In our everyday lives, we have many choices facing us--choices that build up and make up our lives and who we are. There are many things that influence our choices, and often, fate and circumstance take our freedom of choice away from us. When society and individuality go head to head, the result is one person being pulled in multiple directions, with their heart telling them one thing and society telling them another. In Fahrenheit 451, an oppressive society enforces views unto people, taking away their choice and pulling people in directions that their heart warns them is dangerous. One character in the book, Faber, has the conflicting forces of self-preservation and doing what is right pressing on him, he can either follow his conscience …show more content…
or conform to society which allows him safety, this goes to show that human nature is fickle, but doing what is good for all in society and future generations is more important than safety and conformity. With those that conform, however, there are always those who do not “go with the flow”, Clarisse, who Guy Montag, the protagonist, meets at the beginning of the story is an example of one person who didn’t conform to the bounds of the society that Montag lives in, she was curious about the world and all it had to offer, which was the opposite of what the society pushed for.
After meeting Clarisse and reading part of a book, Montag also becomes more aware of his world, and his thirst for answers leads him to Faber. Faber is a professor that Montag previously met, and, though he is against the banning of books, Faber didn’t go against society and push for change. When Montag asks Faber to help him reinstitute books, Faber is at the center of two conflicting forces: his guilt and and sense of what is right, built over a lifetime, and his sense of self-preservation, which has kept him alive. Before Montag leaves, Faber offers him help and an explanation of his actions, stating “‘I’ve lived alone so many years throwing images on the wall with my imagination… My cowardice is of such a passion, complementing the revolutionary spirit that lives in its shadow…’” (Bradbury 90). Faber is aware that he has been shying away from taking action against the government, but after speaking with Montag, he overcomes his fear somewhat and decides that if he is to die, at least his life will have meaning and he would be remember for doing what was right. When Montag is running away and comes to him for help, Faber is excited, “‘I feel alive for the first time in years,’ said Faber. ‘I feel I’m doing what I should’ve done a lifetime ago… Maybe it’s because I’m doing the right thing at last’” (Bradbury 131). Even though if Faber was discovered to have been helping Montag he would have been imprisoned or even killed, he still sided with Montag, showing that Faber realizes that what is right (saving books and passing on knowledge to future generations) takes priority over his own safety
and standing in society, shining light to how doing what is right takes precedence over individual safety. Although Faber recognizes the correctness of his actions, he still sacrificed a lot, such as his home, city, and anonymity. After Montag escaped from his house, Faber also escaped the city, “And Faber was out; there in the deep valleys of the country somewhere the five A.M. bus was on its way from one desolation to another” (Bradbury 159). Faber had run because he knew that the government would be after him in aiding Montag’s escape, thus putting his well-being on the line should the government ever find out about his aid. For assisting Montag, Faber was forced to move away from the city where he had taken refuge over the years, an ending that he was aware of when he allowed Montag into his house. While Faber was aware of the consequences of helping Montag, he still chose to face them, knowing that the cause that Montag fought for (saving the books) was a worthy and right cause that was worth dying for, showing that of the conflicting forces inside Faber, self-preservation and doing what’s right, doing the right thing shone through, not following safety or following the norms of society. As with all great literature, Fahrenheit 451 plays upon the themes of fate and circumstance while balancing it with dialogue and suspense. It was meant to be a book that warns humanity about their actions and it did just that, and more. Faber is a character that is pulled in many directions, but, in the end he chose what was right, which reader should want to emulate. Technology should be limited, perhaps for a span of time just long enough to read this world-renowned classic.
...ny ways; such as learning, exploring, and relaxing. Faber helps Montag to see the real meaning of this unfair law. Without him, he would not become a dynamic character, because he would not have known anything in depth about books.
The novel "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury correlates with the 2002 film "Minority Report" because of the similarities between characters, setting and imagery, and thematic detail.
Are you really happy? Or are you sad about something? Sad about life or money, or your job? Any of these things you can be sad of. Most likely you feel discontentment a few times a day and you still call yourself happy. These are the questions that Guy Montag asks himself in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this book people are thinking they are happy with their lives. This is only because life is going so fast that they think they are but really there is things to be sad about. Montag has finally met Clarisse, the one person in his society that stops to smell the roses still. She is the one that gets him thinking about how his life really is sad and he was just moving too fast to see it. He realizes that he is sad about pretty much everything in his life and that the government tries to trick the people by listening to the parlor and the seashells. This is just to distract people from actual emotions. People are always in a hurry. They have 200 foot billboards for people driving because they are driving so fast that they need more time to see the advertisement. Now I am going to show you who are happy and not happy in the book and how our society today is also unhappy.
