Fahrenheit 451 Songs Essay

There are various songs that relate to what the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury indicates. These five songs that I have chosen either have to do with burning books, making your own decisions, or following your heart to make a choice on what is right.

My first choice song goes by the name of “Books are Burning” by XTC. It relates to the story because in the song it mainly speaks about books burning. A certain line from the song states that “where they burn books, people are next.” It conveys that people are nothing without books and wouldn’t even have a small amount of learning and knowledge without them. We [people] need books and need to hold them sacred because they give us what we need to continue with our daily lives (“Fahrenheit 451: Songs Playlist”). Eventually, people will become unnoticeable and won’t be able to think for themselves by getting rid of books that contains all of the essentials people need gain all of the knowledge individuals need to possess.

Leading on into the topic of people not being able to think for themselves, ‘Thoughts” by Tori Amos explains this particular theme very well in the song. This song relates to Fahrenheit 451 perfectly because in the novel, people aren’t able to think for themselves

In the song it also talks about not wanting to be lied to, or tricked. When Montag realizes that society is controlling him like a puppeteer controls a puppet he breaks free of his strings and begins thinking for himself. For instance, Beatty tells Montag that “books are traitors, that they do nothing more than give contradictory information.” In fact, Beatty is very educated and reads well. But little does Montag know Beatty secretly believes in books and can no longer face the fact that he is refraining them from his