C: The hound can sense the smell of books on anyone, so if it smells them, the creature will immediately alert the fireman. C: The authorities use the hound as a way to keep the surveillance discreet.C: The people of the society do not know what the hound can do and what it can sense, leading its methods to work well. C: The hounds act as the cops. C: This mechanical creature sees what's on the outside versus

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All in all the exaggeration of television and technology have taken over this society and is starting to brain wash

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Hounds are made to kill anyone that breaks the law. The government doesn 't care if violence is used, its part of life. “A four inch hollow steel needle plugged down from the proboscis of the Hound to inject massive jolts of morphine and procaine.” (Bradbury 22).

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Societys that have a set standard that have a set standard that everyone follows, set an idea that if people follow these rules then they will be happy when actually the people are miserable with their life. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury reveals how montag follows every norm that society has, yet is miserable in order to suggest how societys norms contort the minds of many to think they are happy when they are not really fullfilled. Bradbury introduces montag as a guy that follows all of societys norms set forth to give the perfect life, yet his perfect life isnt perfect at all since he is miserable. Emphasizing his feeling of saddness Montags realization of his true feelings become apparent through him wearing “happiness like a mask” like a true unhappy person would do (Bradbury 9). This simile of him using happiness as a ask, brings to mind someone becoming the mask they wear.

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In the world Montag lives in, violent actions are limitless; but due to the ignorance of the population, no one seems to care, and that is if they even find out. People are more worried about their parlor walls, tv shows, and worrisome of books to even realize all the terrible things happening right before their eyes. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury constructs the idea that the ignorance of Montag’s society blinds them from the constant violence surrounding them. This becomes clear to readers when countless violent actions occur in the story, and Montag finally realizes them firsthand. In Montag’s society, violence and ignorance are often represented.

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But, we are alarmingly similar in others. "Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?" (70). A quote the main character Montag says about the way his society pays no mind to anything outside of their technology screens while other places slave away.

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