Comparing Ecclesiastes And Dover Beach

Allusion –a figure of speech that makes a reference to people, places, events, or literary works directly or by implying them making the audience form a connection.

Dover beach - The poem “Dover Beach” was written by Matthew Arnold in 1867 while England was being industrialized. It applies directly to the situation that the society in this story are in. It starts out talking about how the world is full of promise and faith and then turns out to only seem this way. Behind a curtain this world has no joy, love, knowledge, compassion, or peace. Both of these cases are also shown in Fahrenheit 451 through the mindless civilization that has been created by the lack of eagerness to learn and creativity that is used in their world. They think that they are being fulfilled in compassion and knowledge because they do not know their true meanings. Both authors have created armies that fight regardless of not knowing what it is that they are fighting for. These are direct parallels

Ecclesiastes is a book in the Old Testament of the Bible in which King Solomon reflects on the mistakes he has made in his life in an attempt to help others not do the same. In this book, he preaches that pursuing certain aspects of life is useless like chasing after the wind. However, he doesn’t encourage being lazy or ignorant, but rather he discourages letting work or pursuits of that sort consume your life. Instead, he explains that the only real way to find fulfilment in life is to seek God. On the other hand, the government in Fahrenheit 451 discourages work, learning, experimentation, questions, and anything else that could lead to a more intelligent or wise person because they wish to keep their people ignorant and easily controlled. Though the two situations are similar, one is attempt to better humanity while the other is for personal