Fahrenheit 451 Society
Society can change a person positively or negatively. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Mildred is the wife of the main character Guy Montag. The society in the novel has made Mildred self-centered, robotic, and unfeeling. First, Mildred is self centered, because the loss of books and an addition of mindless technology and entertainment has rendered the society useless. Captain Beatty, the captain of the fire department Montag works at once quoted “ Films and radios, magazines, books leveled down to a sort of paste pudding norm.” This shows where the self centeredness in the society is coming from. It no longer seems like creativity is needed in the world, because creativity is provided by things like talking walls or the seashell headphones
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Mildred feels as if the only thing she needs to do is eat, sleep, and be entertained just like everyone else. Everyone does the same thing that she does, and they all feel as if it’s completely normal. Although that’s true, some people chose to go against that way such as Clarisse and Montag. They feel as if the world has much more to give to them and are truly different from the rest of society. Beatty also says, “Life’s immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work. Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts.” It shows everyone only wants to know what they need. Mildred also only believes this is what is beneficiary. Third, Mildred has began to become so unfeeling that she feels nothing even towards her own husband. It becomes apparent early on that she doesn’t seem to feel for him anymore when early on in the book you find out they sleep in separate beds. Also, instead of trying to listen to him, she just lip reads what he says and carries on. It seems all she cares about is her walls and her headphones. Mildred’s self centeredness comes from a lack of creativity that allows for Clarisse and Guy to be so free. Only knowing the necessities has left her robotic and the same as everyone else. Her mindless entertainment has left her self centered, and her lack of care towards her husband leaves her unfeeling. Society has left Mildred a totally changed
Mildred feels as if the only thing she needs to do is eat, sleep, and be entertained just like everyone else. Everyone does the same thing that she does, and they all feel as if it’s completely normal. Although that’s true, some people chose to go against that way such as Clarisse and Montag. They feel as if the world has much more to give to them and are truly different from the rest of society. Beatty also says, “Life’s immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work. Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts.” It shows everyone only wants to know what they need. Mildred also only believes this is what is beneficiary. Third, Mildred has began to become so unfeeling that she feels nothing even towards her own husband. It becomes apparent early on that she doesn’t seem to feel for him anymore when early on in the book you find out they sleep in separate beds. Also, instead of trying to listen to him, she just lip reads what he says and carries on. It seems all she cares about is her walls and her headphones. Mildred’s self centeredness comes from a lack of creativity that allows for Clarisse and Guy to be so free. Only knowing the necessities has left her robotic and the same as everyone else. Her mindless entertainment has left her self centered, and her lack of care towards her husband leaves her unfeeling. Society has left Mildred a totally changed