Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

“It was a pleasure to burn”(Bradbury 1). In this novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, creates a dystopian fiction where the protagonist, Montag, ponders about reading books and now he must overcome this invincible society and the status quo of books being banned forever. Bradbury uses the social commentary in the novel to compare to the problems of life in the 1950s, some of these issues, for example: war, technology, families, and schools, are still prevalent in our society today.

First, Bradbury is frustrated with how war is considered normal or accepting in this society and does not affect people. When Montag sees Mildred passed out from overdosing and hears jet bombers fly over him, it does not faze him at all. “He opened his own mouth and let their shriek come down and out between his bared teeth. The house shook. The flare went out in his hand. The moonstones vanished. He felt his hand plunge toward the telephone. The jets were gone.”(Bradbury 14) This quote expresses the author’s message about why people should care about war and how

Next, Bradbury is concerned with technology and how it is taking over in this society. When Montag wakes up the morning after Mildred overdoses, Mildred exhorts Montag for a