Examples Of Dystopia In Fahrenheit 451

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A dystopian society is basically a utopian society gone wrong. Also when a society tires being ‘perfect’ but there is always someone or something that is not happy with it, which means that eventually every utopia would be a dystopia. A dystopian society can nearly wreck people inside and out. Some words to describe this society would be surveillance, inhumane, oppressed, ignorant, and tyrannical. Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is an example of a Utopian Novel as seen through Montag, Beatty, and Mildred. Montag is probably one of the biggest signs of a dystopian society in this novel. The first example is, "He felt as if he had left a stage behind him and many actors...He was moving from am unreality that was frightening into a reality that was unreal because it was new" (Bradbury 133). He realizes that people were never really being themselves and were behaving more like 'actors' in a specific role. He acknowledges that he will start to notice changes in his way of living. Another example would be, "He was crushed by darkness and the look of the country and the million odors on a wind that iced the body" (Bradbury 136). When Montag was a fire man all he smelled was …show more content…

An example is, "'The first time we ever met, where was it, and when?" "Why, it was at-" She stopped. "I don't know," she said. He was cold. "Can't you remember?" "It's been so long." "Only ten years, that's all, only ten!'" (Bradbury 40). Mildred has shown a lack of interest in the subject of their relationship due to all the electronics/material things that she has/wants. She has forgotten the time when they met, which in the present is a very big deal to forget something like that. Another example would be, "...and such a wildly empty face..." (Bradbury 152). Mildred, at last, sees her reflection. She finally realizes that her life was unhealthy and utterly empty. Mildred was just a wreck that couldn't be

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