This blog is due on March 6th by 11:59 pm. Please write a minimum of 250 words in response to the following prompt:
According to A Glossary of Literary terms by M.H. Abrams, a dystopia is a "representation of a very unpleasant imaginary world in which ominous tendencies of our present social, political, and technological order are projected into a disastrous future culmination."
What are the potential dangers, if any, of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his reader in Fahrenheit 451? What makes Montag's world a dystopia? In your opinion, what needs to be done in order to ensure that the world does not become like the one that Bradbury has created?
Some potential dangers of the world that Guy Montag lives in are not being able to think for themselves to make serious relationships. These are very important qualities in society because then there can be a conscience among the society, which dictates what is morally correct. The dangers that besmirch Montag’s world are such because the ruling bureaucracy demands through laws and through the educational system to rely on media and mindlessness to live daily lives. They discourage true conversation and individuality. They are against the people who ask questions about what is happening, especially if they do not accept the cookie cutter answer. These can almost be considered mind control, which can be seen as extraordinarily perilous.
ReplyDeleteMontag’s world is a dystopia because of the misconstrued thoughts about history and social interactions that are displayed in Fahrenheit 451. This is seen through the story about the origin of firemen and Guy Montag’s experiences. Montag has been enlightened through talking with Clarisse and through reading about the problems of his society socially. People are more mindless and reckless in this society. True relationships are not made and media and thrill controls their lives. These characteristics of the culture lead to the assumption that this culture is indeed a dystopia.
In order that the world does not become like the one described by Ray Bradbury, distinct rights must be kept intact. The right of freedom of speech and the freedom to express oneself in any way that does not deliberately hurt someone must be secured. These may seem fundamental in today’s society, but in Guy Montag’s reality, they are foreign. Even in the way he is marveled at Clarisse’s ponders and whims suggest that freedom of expression is severely limited. These are important because without them, the world would be too easily manipulated by a few. Ideally, this would cause fewer problems because no one would be in conflict. However, with the dangerous recklessness described in the book, and the deaths caused by those actions are startling conflicting with the idea of a perfect ignorant bliss in which characters Mildred are living.
The potential dangers,of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his reader in Fahrenheit 451 could be starying non potential houses or other buildigns on fire by accident. They could also, by starting new fires over having books in a house or building is polluting the air. Bad air quality is bad for people to inhale. Which, this can cause cancers, illnesses, or potential danger to the average human. Montag's world is an example of a dystopia, because it's representation of a very unpleasant imaginary world in which ominous tendencies of our present social, political, and technological order are projected into a disastrous future culmination are shown. No one would want theit house to be burnt down in todays society just because they have books in their home. It's rather rediculous in my opinion. His world is the opposite of ours. In Montag's world firemen start fires. In actual reality, firefighters try to put out fires. In my opinion, in order to ensure that the world does not become like the one that Bradbury has created I would wait till im 18 to vote and address government issues that can control this caos. I believe that the world could never come to this point because of other people and their invisions. On the other hand, this could all happen, because I cannot predict the future one- hundred percent. In conclusion, I could not prevent the world to not change. One person in a world of infinate people can not be in control without a chain reaction.
ReplyDeletethe potential dangers of a society like one in farenheight 451 is that you lose all sence of freedom, your life becomes so restricted that you are almost forced to see with a blind eye. You miss out on all of the nature,because your so sucked into everything that is actually exceptable in the society. Montags world is a dystopia because, he's not in love with his wife, he's always being sucked into making changes for her. You can't read, the only thing to do is really "watch" t.v. Inorder to make sure we do ant end up in a world like this, we need to make sure we elect the right people into power. And we need to become less electronically dependent. This way, we aren't being sucked into someone elses society.
