Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 - 1375 Words

Every time we peek into a book, we have faith that each mystery behind the tale will unfold in an engaging conclusion that will leave a mark upon us. Now imagine wiping knowledge off the surface of the earth, it’s like plucking the petals from every rose that ever grew in the world. The only thing left of a rose is the stem and no growth. In order to achieve knowledge, we need books in our society. Has it slowly become a new trend to ignore the fact that books bring enlightenment to our knowledge. There is a novel I read that gives humans an insight to why books are significant. In â€Å"Fahrenheit 451† by Ray Bradbury, he writes this novel on a future dystopian American society. In this engaging controversy, the people have become part of a†¦show more content†¦He feels nothing when he burns books he even states, â€Å"It’s a pleasure to burn† (Bradbury,1). Montag ignorance won’t allow him to see the power of books. He lives in a society i n which their government has complete control over the reading of books. The peoples have been carefully manipulated into ignorance on the value of books. Montag’s wife Mildred, in all honesty believes her family and knowledge is gained through TVs. Although, not all have rebelled by hiding books, a professor named Faber was many of the few who hid books for his own benefit. Montag is later than conflicted with the value of books. He soon realizes the meaningful power of books; which hold the history of the people before us. He then tries to pursued others and is soon doomed to become a wanted man for breaking the law and for killing the chief. The city is soon bombed by jets because of the war going on. Montag then teams up with others who support the value of books and decides to return back to his city with all the knowledge he learned to rebuild a society. However, in the novel not everyone was controlled by the state, some went against and kept books to read. There was an older woman who believed strongly in the power of books and the knowledge built in it. In many of the missions Montag was given, he was assigned to a home where a woman was illegally found guilty of having books in her home. Montag, after witnessing a