Howell Alex Mr. Kim EL2 PERIOD 1A 18 JANUARY 2023 Burning Similarities Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, has several similarities to our own world. The world of Fahrenheit 451 does not give time for a person to do anything. Their world does not even let anyone do something as simple and taking the time to think. For example, In Clarisse’s first appearance she gives a very literal example of how fast they take to travel “If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! he’d say, that’s grass!” (20). As Clarisse explains, most people in this world do not even know the world outside of blobs that fly by in the car. While people know their surroundings they don’t take the time to take them in. They even extended their billboards …show more content…
For example, They ignore those who bring serious questions. “You laugh when I haven’t been funny and you answer right off. You never stop to think what I’ve asked you.” (20) Clarisse wanted to get Montag to listen and think before replying so that Montag would have better communication with her. While Montag during this talk slowly started paying more and more attention, Clarisse said that some firemen would be rude to her if she asked them any of what she talks to Montag about. In the real world, they struggle with communication almost as bad as Fahrenheit 451’s world. People decide to ignore serious questions and laugh it off and try to wait until the last moment to finally answer certain questions or never tell them. In addition, Millie could not give her own husband her full focus “She was an expert at lip reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles. She nodded again.” (30). Mildred had been shielding herself from the world for so long that she learned how to read lips. People see this in reality a lot today, people will check out of conversations and pretend to listen while ignoring and blocking them out. Furthermore, Clarisse is happy when Montag starts to actually think before he replies.“When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon last night. The others would never do That.” (36). Communication is so bad that when …show more content…
For example, It is pretty obvious that in this world people don’t express their feelings as much. “Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered.” (15). Emotions are a huge can of worms that forces everyone to think and go into areas in their mind that they would be uncomfortable trying to work through and solve. Instead of feeling their emotions they often put on a smile or a mask to pretend that they are okay when they need help. They also mask their emotions quite a bit, whether it's not wanting to bother others with their own emotions or fearing the people around them might use their troubles against them. They hide their emotions from those around them in hard masks that only a build up of stress could break. In addition, Montag became anxious and close to a breakdown when Faber helped Montag with these encouraging words, “You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by.” (119). Montag was afraid that if he made even the smallest mistake he would shatter their whole plan and cause the death of those he loves and cares for. Despite telling each other that mistakes are okay to make, several people take every mistake as a wound that can not be completely healed and it can make a person break even if it is
FWOOSH that is the sound of a flamethrower and guess what it just burned, all the books you own and you are know a fugitive of the law, what a great way to spend the rest of your life. Today I’m going to be talking about the similarities to our society and the society of Fahrenheit 451 and they are more alike than you would think. For example their world deals with the problem of people burning books and houses we did the same thing. This means that we are just like them in the fact that we have burned books and even people on occasion. We also have some advanced technology just like theirs.
When Clarisse asks Montag about the rumor of firefighters putting out flames, he laughs at her and says to her “You are an odd one.” After this encounter, Montag becomes more aware of what is going on, so he talks to his wife, Mildred. During this talk, Montag shares his inquiries with Mildred hoping to make sense of what
Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury about a restrained society where a man named Gay Montag questioned the way the world was made. This book makes one question themselves, how close are we? When reading this novel one wouldn't want to believe how similar today's society and the books society truly are to a novel written in 1953. The reason today’s society and the books society are so applicable to each other because of the marriage and technology even though realization will be the cause of unhappiness in his/her life.
Macy Volk Long Language Arts 9 March 2023 Fahrenheit 451 paragraph Bradbury correctly predicts in Fahrenheit 451 that due to the popularity of television and the isolation provided by headphones that sensation will substitute and inhibit thinking. Clarisse, Montag’s neighbor, introduces the idea to Montag that school has begun to substitute critical thinking for technology and easy activities that don't require you to engage your brain, causing a lack of students that will challenge and question problems in society. “An hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports, but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don't;” (Bradbury 27). The first part of this quote suggests that
Sophie Woehl Mrs. Wenshau 04/19/2023 F451 Current Events Final Project Alabama Mass Shooting → https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/alabama-Dadeville-mass-shooting/?id=98616435 A universal theme in Fahrenheit 451 is that of violence. The people of society have become so numb and out of touch with their emotions. Tragic occurrences like death and suicides hardly produce a reaction. Due to this lack of sentiment, killing happens far too often. At the novel's beginning, as Montag and Clarisse get to know each other, Clarrise expresses her fear of other kids her age: “I’m afraid of children my age.
Matthew Roach Mrs. Johnson 3 02 March 2023 Analysis Essay In the dystopian novel, “Fahrenheit 451”, the author Ray Bradbury creates a society in which books were burned and people lost their sense of humanity and became desensitized. The main character, Montag, slowly begins to question his world after meeting Clarisee, who is considered to be an outcast in their society. Clarisee serves as a foil to Montag to show the desensitized nature of society and show the loss of humanity in society, in order to show the dangers of distractions.
Alysha Hafner Mrs.FS English 03 January 2018 Fahrenheit 451 and Nonfiction articles You can’t always live for happiness/pleasure because it won’t always happen the way you want it to . Although, parents recently tossed books into the streets in front of some schools and burned them. It is causing the parents to be unhappy and ruin books. This matters because they are ruining things because they are unhappy with it.
When Montag was talking to his wife while they were reading illegal books he has hidden, he said, “But Clarisse’s favorite subject wasn’t herself. It was everyone else, and me. She was the first person in a good many years I’ve really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted”(68). Clarisse saw the world differently.
When Montag tells Granger and the other intellectuals that he has been an idiot and has made many bad mistakes, Granger comforts him and replies with, “We all made the right kind of mistakes, or we wouldn't be here. When we were separate individuals we all had rage” (150). He teaches Montag that he isn't worth anything less because of the things he did in the past. He explains that everyone has made mistakes because of the “rage” they had when they were living in society. He informs Montag that as long as he learns from those mistakes and separates himself from the person he was when he made them, then they are good mistakes.
Montag is at a loss for words when confronted by Clarisse and instead laughs. No one in society takes the time to reflect on the choices they make or the things they say aloud. Unlike the rest of society, Clarisse is not afraid to ask questions and spend her time wondering why and not how. Montag finds this fascinating as he has never met somebody with such unusual
Clarice says, “I sometimes think drivers don’t know what grass is, or flowers because they never see them slowly”(Bradbury 6). Clarise is saying that these people have become so hyper-focused on their lives concerning technology, that they don’t stop to think about or find joy in Earth's
Society becomes more advanced everyday, but no one knows what an advanced society is like. Fahrenheit 451 is a book taking place in 2026. Books are banned at this time and a fireman 's job is to destroy them. Guy Montag, a fireman, burns books every day for the government . One day, Montag meets Clarisse, who is a wise girl who loves books.
Fahrenheit 451 Paragraph In Fahrenheit 451, a novel by Ray Bradbury, the author uses an allusion from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave to show that society prevents people from finding the truth. In the beginning of the novel, “He [Montag] stood looking up at the ventilator grille in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grille.” (Bradbury, 10)
From one of his first experiences with Clarisse, Montag feels something that he realizes he never felt before in his daily life. He ponders to himself, "How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought?" (Bradbury 8). What Montag is pondering about is how she behaved so attentive and natural towards
Clarisse enlightens Montag on the past when people were not afraid to share their thoughts and opinions. Speaking without a filter in her mind, Clarisse immediately connects with Montag. He had not felt like that in a long while as his wife can get caught up in her own mind. Clarisse asks