ReplyDeleteThe potential dangers of a society like the one in Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451, are many and dangerous. If people are not afforded the opportunity to read then it is very difficult for any advancement to occur and the exchange of significant ideas is significantly impeded. Also overstimulation causes a sort of complacency, where people will begin to lack a desire or aspiration to achieve much of anything significant. Montag's world is a dystopia, because it represents the culmination of modern governments seeking to control their people by defining the aspects of their lives, the increasing tendency of youth to veer from things that have commonly represented decency and instead to gravitate towards dangerous and scandalous activities. Truthfully the world in 451, is simply an acceleration and exaggeration of things which are already occurring in our world. In order for the worked to not become like the one in the novel I believe that the people simply need to make sure that they never give up their freedoms to any form of government no matter the present danger, or the beautiful promises that have been. Also www must instill in the youth a desire to cherish the values which we hold dear, and realize the reasons for which we hold those values dear. only then do I think that a dystopian world can be prevented.
ReplyDeleteThe potential dangers like the one infarenheight 451 is that you loose your freedom and rights and or will to be who you want to be, instead you are being told what to do and have no freedom to expand your mind. In a way it is sorta like having everyone brain washed. They probably have the mechanical hound for the reason that not all dogs would act the same way and they would change peoples way of life as in having fun for once. What makes montages world a dystopia is the fact that he has to hide who he is, the fact at he wants to have fun but if he tries to he will be punished. The fact of the matter is that he likes to read but he can't let anyone know, not even his wife otherwise he will be punished. And his house will be burned. To insure that this never happens we need to keep our government the same and not turn into acommunist or a dictatorship, or make sure someone like hitler dosnt take over again but in america.
ReplyDeleteIn the world of Fahrenheit 451 there are no political dangers because as long as the government keeps the American people hook up on so much television that people can't think for themselves. Therefore the government does what it wants and the people stay happy. Then you have some people who are smart but they get rated on and don't get a chance to change the society. What makes Montag's society a dis topi a is that it is set in the future were nothing is peaceful any more. For example the American people are so addicted to television like it was a drug. Also people are afraid to do anything.it seems that nothing goes right in his world. Then you have men dying in wars and blowing each other up with atomic bombs. There is so much chaos. The American people are clueless to what is going on in the world. Other con tries need he to rebuild or need financial help and America is just not caring. In my opinion what needs to be done to keep Ray Bradbury's world from coming true is that people need a good education, need to learn something new each day, need to care what is happening in the world, need to care about other people, also need not to banned books, and need to stop being lazy get out and do something with their lives. There also has to peace were there are no nuclear wars.
ReplyDeleteThe dangers of a society like the one invented by Bradbury are numerous. The number one problem would be the massive censorship of all ideas thus limiting human creativity and advancement. Also, in that society, any form of thoughtful education does not exist. It is all sports, TV, and a false history class. This means that humans would never advance beyond what they are in that society because there is not enough knowledge being presented to them so they learn to think and invent. However, the thing that truly makes Bradbury's society a dystopia is how the people are blissfully unaware of everything around them and all they care about is watching TV. The fact that they seem to was away in front of their Parlor Walls is very disturbing and we need to make sure a society like this never comes to fruition. What needs to be done to make sure that our society doesn't become like Bradbury's, is to educate the youth properly and stop censorship of reading materials or anything that promotes higher learning.
ReplyDeleteThey are many dangers in the world that Montag lives in. One danger in his world is that people are slaves to the tv and that the tv controls their lives. The tv does this by being very interactive and they bring people in with pointless , mindless shows. Another danger in the world that he lives in is books. If you own books they burn your house and all of your books.
ReplyDeleteMontag's wired is a dystopia by their being a complete shut down on learning and over all thinking. Even the people that do think and don't watch tv all the time get taken away.
In my opinion the world can avoid being like the world the Ray Bradbury created by keep advanceing in math and science and by avoiding the pointless technology that only takes up time and doesn't make the person think or learn something. A way this can be prevented is by avoiding destruction of our past and our minds because the past shows the future and without the past everything will repeat it's self.