Faber jumps at the chance to help Montag and together they venture into the unwelcoming world to try to show others the importance of knowing their past. In light of these facts, one theme of this story, it is not necessarily the eldest, who is the wisest, can be found in the relationship between Clarisse and Montag. The relationship that they have is somewhat difficult to figure out completely; they are so far apart in age, yet they seem as if they are in love with each other, or at least with what the other has to offer. For example, Montag is astounded by the information and opinions that Clarisse has to offer, while Clarisse is interested in Montag’s experiences as a fireman. Another theme could be Anne Bradstreet’s
Montag is realizing wrong his world really is. He wants to change it too. He says “ Im going to do something, I dont know what yet but im going t do something big.” He doesnt know what to do yet because at this point he hasnt figured out the “missing peice”. Montag says “ I dont know. we have everything we need to be happy, but we arent happy. Something is missing.” then he starts to understand that books are the key to knowladge and knowledge is what they need. he says “There must be something in books that we cant imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there, you dont stay for nothing.” And this is the turning point of the book because now montag is ready to take
The people in Fahrenheit 451 treat death like it’s nothing because there are no books, so therefore there is no independence. The message that Ray Bradbury is trying to tell us is don’t take advantage of your independence or else you won’t realize how important it is. Knowledge is in our books. Without books, what do we know? Every human life has a purpose, but without books and independence, what matters? Ray Bradbury wrote this book to make you think about your life and how we take advantage of things like freedom and
Chuck Palahniuk once said “The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” When Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy, he thought, and thought about it, until finally, he found out he really wasn’t happy. Guy Montag risked his family, his career, and his life, just to hold banished readings within his home. He went against society to do what he thought was right, even if that meant punishment or death. Montag was a hero because he tried to bring back freedom and independent thought, show off author’s greatest works, and even though he rebelled, and killed a man, he did it with good intentions to help the rest of society.
In Federalist 10 James Madison argued that while factions are inevitable, they might have interests adverse to the rights of other citizens. Madison’s solution was the implementation of a Democratic form of government. He felt that majority rule would not eliminate factions, but it would not allow them to be as powerful as they were. With majority rule this would force all parties affiliate and all social classes from the rich white to the poor minorities to work together and for everyone’s opinion and views to be heard.
Conformity; to comply with the rules, standards or laws. Ray Bradbury uses conformity in Fahrenheit 451, Roald Dahl uses it in “Lamb to the Slaughter” as well. In Stephen Vincent Benet “By the Waters of Babylon” they use conformity, and in “Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin. The similarities of theme in Fahrenheit 451 and “Lamb to the Slaughter” are noticeable and deserve complete study. Most obvious comparisons are Mildred and Mary, having to face choices about conforming, Montag and John are both non conformers, Captain Beatty and Captain John Barton are both conformers. Comparing these two stories shows that conformity can affect a character's judgment as well as actions.
In Fahrenheit 451 Censorship play a big role in the story, Censorship is the act of changing or supp...
The North Korean government is known as authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship. North Korea could be considered a start of a dystopia. Dystopia is a community or society where people are unhappy and usually not treated fairly. This relates how Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 shows the readers how a lost of connections with people and think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society known as a dystopia.
His choice of becoming into an individual himself changes him into a completely different person. As the book gets closer to ending, Montag ends up meeting up with professor Faber. Professor Faber is one of the outcasts because of everything he knows. Montag asked him for help because he started to become interested in reading books. Montag explains to Faber “Nobody listens any more. I can’t talk to the walls because they’re yelling at me. I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls”, Montag started to feel different from the others because society started to move him away from his old actions (Bradbury 78). Also in the beginning, Clarisse asks Montag about the smell of kerosine. This part started to foreshadow Montag as an individual and thinking for himself. Montag would be characterized as the protagonist of this novel. Clarisse’s way of thinking was the reason that mostly influenced Montag to change into an individualist. Her personality made him want to be like Clarisse.
Fahrenheit 451’s Relevance to Today Fahrenheit 451’s relevance to today can be very detailed and prophetic when we take a deep look into our American society. Although we are not living in a communist setting with extreme war waging on, we have gained technologies similar to the ones Bradbury spoke of in Fahrenheit 451 and a stubborn civilization that holds an absence of the little things we should enjoy. Bradbury sees the future of America as a dystopia, yet we still hold problematic issues without the title of disaster, as it is well hidden under our democracy today. Fahrenheit 451 is much like our world today, which includes television, the loss of free speech, and the loss of the education and use of books. Patai explains that Bradbury saw that people would soon be controlled by the television and saw it as the creators chance to “replace lived experience” (Patai 2).
In today’s world, there is an abundance of social problems relating to those from the novel Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist Montag exhibits drastic character development throughout the course of the novel. Montag lives in a world where books are banned from society and no one is able to read them. Furthermore, Montag has to find a way to survive and not be like the rest of society. This society that Montag lives has became so use to how they live that it has affected them in many ways. Bradbury’s purpose of Fahrenheit 451 was to leave a powerful message for readers today to see how our world and the novel’s world connect through texting while driving, censorship and addiction.
1a. Faber is like one of the brains for montag. Faber is a physical human that leads and teaches montag about books, knowledge, and kind enlighten his perspective on life now. He´s also a cowardish.