Similarities Between The Allegory Of The Cave And Fahrenheit 451

The resemblance between Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Ray Bradbury’s sensation Fahrenheit 451

In literature, it is clear that certain elements of Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 have been sourced from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Some of the most prominent examples are the silhouettes and the character who escapes from the cave. Bradbury’s novel is about a dystopian society, and a man who changes for the better. Plato’s book is about a group who live in a cave, and a man who escapes, finding out what the real world is. While the books may have entirely different storylines, it would be a fib to say they didn’t go hand-in-hand, both pieces taking places in illusion-packed worlds, where even if one person escapes the mirage and shares

What they are oblivious to is the fact that the silhouettes are just cutouts placed in front of a fire, to give an illusion of reality. In Fahrenheit, a few items serve the exact same purposes, but in particular the “Parlors,” Ray Bradbury’s dystopian version of virtual reality, where giant screens cover the walls of homes. In the novel, we have seen the parlors used in two different ways. In the first, one gets the feeling that they are part of a family, but it’s all an illusion. They get to live through fake dramas between aunts and uncles, little babies throwing a temper tantrum from the outside, offering more excitement than any human could conjure. In the second, the parlor serves as a sort of television set, where certain programs are on depending on the day and time. The screens are employed to distract the attention of the populace from how miserable their life is, and takes over their life for the worse. “I had a nice evening. What doing? The parlor. What was on? Programs (Page 46).” This conversation between Millie and Montag says a lot. The one word answers highlight the ignorance and carelessness of the population. The parlors relate a lot to another story by Bradbury. The screens have a profound connection to the “nursery” in The Veldt, where two children go all the way to