There are multiple potential disasters and problems that could happen between now and any time in the future that could wreck havoc upon the entire world. With the total population increasing daily with more people being born than those that are dying each and everyday the world could very easily run out of enough food for every to have enough food to eat. If the world runs out of food then the different countries of the world will begin to fight wars over food and land that is fertile enough for farming land. Countries that are in the deserts would attempt to leave the deserts and band together so that they would be able to quickly over power the other countries near them so that they wouldn't be weakened over time for a lack of food and water for their people to eat. Another thing that could happen would be if anyone country became to powerful and ad the majority of the weapons of the world then the rest of the world would rise up and fight back against that one country. Then when all seemed lost for that one country they would go and launch thousands of nuclear bombs and missiles all around the world, eventually destroying the world and killing everyone in, on and even around our world.
ReplyDeleteMontag's world is a dystopia because the government is overpowering and all controlling so that the people in Montag's world are unable to think clearly and everything is very dreary and you end up dead if you are different and think a little or a lot.
It is my firm belief that for our world to avoid what happens in Montag's world we need to stay closely tuned into our governments every move and law so that they are unable to change our lifestyles. There are checks and balances in our government to stop a full take over by one group of people or just one person. If the military ends up backing one person or group of people then they may eventually take over the country, however the second amendment which is the right to bear arms so that if anyone tries to take over the people can rise up and Fight back to tKe back our country from those who want to have all the power for themselves.
The potential dangers in the society that Ray Bradbury has created is the ability to think. If you don't have to use your brain, and if you don't use it just to think about things then maybe you lose the ability to think all together, maybe you lose the desire to think. You miss the simple pleasures of life like walking though a garden. It's like having horse blinders on with no desire to take them off. This world that he has created has the potential to bore you to death without you even being aware. It is also specifically dangerous to your person with all that car racing and drug and alcohol usage with abandon, it's just not a safe thing. Montag's society is a dystopia because it show a lll the power that the government can have over a person or a society. Can you imagine not being aloud to think? Can you imagine being considered weird if you were intelligent? Can you imagine what it would be like to have no desire to think? I think that in order to make sure that our society does not become like the one that Ray Bradbury has created we have to keep people wounding about things, we have to keep asking questions. It's up to everyday people to remain curious to want to know about things, to want to read, not just be mindlessly entertained.
ReplyDeletePotential dangers of a society that brad bury explained in his book, Fahrenheit 451, is that those people's minds and bodies would begin to deteriorate mentally, physically, and metaphorically speaking. Their minds would be so focused on television and what is going to be the next new technological advancement that they wouldn't even realize how the television if effecting their memories, their conversation and even their speech. When people would talk to each other, their vocabulary would be really simple and conversations would begin to get shorter and shorter over time. In the book, Montag's wife, Mildred, was so attached to the television and technology that she wore seashells in her ears all throughout the night and sometimes even when she spoke to others. this proves that she was unable to make solid relationships with people after the technology in her life was advanced. Phisically, some people could be effected because if they're sitting in front of the tv all day long, then they would begin to loose control of their personal health and hygiene. Metaphorically speaking, people would begin to lose their minds. This basically means that people would go completely mental over technology. In the story, there was a room that had televisions projected on the walls of that room. Having all four walls covered was a real achievement. Each tv was interactive and it made it more intriguing for the people. These points, like the televisions on the walls of a room and Montag's wife being obsessed with them, are proof that the world in which Montag lives is a dystopia. In my opinion, to prevent our world from becoming a dystopia, we need to continue to teach older works and lessons that remind us of how good life is and how technology, though it can be fun and exciting, it is also the root of most problems in history and in stories. We just simply need to remember our history and our youth experiences in which their was barely any of the technology we have today.
ReplyDeleteThere are many dangers of a society like the one in which Montag lives. The biggest issue is the lack of education. Knowledge and philosophy are not promoted, while idly sitting is. This lack of education in their society could lead to many problems, such as the halt to the increase in technology. Also, it would be quite easy for someone to gain a dangerous amount of power and to take over the society. Another danger in Montag’s society is the amount of violence. Children are not reprimanded for their excessive violence, and therefore, many people can get hurt.
ReplyDeleteMontag’s world is a dystopia because it shows the harmful impact technology can have on the future. His world is very unpleasant because there is a lot of crime, a lack of feelings, and it isn’t a very intellectual place. It shows what will happen if we continue to abuse the use of televisions and computers. It also shows the impact of the media on children and the way people behave.
