Fahrenheit 451 Morality Quotes

but, they wouldn’t have done what they did if it wasn’t for Hitler. Hitler brainwashed everyone by using propaganda, and caused the hate towards Jews. Diction Throughout most of the book Irene used a lot of figurative language. Figurative language gives a clearer vision of what is happening in the book.

During the second part of Fahrenheit 451, Montag and Millie begin to peruse the stolen books Montag has acquired. As Montag reads, he begins to understand what Clarisse meant when she said that she knew the way life is supposed to be experienced. He laments Mildred’s suicide attempt, Clarisse’s death, the woman who burned herself, and looming war upon the country. Montag begins to see the truth in the books; how they may be the solution to save society from its own destruction. However, he does not completely understand them and needs help in order to do so.

Society is made of people; it’s made by people. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is entirely about a dystopian society. So the people and characters in the book make up a big part of the meaning of the book, whether they conform or not. They define the message Bradbury is trying to send.

This causes her to look sophisticated and knowledgeable, especially to the young children looking up to her. She also calls the children by their full names, such as when she says ‘“What do you think it means, Jean Louise”’ (281)? where she addresses Scout with her full name instead of her nickname, showing she does not interact with the children in an informal manner. In chapter 26, Miss Gates speaks to her class about Hitler’s treatment of Jews and how they ‘“have been persecuted since the beginning of history, even driven out of their own country”’ (281). She makes it clearly known that she supports the Jews and dislikes Hitler by stating that what is happening to the Jews is ‘“one of the most terrible stories in history”’ (281).

Scout says, “[Miss Gates] went on today about how bad it was [Hitler] treatin’ the Jews like that.” Because her country opposed Hitler’s stance against the Jews, so did Miss Gates. What she does not realize is that she is in the same position as Hitler, but just in a different situation. While talking about her teacher, Scout asks, “How can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home?” Miss Gates is against persecution towards Jews yet supports discrimination towards blacks.

Montag was never really happy with Mildred, his happiness was a mask he didn't know about. The mask had been taken off when Montag's true colors were shown. Mildred wasn't much of a wife, or friend, to Montag. Mildred was only an acquaintance to Montag, as Montag didn't feel devastated for long. ¨Mildred, leaning anxiously nervously, as if to plunge, drop, fall into that swarming immensity of color to drown in its bright happiness.¨ (Bradbury 152)

Censoring Knowledge Censorship, in a crumbling world, does not act as glue; but rather, as a hammer. All throughout Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, examples of censorship are seen. In his made-up dystopian society the “more powerful” characters use censorship to cover up anything that is seen as risky or “inappropriate”. In this novel the largest group of censored objects are the books. Books could change one’s view entirely.

As stated before, Mildred conforms to society. She doesn’t question why, she just does it. When Montag begins to think differently about his job and how burning books may be wrong, Mildred defends society’s view. “"Montag, take my word for it, I 've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe.

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the main character, goes from loving his job to rethinking of his job. Montag came in mind that his job not only hurt him but also hurt society. He began to realize that he no longer enjoyed his job. Montag did not like the fact of knowing that his job was only hurting other people.

One example on why Montag is an anti- hero is because he soon starts to realize that it’s time to change his society, but when his anger comes in play he realizes that he the best changes he made aren’t the best changes(page 71 ) “ They read the long afternoon through while the cold November rain fell from the sky upon the quiet house” The quote provides proof that Montag is starting to want to change his society because he is doing something that is illegal he is reading. In the beginning Montag was against reading books he was a member of the fire company that burned them. now he reading a book with millie and he is now starting to enjoy the books. Page 81) ‘Someone who may have been a friend was burned less than Twenty-four hours ago” This is making him change the society because he doesn’t think people should be burned for reading book.

The government has no right to take aways peoples natural rights of life. They would go out of their way to wipe out anything that contains knowledge, but specifically it was books they wanted to keep away. They let a woman commit suicide as they were standing before her due to her unwillingness to give up her books, something she truly believes in. Clarisse McClellan was hit by a car because thats what was acceptable in their society and the government did nothing to stop them but there is no length they wouldn’t go to if it meant keeping books away. They also forced Montag to burn down his house because he had books stashed away and his own wife turned him in.

She was obsessed with her TV which was all controlled by the government. This made her become more and more involved with being corrupted. One night Millie took all of her pills and overdosed. Montag became very scared and worried, because this was something she would have never done. The next day when Montag confronted Millie, she replied “‘I

When Montag reveals his hidden books to Mildred, she does not take time to understand them. “‘It doesn’t mean anything!’” (Bradbury 65).  She, instead, worries about how it might affect her image if they are found out. “He could hear her breathing rapidly and her face paled out and her eyes were fastened wide” (Bradbury 63).

We all have the right to back out of situations even if it could be life or death. Guy montag is justified in burning his and Mildred's house. Montag had been caught breaking the law by owning books, he made the mistake of reading the books to Millies friends and also was not forced to burn down the house. He had control of what he wanted to do and made the mistake of doing all these actions. Of course some people get away with breaking the law, but Montag should not.

She would always say that the Jews were the reason that they lost the war. It has been said that individuals can be programmed like a machine whose behavior is not only predicted but also controlled (Kavanaugh). In the movie, it was