Montag grows increasingly dissatisfied with his life and starts to wonder if perhaps books aren’t so bad. He relies on an old ex-professor named Faber that agrees to work with Montag against the government. Faber says at one point, “Those who don’t build, burn.” What Faber is saying is similar to an old saying- "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." This basically means that people who aren't willing to help or contribute to a group or a society are the ones more likely to make it worse or bring it down, which is what the whole society is doing, for instance the many superficial relationships in the novel, and other real life examples. The novel has numerous examples of superficial relationships, which goes along with what Faber said.
But in this story the bad guy is the one you pity and want to help out at the end. The story makes you believe that Tub would be the one everyone pity and he was in the beginning, but when he defended himself and shot Kenny it was definitely not like any normal fiction story. 6. What other elements of the story suggest that this is a serious, literary work rather than merely an entertaining yarn about three hapless hunters? One key element that suggest that “Hunters in the show” is a more serious literary work is the plot twist in the end.
“Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury’s novel, presents a darker image of what the future could be with an eerily futuristic and glum tone. It is a world where there is no individual thought, and books are seen to cause conflicts. “We burn them to ashes and then burn the ashes. That's our official motto.” The firemen who have a responsibility to protect the people, ironically burn books filled with history and thought. The government caters to people’s material needs, and prevents them from thinking too deeply on matters.
Turning Eric Cash’s life upside down seemed like a fun past time for Price. He started it off with Eric trying to help the police but ended up with Eric Cash giving up all aspirations, and losing everything that ever mattered. Price made Matty and Yolonda break Eric during their “guilty until proven innocent” interrogation. Then, after Eric left the Tombs, he became a soulless doll, wandering the streets of New York City, not having a care for the world. In his daze, he burnt his manuscript, occasionally working up the resolve to aid the police but then hesitating; maybe he was scared of seeing Yolonda and going through his nightmare again.
Censorship is also ridiculous because most classic novels involve questionable language, or somewhat violent material. If the library removes these books, the patrons under eighteen lose the opportunity to learn valuable lessons from them. A last reason that censorship is unbelievable is patrons over eighteen will most likely want to check out the books that are in question to be removed. If the town council decides to remove them, many patrons will become enraged. Deciding if a library patron under eighteen should be aloud to read a questionable book is the decision of the patron and their parents.
In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury makes lots of predictions about the future and some of them are exaggerated but some of the predictictions are pretty close to what is happening in the modern world. The citizens in Fahrenheit 451 aren’t allowed to read books because the government banned them so they wouldn’t get too smart, because everyone should be equal. In Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury makes numerous predictions about the future, some of which are coming true today such as the importance of technology, people moving so fast they don’t have time for others, and people’s lack of responsibility for their actions. In the book people can’t reading so they sit inside on the couch and watch TV. Today it is almost the same, some people like to sit down and watch TV or play video games more than they like to sit down and read.
The thought police is the most insidious aspect of the dystopian society of 1984 because the people are so scared of being watched and accused of thoughtcrime that they lose trust in anyone and everyone around them. The thought police is used by the party to control the society and their thoughts. Anyone simply walking in the street could be a member of the thought police, so you never know who is watching you. This diminishes the bonds between friends, neighbors, family, etc. because you never know whom you can trust, and even someone you have the most faith in could be the person to turn you in.
In the twentieth century, there was a rapid growth of technology. Beatty believes that “Things began to have mass” as people started switching to motion pictures, radio and television from books. “Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending”, after the development of technology, people no longer needed books as they got addicted to technology. The society gradually eliminated books as people thought books were inappropriate in many aspect like they urged people to think that they were inferior or superior to other which caused jealous people, Society was doing instead of thinking. The growth of technology minimized socialization among people.
The theme Conformity is expressed in Fahrenheit 451 by the use of figurative language and motifs. When Montag comes back to work Beatty is still trying to convince him that books are bad for people, after Beatty is done lecturing to Montag, Faber tells Montag, through the earpiece, that he can choose whatever side he thinks is right “But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority” (104). Bradbury uses the metaphor comparing the majority to cattle for two reasons: to show the vastness and solidity of it and to show the similarity of the people in the majority. Majority always rules and even though what is believed by the majority may be wrong, logically or morally, it is still what will be carried out. This quote ties to Conformity, because the majority wasn’t always the majority.
In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is portrayed in a certain way which changes drastically throughout the novel. The way in which others perceive him differs and gradually changes as the novel progresses. Heathcliffs character is fairly controversial as it is unknown to the reader how he is feeling, and who he really is. His personality is not presented in a way that would demonstrate to the reader who he is as many of the comments about Heathcliff are from the other judgemental characters in the novel rather than from himself. The reader is not provided with enough information on his background to know enough about his former life.