I think that there needs to be a drastic change in the lifestyles of many people. Most of us spend way too much time in front of the media doing things that do not encourage the use of our brains. I think that the government could limit the use of television in order to prevent this happening to our society. I think that reading and other intellectual activities should be promoted more instead of computer games and television shows. These things could help prevent our society from becoming like the one portrayed in Fahrenheit 451.
There are many potential dangers of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his readers in Fahrenheit 451. The people in this society are only consumed with mass media. They have televisions that are entire walls, and don’t care how much they cost, just as long as they get them. The schooling system in this society is horrible. Students have classes such as TV class and film class, none of which are of any importance to learning and thinking. The government does what it can to make sure that people are consumed in media and don’t have time to think. For example there are no longer front porches. Clarisse’s uncle says it is because people went there to talk and if they didn’t feel like talking they would think, and the government didn’t want this. In this society books are banned. The firemen in this society go to houses that are suspect to have books hidden and burn the books and the entire house.
ReplyDeleteMontag’s world is a dystopia. The government is trying to control people by over consuming them in media. They don’t want people to think about anything. Their efforts have worked. The people socialize, but it’s always about the same thing over and over again, and none of it has a purpose; it involves little energy and no thought. The government basically has control over everything. They are the only ones that think about anything, in the fear people won’t agree with what they are doing.
I think in order to ensure that the world does not become like the one that Bradbury has created people must not become consumed in media. They need to take advantage of the beautiful scenery that they are presented with outside. They need to challenge themselves to think about things and form their own opinions, so things like the government trying to control their thoughts doesn’t occur.
the potential dangers of the type of society in Fahrenheit 451 is that life is no longer about being your own person. everything is basically thought of and planned out for you. also relationships are no longer personal as shown as when Montag asks his wife where they met and she didnt even remember that. only that they somehow were married. A major danger is death by fire.. most fireman dont care if they kill someone who was in the house that was meant to burn.
ReplyDeletethe thing that makes Montag's world a distopia is all of the things in life that are backwards. like all of the fireman starting the fires instead of putting them out. also the schooling is the opposite of how it is now (for the most part). instead of having normal classes, they teach the students into conformity with the same classes everyday and no creativity.
i think that people should stay true to who they are and not conform to whatever is "the norm" of the time. dont follow trends, go out and set them. be the person *you* want to be, not what someone else wants you to be.
In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury presents many potential dangers. One of the major potential dangers is the public's loss of identity. Similar to Harrison Bergeron, the people all start to act the same and even look the same. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag questions how he became a fireman after Clarisse asked him. He realized that he looked like every other fireman and wondered if that was why he was chosen to be one as well. Another danger that goes along with the loss of identity is the loss of freedoms. We all have freedom of speech, religion, etc. but in the world Bradbury has presented all of those freedoms are challenged. People in Bradbury's world cannot read what they want because that would mean they have to think for themselves about something which could be "dangerous" to the society. So in a way, the loss of these freedoms also means losing expression and emotion. Throughout the story, besides the conversations with Clarisse, all the conversations lack real expression and thought. I believe Bradbury also wanted to show the potential danger of losing knowledge and abilities through this book. He is concerned that everyone will just rely on the government and television, for example Mildred lives off of Montag and all she does is watch television all day. Montag's world is a dystopia because of the book reflects the dangers that could happen in the future in a negative way. The government doesn't want people to think for themselves and this is demonstrated in this book. Also this can be seen as dystopian because of the way people treat Clarisse. She is treated like she is mentally ill because she thinks and doesn't limit herself to just what she is told. She explored and discovers things out for herself. In my opinion to ensure that the world does not become like the one in the book, there needs to be a limit on government, people to influence individuality and self expression and be aware of these possible situations.
