Philippe Petit, the famous-wire artist, once said: “The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent - some would one say to cheat.” His point? Limits are never final, with the knowledge we gather and perseverance we can accomplish anything. This is a theme that can also be drawn from the books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, and Snow In August by Pete Hamill, which contain glimpses of the process through which change is sparked. While it takes further than just a statement to start a movement, it takes a mammoth leap of faith to ignite the catalyst of transformation for the better. Throughout history, nonetheless, it has been proven over and over in time that it is more than …show more content…
After they escape from the city, Granger tells Montag about his own grandfather. Granger explains that his grandfather told him: “‘I hate a Roman named Status Quo!’ he said to me. ‘Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for factories’” (Bradbury 150). This shows one of the most prominent and significant themes in this book: it isn’t necessary to consistently listen to what other people say, and that your own ideas can be the cause of less suffering, having an overall positive effect on society. Moving through life so fast, the people in Fahrenheit 451 at no time get to “stuff [their] eyes with wonder”. If you move slower, as Granger and the other visionaries believe, you aren’t aware of the beautiful experiences and the injustices in life. The ability to see these injustices is the first step in creating a movement to solve