Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Ignorance
The society choose to depend on technology and ignore the
importance of knowledge
“A book is a loaded gun in the house
next door. Burn it. Take the shot
from the weapon.”
(Bradbury 58)
They described books as a weapon,
as if it was as dangerous as a loaded
gun. It shows them being ignorant
about being knowledgeable.
“Cram them full of noncombustible data,
chock them so full of 'facts' they feel stuffed,
but absolutely 'brilliant' with information.
Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get
a sense of motion without moving. And
they'll be happy, because facts of that sort
don't change. (Bradbury 58)
It shows that they don't want the
people from the society to think and
have knowledge at all, saying that
could make them less happy because
of the reality they have to face when
they are knowledgeable.
“Will you turn the parlor off?” he asked.
“That’s my family.” (Bradbury 46)
Mildred describing the parlor as her
“family” shows the general idea of the
society depending on technology and
ignoring the knowledges they could
get from the books.