When reading a novel it is simple to tell what values the author treasures because it can usually be found within the book. After reading
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the reader can tell that books and their philosophies have great significance to the author. The reader is able to distinguish this through many of the events and the actions of the characters in the story. For example, Bradbury creates a world full of fault and it seems that most of this
dystopian world's shortcomings is that no one can no longer read books and they are never given any time to ponder. Everyone in Bradbury's world seems to speed through life, never stopping to notice or appreciate anything. Readers of this book can tell that the author values just slowing life down so you can appreciate things, because of his character Clarisse McClellan who is glorified in the novel. In this book, Guy
Montag, the main character and a firefighter meets Clarisse on his way home from work, and she begins to ask him things that stir his mind (Bradbury 10). She talks about how she and her family just sit down and talk to one another (Bradbury 9).
Montag cannot even fathom just sitting around talking just to talk. One of the things she asks if whether he is happy or not (Bradbury 10). This single question ends up changing
Montag's life, and the way he looks at things. He begins to imagine world in which he was allowed to think and read, and he wants to take action ( Bradbury 85).
Montag enlists the help of an old English professor and begins to plot how to fight the system, even when he risks losing his job and everything he has. Through
Montag's want to fight, shows that the author believes that reading and thinking are something worth fighting for.
Fahrenheit 451 is written in the perspective of third person omniscient. This means that the author knows all what the main character does and how he feels about something.
Bibliography:
Bradbury, Ray. Farenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953. Print
No comments:
Post a Comment