Common Themes In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

Themes can be found in all sorts of places, in novels, movies, television shows, etc. Themes are lessons that can be learned throughout a story, usually ones that can be related to real life situations. In the dystopian novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury there are various themes, themes like conformity, censorship, and reliance of technology. All three of these themes can be found more than once in the novel, conformity can be found within Clarisse and Montag, and even the hobos. Censorship can be found in the society, and it not giving its citizens information. And the reliance of technology is shown with the mechanical hound and the seashells.

The theme of conformity is portrayed through Clarisse and Montag, who both go against what others think and/or say in their society. on page 27 clarisse states,“I’m antisocial, they say. I don’t mix. It’s so strange. I’m very social indeed. It all depends on what you

The author states, “Mechanical Hound never fails. Never since its first use in tracking quarry has his incredible invention made a mistake” (Bradbury 126). this quote shows that the mechanical hound is extremely reliable and that it never fails. Everybody including the firemen really rely on this robot to catch their “prey” for them. on page 25 Bradbury states, “ it’s a fine bit of craftsmanship, a good rifle that can fetch its own target and guarantees the bull’s-eye every time” (Bradbury 25). this piece of text evidence shows that the mechanical hound is made to make sure it always gets its target no matter what. With a regular hound there is no guarantee that it will be able to catch what somebody might want it the catch, but the mechanical hound will be able to catch anything that it is told to catch. So the people in this society really rely on the mechanical hound to catch everything for