... Is the society he feels proud to belong to as great as it seems ? Why does he burn books, what mysteries and hidden treasures may lie inside ? His quest for answers will lead him to a wild journey, a battle against his former fireman comrades, against his former friend and superior Captain Beatty, against the deadly Mechanical Hound, and against the whole Society. ... The distopyan society of Fahrenheit 451
An absurd world in which firemen exist to set books in fire, that is what Mr. ... Montags wife doesnt love him, nor does she seem to feel anything even remotely close to sympathy for him. ... Wells "Time machine"s Elois, the future citizens of America live in their own world, alone and without any care for anything or anyone besides them. Montags wife Mildred calls the people on TV her "family" while she does not even remember the place in which she met her husband. ... Applying its censorship to books and brainwashing people with seashells and TV programs, politicians, which never appear in the novel, seem to have complete control of society. ... Mediocrity, which is in Captain Beattys eyes a great thing that makes all human beings equal, is what best describes a society of fun-ridden sheep. And it is curious that the Captain opposes such a resistance to books and culture when he seems to hold his own of the literary field. ... How far are we from Fahrenheits nightmare? ... Moral values are being lost in Western society and the USA in particular is very similar to the country that Mr. ... Good grades, a good job and good pay are things much more valued in todays society than solidarity, kindness and generosity. ... The children of today are the future of society, and in their hands lay the power to make a better World or to destroy it.
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