"Fahrenheit 451" Question 8

How accurately does this novel reflect events in history?  What responsibilities does the author believe exist between various groups in society, such as workers and bosses, men and women, blacks and whites, etc.?  What people, ideas, and events probably influenced this author?  Once again, this novel takes place in the future.  Considering I am not from the future but my own time period, which is this one to clarify, I am unable to tell you what happens in the future.  I can, however, speculate once again about what I believe will become of the future.  In "Fahrenheit 451" people are very very very, one more, very big home-bodies.  They do not like to go outside and just enjoy nature.  They do not push their kids to go outside and climb trees and such, as happens today.  Kids do not have summer homework to do about books like some kids I know.  Not that I would ever want to push summer homework on anyone, but seriously I could not function in a world without books.  You could play the card of "Well they do not even know what they are missing!" I do not care.  Books are the epitome of awesome.  No child should even have the option of growing up without them.  So, in my opinion, I do not think that this book will reflect what is to come in the future.  Books are too deeply rooted in our society, and too important.  Nature will always be a big part of at least SOME people's lives.  Nature is such a strong part of some families that there is no way it will just die out to a place where only a few people know of and appreciate it like Clarisse.  I think the author, in this book, gave us a good example of boss-worker relationship.  Captain Beatty is a strict rule follower and when he learns that Montag is breaking them he is upfront about it.  These rules are absolutely outrageous, but no less Beatty does his job excellently.  He explains to Montag why he thinks books are wrong and gives him a day to figure it out for himself.  I think that the event of the introduction of color television influenced Ray Bradbury.  He saw what American were becoming and how easily they forgot about literature when it came to television.     



Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Print.