fahrenheit 451
Consider living in a society, as in the novel Fahrenheit 451, where everyone is deprived of many privileges that one might be used to in the American society, and then to discover that these two societies have many similarities. Ray Bradbury, a popular science fiction author of the mid 1900's, creates a censored society in his novel. As the reader explores the people and practices of this absurd society he is forced to question the ideals and direction of his own personal American society. Although the American society may seem much more normal than the society in Fahrenheit 451, when one thinks about the negative issues of that society, many of them resemble the same negative issues we encounter. The reader discovers through the comparison of these two societies that the strong influence of technology, the negative affects of censorship, and the increasing use, popularity, and dependency of drugs are similar in both societies. In the Fahrenheit 451 society and the American society, technology is very advanced and important, and depending on how the societies use this advancement in some cases both societies can be affected in a negative way. In the novel, the
In the novel Fahrenheit 451, on page 82, Bradbury demonstrates the negative affects of censorship through the main character, Guy Montag. Montag is feeling anger and frustration because of the way he is living his life, "Right now I've got an awful feeling and I want to smash things and kill things" (64). Through the comparison of societies, one is brought to evaluate not only his personal quality of life, but also the direction and progress his own society is taking and whether or not this is positive or negative. In our society people are encouraged to learn new information. Some drug users start off with simple things like aerosol sprays and later find they are addicted too much more serious drugs. Mildred began taking pills to help her sleep and she became addicted. In the novel Clarisse encourages Montag to expand his mind by discovering new ideas and thoughts in the content of the censored books. In our society people also forget the seriousness of the affects of drugs. In our society there are many people who abuse drugs just like Mildred. Montag could not deal with the guilt of discovering the information himself through reading the censored books and not sharing it with his society. In our society as well, technology is becoming very advanced and important because, for instance, many of the successful jobs of today involve technology. Imagine a society, as in the novel Fahrenheit 451, where censorship is strongly practiced, unlike the American society where the people with the proper identification and age have the freedom to read all forms of material. When the paramedics came to help Mildred after her overdose they acted very calm and loose because of the many times they had dealt with situations such as this. !Some people like Mildred choose to use recordings while they sleep in hopes that they will have changes in their lives such as raising their self-esteem rather than facing why their confidence is low to begin with. This quote shows that Mildred was addicted to the drugs that she was using and consequently overdosed on them.
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