Theme Of Captain Beatty In Fahrenheit 451

n. In the book, Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, there was evidence that Beatty was persuading and terrorizing his fellow firemen and society because of the power in his hands. Although, He was educated by reading books, Beatty was not justified for hiding the truth about censorship because he kept society from thinking, used his power for evil instead for good and sent fear throughout society. He is just as guilty as Montag because he to read books. As well as, hid information that was very valid to the knowledge of the people of the society. There is little evidence for the fact that Beatty hid the truth about censorship in hiding books, but with what evidence is relevant, Beatty will be proven guilty for his obstruct actions.

Faber began to show him the value of them and how no one understands it. The two of them decided to come up with a plan to show people that books are not worthless. c. Montag and Faber are living in a world where everyone believes that books have no value to them and should just be burned. However, these two characters think differently about them. Montag has been stealing books, and Faber has been teaching him about them.

In Fahrenheit 451, the truth is dealt with differently as the government has illegalised literature and writing. They propose that literature contains too much emotion and can therefore upset readers or cause controversy. Although the government wants people to be happy, their underlying motive is for the public to be dim-witted, vacuous and institutionalised. Literature contains all the ideas that oppose what they want in their people, such as art, science, religion, philosophy and natural beauty, so they forbid it and employ firemen to burn every book. The government in Fahrenheit 451 does not believe in the aesthetic and creative value of books, but instead that it is a source of material that can

Our main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman and in the world where he lives, firemen burns, so destroys the books because it is illegal to read a book, even owning a book. If they find someone who has a book, they come and destroy the whole house of this person. After he met with the girl, Clarisse who is also his new neighbor, he realizes that he doesn't really love anything in his life and he starts to feel a big hole in his life which is so annoying. Then he starts to think deeply. And at the same time, his wife overdoses from sleeping pills but she goes back to watch TV when she got better.

Montag must abandon all previous views and principles he had about society to enable a change. Through the character of Montag, Bradbury suggests that individuals are courageous when they sacrifice themselves for the improvement of society, even when there is a risk of achieving nothing. Initially, Montag seems as static and obedient as all the others in this totalitarian society; however, through talking with Clarisse, Montag’s views change, causing him to question the rules around him. He realizes how dull and pointless his life is. Stealing the book from the fire is his first courageous act because it shows how much Clarisse has influenced him.

(AGG) As Daniel J. Boorstin had clarified, “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” (Goodreads) This relates to the government form Fahrenheit 451 trying to hide the truth from the society, and had eventually killed them. (BS-1) The government tries to control the amount of knowledge and take advantage of the lack of knowledge. (BS-2) The effort to control this trait, while helping the society, will eventually damage the society. (BS-3) The lack of memory power will help avoid controversies while damaging many relationships, but, this can be fixed by slowing your thoughts and clearing your mind. (TS) In the book, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury 's key message is to remind his readers about the value of knowledge and memory, and the dangers of trying to control them.

Fahrenheit 451 “I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it” (Bradbury). Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 is about a future that he wished to provoke. He wanted to warn society not to abandon valuable knowledge such as literature. His dystopic novel is about a future world where books are outlawed and firemen have rather different jobs.

The sheer ruthlessness of the punishments discourage any sort of crime as they will scare the citizens into never breaking the law in fear of the consequences. The document “Crime and Punishment in the Elizabethan Era” also points out that the law was flexible and could be applied differently based on the situation. When a person was convicted of treason, they were not always executed immediately. Some were inhumanely tortured for more information to see if they were working with others, despite the obvious lack of morality in doing this, it worked. However, on the other hand, the Elizabethan Law did have at least some moral sense to it as people some were spared from torture, and even execution in certain circumstances.

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury conceptualizes a society based on censorship. In the society depicted in the novel, books are burned when they are discovered in anyone 's possession. Montag’s job is to burn books and the houses containing them to ash. “‘Do you ever read any of the books you burn?’ ‘That’s against the law’” (Bradbury, 8)! Montag seems horrified that Clarisse would ask him a question with such an obvious answer, but the truth is Montag is really curious as to what lies within these forbidden books.

According to Rousseau, the best form of government is a direct democracy (Robison), but since Ralph fails to establish this form of government, the result is the boys falling into corruption and total chaos. Rousseau believes that civil society causes humans to become corrupt. His philosophy is centered upon the idea of “the general will,” which reflects society’s interest in a common good (Younkins). But individual desires can conflict with the general will, and civil society can actually damage the desire for a common good (Bertram). The general will in Lord of the Flies is the need to build shelters, establish a civilization, and most importantly keep the fire going with the ultimate purpose of rescue.

’For your file,’ he said, ‘in case you decide to be angry with me.’"(Bradbury, page 71). Faber is asking to get his house burnt to a crisp, but montag decide not to turn him into his higher ups. This society scares people that break the rules so much that they turn themselves in. This society makes people feel guilty for reading books. In the real world, society does something similar to this, just with opinions and not books.

This laziness to deal with others lead to the government to destroy the ideas of different thinkers than what is considered normal to them. Independent thought is also being destroyed along with the books. "’I don 't want to change sides and just be told what to do. There 's no reason to change if I do that. … You 're wise already (95)!’" Faber’s influence helps Montag grow and start thinking more independently.

I don 't agree with the way the Committee of Public Safety was being operated and how they solved problems, like cutting peopleś head off,but the way they solved their problems was effective, and it protected their country against their enemies. The Committee of Public Safety was keeping all people who were against the French Revolution away from the country. They were keeping people who seemed suspicious of treason away from France, to protect the revolution which was its job. I don 't agree with the idea that death is the answer to every single problem, there were less violent punishment they could of did more of like jails and slave work because violence isn 't the only solution. Altogether, I do believe they were successful at

Lastly, Fahrenheit 451 deals with a plot of book burning which represents censorship and the main character is represented against society which creates alienation and loneliness themes. As “Fahrenheit 451” states, Montag, the main character, which is a “fireman” who burns books. Montag’s wife, Mildred is represented as society because in this time period everyone is obsessed with the technology at that time and not the knowledge. By the end of this novel Montag wants to go against this utopian society and let books be allowed with their knowledge. This creates controversy in the society because some books could be biased or one sided (138-151).