Fahrenheit 451 Meme Analysis

This meme connects directly to the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. This meme shows that reading will get you burned. This meme takes place in a futuristic setting with the same society as the people in “Fahrenheit 451” and that is why I added the Fahrenheit 113 part, because electronic devices start to shut down at 113 degrees Fahrenheit. This meme also shows what the government is trying to convey to the society. In the novel, books are considered bad, Clarisse says, “‘do you ever read any of the books you burn?’ He laughed. ‘ That's against the law’”(5). When asked if he has ever read a book, Montag laughingly replied that it is against the law to read books. This shows the the government has been telling the citizens that reading is bad and against the law, and brainwashing them, and this is the same in the meme, showing that you will be burned if you are reading the text when Montag is going to burn a house it says, “ the woman knelt among the books … ‘you know the law,’ says Beatty… ‘the whole house is going up’” (36-37).

This shows that books are clearly bad in their society, and leads to your house burning down. These books are illegal because they cause disagreements and lead to people being unhappy, Beatty explains it like this, “Colored people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it … Serenity, Montag. Peace, Montag” (57). According to Beatty books make people unhappy so they are burned, and are illegal, the government doesn't want anyone being unhappy, so they don't let people read and get ideas. Beatty also says, “A book is a loaded gun … who knows who might be the target of a well read man” (56). This shows that the government is scared of people who read, they are scared that their ‘perfect’ world might get messed