Friday, November 2, 2007
Fahrenheit 451 analysis
Looking back on Fahrenheit 451 I see it as one of the most propaganda filled books we have read. Maybe not most propaganda because the Handmaids Tale was full of it but the most successful use of propaganda, since the majority of the people in the society believed the books were truly objects of evil. It seems so irrational though to think that even characters who seemed to be intelligent like Beatty told themselves what to believe in order to fit in with society. Not to avoid the true idea of disorder and chaos but more so to conform. I felt that idea throughout this novel was more prominent then the thought of avoiding chaos like in we or anthem, it was a conformist idea and alot of the citizens in the society felt more strongly about not being an outcast than how they felt about the books.
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Hi Doug! I agree with Farenheit 451 being completely driven by conformity and I found it pretty sad that Beatty fell into that mold as well. He was actually a really intelligent person, so it seems, but had no backbone when it came to defending what he believed in. It's definitely scary that people could all fall into the same trap like they did in Farenheit, and that that kind of society could ever be considered acceptable. The people definitely did feel more strongly about fitting in than about fighting for intelligence and knowledge, which is a pretty strong statement.
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