Mockingbird And Fahrenheit 451: A Comparative Analysis
As the dark hatred sprinkles all over the identity of society, a strong courage upsurges and fights back. The ones to hold this courage are upstanders, but even the darkness bewilders them, they hold unique qualities that allows them to breakthrough and climb even the most steepest barriers. In history, there have been a countless number of scenarios that left a certain group of people powerless. In these scenarios, it was important for upstanders to defend those people who deserved inalienable rights. In both of the novels, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and “Fahrenheit 451,” being an upstander means to be isolated from a large group of people and fight with full determination. However, In TKAM, the upstander fights for justice peacefully, whereas
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In TKAM, Atticus fought against social inequality in a peaceful manner and followed a legal system, whereas Montag from F451, uses violence to change a large belief among all other people who opposed him. One piece of evidence that shows this difference is when Atticus’ family was talking about him being too peaceful, “Mr. ewell was a veteran of an obscure war; that plus Atticus’s peaceful reaction probably prompted him to inquire....He told me having a gun around is an invitation to somebody to shoot you.” (Lee, 291-292).This quote shows that Atticus is very amicable. He didn’t use threat against anyone, even when he was in danger. He wouldn’t carry a weapon that could be a capable of killing another human being or even an animal. On the other hand, Montag from F451 is completely different. An evidence that shows this is when Montag was trying to run away from the Captain Beatty and his men, “And then he was a shrieking blaze...they fell and lay without moving.” (Bradbury, 84-85). This quote shows that Montag is very violent to get what he wants. He wanted the people to believe in books and wanted to run away to faber to figure out a way to help. Because he wanted something like this, he got passed three men by burning all three of them and turning them into dust. While Atticus never used any threat or violence throughout the entire book, Montag did what was highly illegal and
In TKAM, Atticus fought against social inequality in a peaceful manner and followed a legal system, whereas Montag from F451, uses violence to change a large belief among all other people who opposed him. One piece of evidence that shows this difference is when Atticus’ family was talking about him being too peaceful, “Mr. ewell was a veteran of an obscure war; that plus Atticus’s peaceful reaction probably prompted him to inquire....He told me having a gun around is an invitation to somebody to shoot you.” (Lee, 291-292).This quote shows that Atticus is very amicable. He didn’t use threat against anyone, even when he was in danger. He wouldn’t carry a weapon that could be a capable of killing another human being or even an animal. On the other hand, Montag from F451 is completely different. An evidence that shows this is when Montag was trying to run away from the Captain Beatty and his men, “And then he was a shrieking blaze...they fell and lay without moving.” (Bradbury, 84-85). This quote shows that Montag is very violent to get what he wants. He wanted the people to believe in books and wanted to run away to faber to figure out a way to help. Because he wanted something like this, he got passed three men by burning all three of them and turning them into dust. While Atticus never used any threat or violence throughout the entire book, Montag did what was highly illegal and