ReplyDeleteThere are many potential dangers of a society like the one that Bradbury presents his reader in Fahrenheit 451. Because technology is the center of peoples' lives, individualism and free-thinking are virtually nonexistent. When society no longer values the individual, they no longer value life. This is demonstrated to the reader through Clarisse when she tells Montag of how many of her peers have been killed. Another potential danger in Bradbury’s fictional society is the government, which has enormous power over its people. Because of this, the government no longer exists to serve its people, but to control their lives and limit their knowledge. This world of Montag's can definitely be referred to as a dystopia. Although the majority of society believes that they are living perfectly nice lives, the reader has enough insight to see that they are actually being degraded, controlled, and suppressed. In the novel, society, as a whole, revolves around technology. Because of this, there is no real conversation between people, and people don’t value each other anymore. Moreover, Bradbury leads the reader to understand that the fictional society believes that there is nothing wrong with the way they live, and they have no ambition to change it. The world specifically in Fahrenheit 451 is the way that it is because of peoples' obsession over technology, which is prevalent in the world today. To prevent our lives from becoming like the characters’ in Montag’s world, we must have a life outside technology and not become dependent on it. However, there is no definite way to prevent our world from becoming like the one that Bradbury has created. As seen often in dystopian novels, the world did not become that way overnight. It took decades, if not centuries, to subtly strip away peoples' rights as peoples’ minds are slowly brain-washed into being okay with suppression. Therefore, to prevent this from happening in our society, it is important for people to affirm their rights. The first natural or legal right that people are denied can be viewed as the first step to a dystopian society such as the one Bradbury presents us.
ReplyDeleteSome potential dangers of a society like the one told in Ray Bradburys fahrenheit451 could be that the televisions in one room on all four walls could waste a whole bunch of electricity that could be used to something else that is more important than a television. I think it is wrong to just burn a house or building down. Some "firemen" could just burn the house down on accident and say that their were books in the house and no one would have proof of that. Then the release of carbon dioxide into the air is bad for the enviroment. The things that make montags world a dystopia like the job for a fireman is now to start the fire and not just put it out. Another thing is that clarisse mentions that her friends are killing eachother and no one is stopping that. Also in school they don't learn anything about math or english or science. In montags fire house he passes a mechanical dog who searches for criminals. I think for the world to stay how it is and not change like in the books is that we need to keep our bill of rights and all of the amendments in the constitution and not worry about what other people are doing. But yes i do believe that the technology will increase dramatically in the future and other things will not keep up with it. Also we need to keep our education for the kids of the future and not get rid of that.
ReplyDeleteThe potential dangers of a society like the one in Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 would be to lose freedom. The lose your mind and go crazy. Also that would create problems witch would lead to houses burning. Life as you now it for Montag becomes restricted in some ways. Its like the government is in totally control of you. You don’t make decisions them make them for you. Its like your property of the government. Montags no longer human more like a object. Montag's society is a dystopia because the power that the government can have over a person or a society. To ensure that the world will never be like that we need to keep writing history. Never change how things are. Need good strong leader in the country, need to keep documents for generations to come to now what has happened. And also to maybe to predict the future. Its like montags life, the firefighters burn books, the destroy the history. This changes history in the book, its like rewriting it or changing it so nobody knows what ever happened. It’s a perfect example to a dystopia. I believe that to never have what 451 has is that society cant give up. They cant just decide to stop hoping for people to change. In order for society to change us need to change as well as people need to change? If 451 had stronger societies were people didn’t give up on the government, and then they would be a object of the government. They would have to make decisions.
ReplyDeleteI think that there are many dangers to have a society like the one that Bradbury shows us in Fahrenheit 451. I think that most things that people do in this world today involves reading in some way. Through all of the years that people are in school they learn through some kind of reading also whether it be through books or notes. If you take the reading away then people will start to get less educated until they are so uneducated that they can’t survive in this world. Reading is what has given people the ability to know things in my opinion. Montag’s world is a dystopia because in his world it is against the law to read anything and everyone is able to do that without any problems. I think that if this happened in the real world everyone would get uneducated and be unable to do anything. I don’t think that we have to worry about this happening just because I think most people feel similar to how I feel about that and they know that without reading, this world would go through some big problems. People just have to realize and keep being taught that reading is in almost everything that we do and if we can do that then there is no way that this would ever happen.
