Farhenheit 45

Literary Analysis Could you ever imagine living in a world where bears were not allowed, houses were fireproof, and firemen started fires instead of putting them out? Ray Bradbury created this dystopian union of backwards come backing in his impertinent Fahrenheit 451. When he wrote the book, during the Cold War, the United States was beginning to censor many another(prenominal) things and his fear of what it would turn into inspired him to write this novel.In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury overly exaggerates a futurity society from where the United States in the 1950s was heading through passing of humanity from television and the foot of censorship by yet, the symbol of rebirth detracts from the overall effect of exaggeration. In Fahrenheit 451 Mildred, Guy Montags wife, is a mindless human being. She has a television show that she calls her family and she insists on watching it every metre it is on. For archetype when she is arguing with Montag about reading she says, Books arent people. You read and I look all round but there isnt anybodyNow my family is people. They tell me things I laugh, they laugh And the colors Why should I read? What for (73ch. 2). This quote illustrates the fact that all she does is sit around and believes to be interacting with people, when in fact she is adept talking to a television show. When she wants another television installed she tells Montag Its only two thousand dollars and I think you should consider me sometimes. If we had a fourth wall, why itd just be like this room wasnt ours at all, but all kinds of exotic peoples rooms (20ch. 1).This line spoken by Mildred shows the reality of her mindless television show consuming her life and that she no lengthy thinks like a human being. Societys goal in essentially hypnotizing its citizens was successful. Any person with sense such(prenominal) as Montag would know that it is outrageous to buy another screen when they cannot afford it. Mildred is a perfect example of a mindless person who allows the government to control her and thinks books are harmful. People like her make this society achieve its goals in censorship by burning books. In several cases the narrator is just as mindless as Mildred.For example, the book burning process is supported when the book states, You were simply cleaning up. Janitorial bat essentially, and they pumped rooms full of kerosene it is supporting the book burning process (37-38ch. 1). These statements are guilty of sustaining book burning. Also when Captain Beatty, the chief of the fire department, says, I want you to do this all by your l onenesssome, Montag. non with kerosene and a match, but piecework, with a flame thrower. Your house your clean up, it illustrates how he is asking a horrible task be done (116ch. ). Burning books, the only source of unchanging intimacy, is a terrible task to take on. Burning books is like taking away freedom and because they are no longer physically available humans have to memorize them. When Montag gets caught for having books he runs away. He does such a trusty job that even the mechanical hound cant find him. When the search for him is seeing no hope they kill a random man alone on the street. At this point husbandman, one of the traveling book men, says to Montag, Welcome back from the dead (150ch. 3).This quote resembles the rebirth and final transformation of Montag from a regular in society. It detracts from the exaggeration because it symbolizes the life of memorizing books, which is the total opposite of eradicating them. Another time when rebirth is mentioned is when Granger tells Montag about the phoenix, There was a silly damn bird called a phoenix back to begin with Christ, every few hundred years he built a pyre and burnt himself up but every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes, he got himself innate(p) all over again (163ch. 3).This example takes away from Bradburys effect because it symbolizes new life, which the gov ernment does not want they want it to stay the way it is. Ray Bradbury creates a dystopian society in the novel by expressing loss of humanity, censorship, and rebirth through many examples in the book. Throughout Fahrenheit 451 everyone is trapped downstairs the governments supervision except for the ones who are smart enough to escape through the knowledge of books, such as Montag. During the entire novel Mildred is an example of an individual consumed by the governments rules and loss of humanity from TV.