Examples Of Dystopian In Fahrenheit 451

A dystopian is an illusion to a perfect world. The natural world has been taken away from society in some way, shape, or form. In “Fahrenheit 451,” many dystopian traits are shown throughout the story. But, there are three main reasons why “Fahrenheit 451” is a dystopian and that is there is no freedom for citizens, too much surveillance, and knowledge is restricted. One of the main reasons is the citizens have no freedom. They have no freedom to learn or to be themselves. On page 2 it says,”While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.” In the book, firemen burn books from homes because books are not allowed. People don’t have the freedom to read and obtain knowledge from books. That is one of the many ways freedom is restricted. Another reason the book is dystopian is there is too much surveillance and security. Citizens are watched constantly by cameras, each other, and even robot dogs. That’s right, there is the “Hound.” On page 21 it says,”The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live…” The “Mechanical Hound” is a robot dog that is basically a surveillance system, shaped like a dog. The dog watches citizens and doesn’t allow people to break rules. On page 21, the author meant that the dog looked like it was sleeping like a

As mentioned before, books are not allowed for citizens to read and learn from. Since this rule was placed, learning no longer interested people. Colleges were shut down. It mentions this on pages 70-71, and it says,”...forty years ago when the last liberal arts college shut for lack of students and patronage.” Colleges were shut down because there was no loyalty to the school and there was no students attending. Knowledge being restricted by the government influenced people to not care about learning. This is the main reason the book is a