Fahrenheit 451 Society Quotes

In this world society is different. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradburry, Mildred is the wife of the main character, Guy Montag. Society acts robotic, unfeeling, and self-centered all of the time. Mildred was just like all of these other people and society made her this way.

A way Mildred is self-centered is she doesn’t care about anyone but herself. When Montag got sick she didn’t care at all; she said, “you’re not sick” “call him yourself”, and “get the door yourself”. Mildred didn’t even believe she was sick, she acted as if he were just a bug you swipe off your arm. When Montag would ask her to turn the television down she just wouldn’t do it. Mildred didn’t care that it was bothering Montag. Mildred went to school and they taught the children how to behaves, she behaves very self-centered.

One reason Mildred is like a robot, or dehumanized to feelings and the world is she does exactly what society tells her to do. Mildred acts like a programmed robot. She acts just like everyone else . Everyone in society was taught to be like this at a very young age, in kindergarten. When they entered this grade they were

She is dehumanized to everything it seems like. When Montag was concerned about clarisse, their neighbor, she wasn’t concerned at all. When Mildred told him about the death of Clarisse she said it with no concern, not caring what Montag would say. Mildred was uncaring when she was telling Montag about Clarisse being dead. She said “i meant to tell you.” and “whole family moved out somewhere, but she gone for good. I think she’s dead.” Mildred said all of this like it wasn’t unusual at all. She acted like she didn’t care how he would feel about this. This is un-feeling of her. The way Society is today and how the schools are made. They are taught to be thoughtless and unfeeling, Society is desensitizing