Dehumanization Of Society In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

What society can do to your way of thinking is really scary. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Mildred is controlled by society. Montag thinks about his wife Mildred.

One reason that Montag is feeling bad is because he sees Mildred as uncaring about things and that she is self-centered. Mildred is self-centered because of the way society has shaped. She is dehumanized by the world is in modern times. Mildred cannot even remember when or where she met Montag because society is now a thoughtless world. Montag asks her in these words “ The first time we ever met, where was it and when?” Mildred responds with “Why, it was at- I don’t know.” Clearly she does not have a clue when she met her husband or where. Society is to blame for her self-centered mind.

This isn’t a literal term, but a metaphorical one. Mildred is a certain way because of the way society has shaped her. This is the reason why Mildred is “robotic” because the society she is used to living in is controlling and promotes anti-thinking. Captain Beatty says “ We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.” Their society is built on happiness and tricks to make people feel like they are thinking when really stuffed with a bunch of facts. “ Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so damned full of facts they feel stuffed, but absolutely brilliant with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking, they’ll get a sense of motion without moving.” This is very similar to Mildred’s personality. She is basically a robot because she has been taught through these methods before not to truly