Criticism In Fahrenheit 451 And Dystopian Society

Fahrenheit 451 and Dystopian Societies Ray Bradbury once said, “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” One of Bradbury’s novels, Fahrenheit 451, has many dystopian elements that impact the quote and make it more significant. Also, it can be said that Ray Bradbury’s quote still pertains to today’s society. Fahrenheit 451 contains many dystopian elements. One element that the novel includes is the primary theme of oppression and rebellion. In the novel the main character, Guy Montag, has a neighbor named Clarisse. It is very evident from the beginning of the novel that Clarisse and her family, namely her uncle, do not conform to societies norms. For example, Clarisse still walks the streets, even though it is illegal to be a pedestrian. Her family stays up at night and talk to each other with the lights on before going to bed even though everyone else in the city has long since turned their lights off to watch the ‘parlor walls’, which could be described as a giant television screen that stretches from wall to wall. Another example of rebellion is demonstrated by Guy Montag. Guy was a fireman,

In the novel, the outlaw of books was the result of two reasons. One reason was that books were already becoming less and less popular in society. Another reason that books were too contradictory and caused upset in minorities. Officer Beatty said to Montag, “Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Someone’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Serenity, Montag. Peace, Montag,” (Bradbury 57). When Officer Beatty said this to Montag, he was explaining that the only way to keep peace in the world was to burn the books that challenged