Fahrenheit 451 Literary Analysis

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In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury demonstrates why illiteracy can lead to a dystopia. On the contrary, the short story The End of the whole Mess written by Stephen King reveals why having too much literacy can be horrific to the world. Steve jobs once said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” In both the novel and the story people try to set up certain rules or are born with talent that is driven to change the world for good, nevertheless they end up in dystopias. First of all, being illiterate demonstrates the ignorance and literacy represents the more educated. For example, in the first opening paragraph of Fahrenheit 451 it states, “With the brass nozzle in his fists, with …show more content…

In Fahrenheit 451, it evident that Mildred needs to consume some pills every day. Particularly, it remarks, “The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty in the light of the tiny flare” (Bradbury 11). Mildred needed this drive to keep her “living” throughout each night. These capsules were given to her to be used an effect to escape the reality of such a demonic world where they can’t learn anything. The fact that she tried to overdose on these pills signify the exhaustion that she had living in a society where she thought it was better to remain “asleep” forever. Similarly, in The End of the Whole Mess utters, “The direct injection works very fast. I figure I’ve got somewhere between forty five minutes and two hours, depending on my blood type” (King 3). Again Howard had to feed himself through a need to obtain that drive that keeps his mind moving without guilt. There is no possibility he could’ve told his story without the use of this drug. The needle serves as way to foreshadow that a terrible event may occur and by him having a race against

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