Fahrenheit 451 Critical Analysis

The North Korean government is known as authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship. North Korea could be considered a start of a dystopia. Dystopia is a community or society where people are unhappy and usually not treated fairly. This relates how Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 shows the readers how a lost of connections with people and think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society known as a dystopia.

In Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s society is based on a dystopian idea. In his society he is married to Mildred, they both don’t remember where they met because the loss of connection. Later on in the book, Mildred overdose on medicine because she thinks her life is meaningless. Then Montag realizes that his society is a dystopia. Bradbury says, “There are billions of us and that’s too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come and violate you. Strangers come and cut your heart out. Strangers come and take your blood.” (14). Bradburys uses this to describe how the society is filled with unknown strangers that are dehumanized. The people in the society are dehumanized by depriving the human qualities, personality, or spirit. Montag said: “Did you hear them, did you hear these monsters talking about monsters? Oh God, the way they jabber about people and their own children and themselves and the way they talk about their husbands and the way they talk about war, dammit, I stand here and I can’t believe it!” (94). When Montag calls Mildred’s friends “monsters”; they didn’t care what was around them even if there was a war going on, they kept talking about their children and husbands.

Later in the book Montag has a connection with nature and has a real connection with another person. Guy Montag ...

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..., or flowers, because they never see them slowly” (6). When Clarisse says this, it means that people are moving too fast and they need to slow down and think for themselves.

The lost of connections with people, and when people don’t think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society. Thats why in the novel Fahrenheit 451, Montag learns that when thinking for your own self you can achieve your goals. Having connections with other people like Clarisse and Montag is a good thing and not bad. They both learn that thinking different and have a real connection with other people can help society and not turn it into a corrupt and violent society.

Works Cited

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. Print. - See more at: http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-the-mla-citation-for-fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury#sthash.AIHUTFBv.dpuf