Differences Between Fahrenheit 451 Book And Movie

Fahrenheit 451 is one of Ray Bradbury’s most famous work that not only showed what he believes will happen in the future but it shows symbolism throughout the book. The movie and the book had both negative and positive comments. Overall, both the book and the movie had the same storyline. To start off there are not only differences in the events but there are many differences in the characters. First, in the movie: When Montag was reading the poem to Mildred and her friends he did not yet meet Faber, however in the book he meet Faber long before, as a matter of fact Faber was never brought up in the movie. Not only is Faber missing so is the Mechanical Hound, it never shows up which end. Making the movie have missing scenes such as when Montag

is hurt by the Mechanical Hound but then burns it with the flamethrower. Another difference was that Mildred’s name the movie it was changed to Linda but in the book her name was Mildred. Another character difference is that Clarisse looks a lot older than 17 and she is a teacher in the movie. Not only that but her appearance is also different, in the book she is described with long and brown hair whereas in the movie she has a pixie cut and blonde hair.

Now for similarities, one being that in both the book and movie Montag starts to think about the books and that there is something in them that is very important.

In the book Montag thinks, “ "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing." This shows that after the lady was burned with her books Montag is realizing that she didn’t just stay for nothing she stayed because there is something in the books that is important. In the movie the same scene happens and Montag begins to think, however in both the book and movie Clarisse first challenged Montag to think by questioning him, “You laugh when I haven't been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I've asked you.” This showing that Montag is realizing that he never thinks although he doesn’t show that right away. Another similarity is the themes in the book stay the same in the movie. One being control, showing that the government has so much control that they can burst into someone’s house and search for books and burn them this is also shown in the movie because many times the “firefighters” search the houses. Another theme is destruction of knowledge, this is shown when the “firefighters” burn the books because the books contain knowledge in them and by burning them the government is destroying facts and knowledge. A symbol that is shown in both is the parlour. In the book and movie the parlour shows how obsessed people are with technology because Mildred spends most of her time watching her show about her “relatives” and how much technology has

grown.

While the movie has some missing parts it makes you have an excited or surprised feeling towards the scene. While reading the book, you read the descriptions of the characters and depend on your imagination to see what the characters look like. Although, in the movie there is a screen to look at so you can see how the characters look, how the setting looks like, and what the characters are doing. When an exciting or important scene was about to come up, the movie had a suspicious music playing so it gave you a surprising feeling towards it.
Overall, both the book and movie have the same plot and storyline however there are many noticeable differences. They both show the same themes and symbolism which make them similar to one another but there are some important bits and pieces missing that makes the movie different from the book. Considering when the movie was made the movie shows a futuristic view and Ray Bradbury’s view on technology.