Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis

Having a Fulfilling Life Imagine where you would be if you have never read a book in your life. Unread every book you’ve ever read. It’s kind of depressing. You live in the same, plain world as everyone else. You’ve never got lost in a magical, far off place that’s named names you would never have thought existed. This depressing, gray, deathly place is where Guy Montag lives in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Guy Montag is a fireman whose job is to burn books. He quickly discovers that he needs more out of life than destroying books. Bradbury wants us to understand that if you don’t have communication, knowledge, or value of life in your society, then your life won’t be fulfilling. Burning books doesn’t give people the opportunity to learn for themselves rather than just being told what to believe or think. If you burn books, then people won’t have the knowledge to do other things if they can’t read about it. Like Faber said, society was missing three things. “Number one, as I said, quality information. Number two, leisure to digest it. And number three: the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from

Since they lack communication, their relationship with spouses, friends, and family are much weaker. They don’t have quality or meaning in them. Mildred is more interested in the tv walls and that part of her “family” than Montag. Bradbury says this about their relationship, “‘Will you turn the parlor off?’ he asked. ‘That’s my family.’ ‘Will you turn it off for a sick man?’ ‘I’ll turn it down.’” Mildred is more concerned about listening and paying attention to her tv “family” that she doesn’t pay any attention to Montag. They can’t express themselves because they don’t know how to share their feelings. People think that they will get too interested and start reading books if they start communicating better. Communication is a good thing to have if you want a fulfilling