Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury :: Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit(postnominal) 451Imagine a lodge where books are prohibited, where the basic rights make clear in the First Amendment hold no weight and society is merely a brainwashed, mechanical population. According to Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, this depiction is actually an exaggerated forecast for the American future, and in effectuate is happening around us every day. Simply reading his oral communication can incite arguments pertaining not precisely to the banning of books that to our regime structure itself. Age-old debates about Communism are stirred by the trials of characters in Bradburys unique world. By studying the protagonist and briny character, Guy Montag, and his personal challenges we can, in a sense, evaluate our own lives to check into that we dont make similar mistakes. Fahrenheit 451 was written during the fifties, a period of mass paranoia, war, and technological advancement. The paranoia in the fifties was due the business concern of Commun ism at home. People were afraid that their best friends might be Communists. This is also portrayed in the book you are not trusted until the very end if some of the characters are friend or foe. many a(prenominal) inventions of the fifties have advanced mirrors in the book. One might conceive that the author was trying to express how those inventions would ultimately resulting in the dumbing down of society. The television system was coming about in the fifties and the four screen TVs in the book hampered the thought process so people would not think. term the book is definitely critiquing society and the government, readers are given many predominant themes to follow, and to find all of them requires several readings. The main plot, following Montag, illustrates the importance of reservation mistakes in order to grow. For example, at the very end of the book farmer (an outspoken rebel to the book-banning laws) compares mankind to a phoenix that burns itself up and then ris es out of its ashes over and over again. Mans advantage is his ability to key out when he has made an error, so that eventually he will nab not to make that mistake anymore. Remembering the faults of the past is the task granger and his group have set for themselves. They believe that individuals are not as important as the collective mass. The symbol of the phoenixs rebirth refers not only to the cyclical nature of history and the collective rebirth of society but also to Montags own resurrection as a new person.