ReplyDeleteIn Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 there are many dangers. One of the many dangers is the education system. People in the story are taught only sports and television. This eliminates any powers to actually be intelligent and causes the youth in this story to become violent and very risky. This is seen through the eye-view of Clarisse as she tells us of her classmates who die extremely often in car crashes and fights. Also, the role of the firemen in this time creates a great danger for those who try to better there education or imagination. Montag's world is definitely a dystopia because it shows how entertainment is taking over the minds of today's youth. In Montag's world everybody is constantly watching television and being entertained. Also the entertainment is so crucial to controlling the population, they made television walls that creates an entire television room. With the lakc of real literature, people can't really do much, such as converse as Clarisse states to Montag. To avoid a world such as this, people need to learn to do more constructive things to do, such as read.
ReplyDeleteThere are many dangers of a world like Montag's. One that is portrayed in the book is to lose touch with humanity and to stop making real connections with other humans. This is shown when Montag realizes his wife is basically a stranger to him, and that they share almost nothing in common yet they have spent the last ten years married to each other. Another danger is that people stop thinking for themselves, and there is a regression in how intelligent one is and no more advancements in technology that is useful to mankind. Instead, people are pointlessly improving technology like the television so people can waste their lives away. Montag's world is a dystopia because these dangers are a reality there. People don't make real connections with others, and the government seems to have a lot of control over people while no one is bothered by it. The people that dare to think are labeled as dangerous and need to be watched closely, which would be very unpleasant if that were to come to reality. In my opinion, what needs to be done to avoid this is not to lose touch with one's humanity. People need to hold onto their emotions and feelings even if they may not be constantly happy, which is a goal in the novel. People need to continue to be "bothered" by things that don't make sense or are just wrong. Lastly, people need to continue on the quest for knowledge and keep everything in perspective.
ReplyDeleteThere are many potential dangers in the society that Ray Bradbury has created in Fahrenheit 451. Montag lives in a world were there is a virtually non-existent amount of individualism, free thought, or creativity. The banning of many books increasing the government's complete control over society. By taking away books from the people, they are interchangeably removing a huge means of human knowledge. As time passes the importance of knowledge and learning shrinks and shrinks until it has almost no value. The people in Montag's world are so used to the constant need for entertainment that they have allowed technology to brainwash their minds into feeling virtually no emotion. With this, people loose a major component of being human: the ability to communicate, interact and have deep emotional connections with one another. Even though they people in this society may not realize it they are certainly living in a dystopia. Today's world could certainly turn into one similar to the one portrayed by Bradbury if people allow it to. With out a doubt technology will continue to evolve, new inventions will allow things that are almost unimaginable now, to be the norm in the future. New advancement can be welcomed, but only if humans are careful not to let technology control their lives or allow it to become their only source of happiness. Knowledge and striving to learn more must never be replaced. A lack of knowledge leads to ignorance, and ignorance leads to powerlessness, which could be the building blocks of a dystopia. Most importantly people must never loose what it is that makes us human.
ReplyDeleteSome dangers presented in the world Guy Montag lives in are the constant paranoia and unease felt by people regarding the firemen. If you were suspected of having books, they could just burn your entire house and all your possessions, even if you didn't have any. There's also the danger of society becoming completely disconnected from each other, due to technology like the large televisions and headphones. His world is considered dystopian because people no longer stop to talk, always seem busy with something, and don't have time for others. Kids are killing each other in the streets, free thinking is looked down on, and it's promoted that people stay at home and watch television. I personally believe our world isn't too far from Fahrenheit 451. Actually talking has become obsolete to texting and instant messaging, and it's not too unusual to see a room with multiple large televisions in it. I think that if we don't want to end up in a world that's even more so like the one in the book, we need to put more emphasis on the protection of free speech, interacting person to person, and less government involvement in business. If we continue to allow a right or two to be given up, before we know it, we won't have any freedoms, a good example being the "frog in a pot of boiling water" saying. Then soon after, we could find ourselves having our books burnt and free thinking being frowned upon.
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