From my childhood, I was taught to work in group; as a family we are one group and as a class we are one group. I was always told to follow Nash's Theory, which states that if every individual pursued his own need regardless of the group's need, a clash would happen. As I grew up, I initiated thinking. Is what I was taught valid? Is a strong group identity an apt thing? I recall once being told about Galileo. Galileo, a scientist interested in studying comic, lived at a time were all people were obliged to follow the church ideas. Any objection meant beheading. The church intention was to emphasize on group unity and to save the country from false assumptions. However, Galileo decried the church theory that stated that the earth is the center of the galaxy and everything revolves around it, and verified his new theory that the sun is the center of the galaxy and everything revolves around it. Though Galileo demonstrated great courage, he received his penalty and was executed. In this case, group unity destroy instead of building. …show more content…
Montag lives in a society that fear partition,and as a result reading books is forbidden. Montag's mission as a fireman is to quest for books and burn them. Throw many years, Montag has full filled this mission entirely without and objection. Montag then faces a series of disturbing events. Looking for a solution, he steals a book from his own fires and hides it inside an air-conditioning vent. Then Montage reads the book and realizes that a book isn’t just an object, it’s a part of the person who wrote it. He discover that the notation if people are unable to disagree and are united, they will be happy, is
The fire station received a call and team sped to the house with the call was made for. When they arrived there the women would not part with her books. This made Montag realize that there might actually be something valuable in the books if a woman would give her life for them. This pushes Montag to have an interest to read the books. After all of these events, Montag comes home and begins to read the books he has been taking from the houses they have burned.
Creating Change in Society Adam Braun, an American entrepreneur, said that “For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.” In the beginning of the novel, Clarisse McClellan, a seventeen year old girl, has recently moved next to Guy Montag, the novel’s protagonist. He first meets her on his way home from his job as a fireman, and Clarisse asks questions about the world, which is unusual in their society, because it 's uncommon to see someone questioning it. She influences Montag to start thinking differently, and he realizes that his life is empty. He turns to books, which are banned in his society.
In many societies over the years, books have been banned for many reasons. Especially in Montag’s society, from the book “Fahrenheit 451” Where they have gone as far as making all books illegal to posses. Let's talk about how they got to that point, and why they feel that books are dangerous, and why they shouldn’t have done what they did. Books are not dangerous, there are far more books that give good ideas, rather than bad ones, therefore books should not be destroyed, or all books banned because one is bad. Books are in fact good for people to read, because it boost brain activity.
Social justice is often strived for by society. It is a necessary force in allowing humankind to coexist. However, the individual also has to play a role in maintaining social justice. The role of the individual is stated in the texts Fahrenheit 451 and “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury and “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. by illustrating the consequences of not participating in the monitoring of justice.
But this fails when people find books and read them. Montag, the main character is a fireman who finds and burns books. “‘[Montag and
Montag’s Internal Storm In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is a working, middle aged man, yet he has never really lived. He, like the rest of society, is merely going through the motions of life. He never thinks about what he is doing, what it means or even why he is doing it in the first place. However, Montag eventually realizes that there is more to life than TV and book burning.
The plot of the book revolves around the idea of fireman burning books. When Montag goes against this rule, it creates a controversial story. Books
After the incident, Montag thought about the suicidal woman and he is confused as to why she would sacrifices her own life for some mere books. Since he’ve been told that books are evil, a spark of curiosity blooms within him. In part two, Montag is desperate for help. After his boss, Beatty, talks to him about the history of firemen and books, Montag is afraid that Beatty knows that he stole a book.
The book follows Guy Montag, a fireman who sets things on fire instead of put out fires. He enjoys his job until on one job an old woman decides to burn with her books rather than evacuate. Haunted by her death, Montag becomes confused on why books would mean so much to anyone. He then decides to find out for himself by reading books from a personal stash of stolen books. Montag has a personal revolution; he realizes the dangers of restricting information and intellectual thought.
The society we live in today is way different than the society in Fahrenheit 451. In the book fahrenheit 451 they live in a society where books are not allowed. The reason they aren't allowed is because they believe books cause people to be depressed so they are not allowed to read books or watch anything that is not playing on there tv. If someone does have a book the Firemen will burn it even if it means burning your house.
In the paragraph, Beatty explains why they don’t allow people to read books. In the world Montag is living in the government doesn’t allow people to have their own thoughts or opinions. They are worried that if they read books they will have different opinions causing them to fight with one another or the government. The government is limiting their knowledge so everyone will be “happy”. However, no one is truly happy because they believe the same thing as everyone else.
Imagine a world with no books. Everyone just gets the answers they need with the tap of a button. Sounds like our world a little bit. If you didn’t have to take English would you read at all? This is what Guy Montag is experiencing in his society.
Quotation: “Last night I thought about all that kerosene I’ve used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper.
John Dos Passos once said, “Individuality is freedom lived.” The root of individuality lies in freedom. Without freedom, there is an inability to think for oneself and share one’s ideas. In a society where this freedom is lacking, people will not think for themselves and submit to whatever rule is enforced over them. In Fahrenheit 451, the government attempts to control freedom as a means towards reaching a perfect society.
Untold Stories of The Future As I read this fascinating book, I realize how dangerous books are to humans, and how much struggle these people have with the encounter of books. We know that books are illegal and we know that Montag is taking them for himself. This is very illegal and funny because he is the one who is trying to burn these books, kind of contradicting himself.