Qodirova Aziza Mid term assessment task

Qodirova Aziza
Mid term assessment task
Work on "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
1. The main features of the book and problematic statements, writer's predictions about future
2. Recommendation from reading passage and spiritual, moral and conceptual effects of the work on reader.
The overarching theme of Fahrenheit 451 explores the struggle between man's desire for knowledge and individuality in a society that expects ignorance and conformity. Supporting themes centered around censorship as a means to control society and the destructive nature of technology are used to amplify the overarching theme.
The story's protogonist Guy Montag is a fireman no longer put out fires but rather start them on homes known to be hiding books. Though the story opens with an image of Montag appearing to relish the feeling of burning things it's not long before he meets Clarisse and is struck by how different she is from everyone else he knows set in a future vision of America society has become an empty shell of humanity. Having disregarded books and the knowledge contained in them, people have become ignorant, addicted to mass media and the constant barrage of sights and sounds that never stop to allow one to process and think. There is no room for development of individual identity and ideas. Ideas lead to difference and differences lead to conflict which is avoided at all costs. To be different is to be an outcast society has chosen conformity because life is simpler when everyone is the same. The novel as is well known is named for the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns 461 degrees Fahrenheit. But there is a problem. There is no set temperature at which all book paper ignites. In the course of his research for the book. Bradbury talked with a fireman who told him that book paper catches fire and burns at 451 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale and thus the title was born.
2. Fahrenheit 451 addresses complex themes of censorship freedom and technology. Unlike most science fiction Fahrenheit 451does not view technology as a universal good rather the novel explores the potential for technological advancement to make human less free.
Bradbury investigates these concepts with a straightforward writing style employing several literary devices that layers of meaning to the story
Unlike many other works of science fiction the society in Fahrenheit 451 is made worse by technology. In fact, all the technology described in the story is ultimately harmful to the people who interact with it.
Montag's flamethrower destroys knowledge and causes him to witness terrible things. The huge televisions hypnotize their viewers, resulting in parents with no emotional connection to their children and a population that can not think for itself. Robotics are used to chase down and murder dissenters and nuclear power ultimately destroys civilization itself.
In Fahrenheit 451 the only hope the survival of the human race is a word without technology the drifters that Montag meet with in the wilderness have memorized books and they plan to use their memorized knowledge to rebuild society. Their plan involves only human brains and human bodies which represent ideas and our physical ability to implement them, respectively.