Fahrenheit 451 Impact Of Society On Individuals

Name: Jacob Lawson

Period: 2

Unit 3 Culminating Essay

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The Grave Impact of Society On Individuals In Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian fiction Novel published in 1953, Ray Bradbury tells the story of Guy Montag, a firefighter turned menace to this society due to reasons that seem completely normal to the reader but are outlawed in this world. In this dystopian fictional novel, Bradbury depicts to his readers that society directly negatively determines an individual's ability to access written or spoken knowledge and construct their own personal values through the use of allusions and conflicts. To begin, Bradbury’s use of allusions depicts the difficulties in attempting to gain knowledge and personal values throughout the book. Far along

society conflicts. Once again late in the novel, Montag has just arrived at the camp setup when the book group explains to Montag that he has avoided the mechanical hound chase however it is still playing live for everyone to see. On page 141, it says, “They’re faking. You threw them off at the river. They can’t admit it. They know they can hold their audience only so long. The show’s got to have a snap ending, quick! If they started searching the whole damn river it might take all night. So they’re sniffing for a scapegoat to end things with a bang.” The details about how the chase has unfolded are being shown to the public despite the fact that Montag is in the completely other direction from this chase, safe with the group of bookkeepers. The broadcaster’s need to search for a “scapegoat” to conclude the chase indicates the desperate need for society to entertain the people no matter to what lengths are necessary in their eyes. This person vs. society conflict is apparent underneath the obvious desperate ways of the society due to the social planning and later completing said plan of killing a random person to satisfy the majority of the population, conning a person out of their life for the overall self-gain of the government and this casting empire. Earlier in the book, Montag encounters a group of people in a Beetle going over 130 miles per hour and he has a very scary, near-death experience. On page 122 it states, “They would have killed me, thought Montag, swaying, the air still torn and stirring about him in dust, touching his bruised cheek. For no reason at all in the world they would have killed me.” During this part of the Novel, Montag is currently on a foot race in order to evade the police and law enforcement for crimes relating to bookkeeping and self-defense. This reckless driver going