The Burning of Humanity
“ We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness” (Albert Schweitzer). This quote perfectly explains not only our society, but the Fahrenheit 451 society as well. We may have all of this technology such as smartphones to talk to our friends or family, but it destroys human connection and interaction in the process. We begin to travel into this secluded world of just computer screens where all we look at words and “emotions” on a screen, and think that it’s meaningful to us. We think that we live in a perfect world, even though we don’t. Not only that, the government is censoring many controversial topic and Fahrenheit 451 explains both of these topics in great detail.
In Fahrenheit 451, human connection is discussed and evaluated …show more content…
People don't talk about anything. They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming-pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.” (pg.14). Clarisse is basically saying that everyone in that society are basically programmed to say the same things and to never question anything. Another reason why human connection is lacking is due to the lack of emotions. People in this society have lost compassion for each other. For example, the operators that helped Mildred didn’t show any compassion at all, and this angered Montag (pgs.6-7). This shows the lack of feelings and emotions for other people in this society. Another example of this is when Clarisse “died” and no one cared about this except for Montag (pgs.15 and 22-23). This shows how much people in the Fahrenheit 451 society care about others’ well being. Censorship is heavily discussed about in Fahrenheit 451. People in this society had no idea that there was this war until it was too late (pgs.74-75). This is a great example of how the government censored the citizens from the war, and probably from many other things. Also, no one has ever
“ We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness” (Albert Schweitzer). This quote perfectly explains not only our society, but the Fahrenheit 451 society as well. We may have all of this technology such as smartphones to talk to our friends or family, but it destroys human connection and interaction in the process. We begin to travel into this secluded world of just computer screens where all we look at words and “emotions” on a screen, and think that it’s meaningful to us. We think that we live in a perfect world, even though we don’t. Not only that, the government is censoring many controversial topic and Fahrenheit 451 explains both of these topics in great detail.
In Fahrenheit 451, human connection is discussed and evaluated …show more content…
People don't talk about anything. They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming-pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.” (pg.14). Clarisse is basically saying that everyone in that society are basically programmed to say the same things and to never question anything. Another reason why human connection is lacking is due to the lack of emotions. People in this society have lost compassion for each other. For example, the operators that helped Mildred didn’t show any compassion at all, and this angered Montag (pgs.6-7). This shows the lack of feelings and emotions for other people in this society. Another example of this is when Clarisse “died” and no one cared about this except for Montag (pgs.15 and 22-23). This shows how much people in the Fahrenheit 451 society care about others’ well being. Censorship is heavily discussed about in Fahrenheit 451. People in this society had no idea that there was this war until it was too late (pgs.74-75). This is a great example of how the government censored the citizens from the war, and probably from many other things. Also, no one has ever