Blog #4

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prompt 4

 Mildred idea of  dystopian society would boring just watching the walls and staying to herself because she doesn't really have  a caring attitude.My idea of utopian society would everyone treated the same and would be peaceful.

Prompt #4

Professor's Faber idea of a Utopian society would be freely reading and creating books. Also, people enjoying learning and coming up with ideas to make the world a better place. "The magic is only in what the books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us." This quote shows that books are crucial for the survival of the world. My idea of a Utopian society is world peace, people motivated to learn and more science advances.

Utopian vs. Dystopian

Beatty has a very dark personality. He hates books because of the fact that they make people frustrated. When people are frustrated, it leads to other derogatory, sometimes permanent problems.  A quote to support this claim can be found on page 65 when Beatty said, “The important thing to remember, Montag, is we’re the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. Don’t let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world.” This quote explains a lot about Beatty’s character. It shows his character as a person, his thoughts on the world as of now, and the reason for the world in the future to collapse on itself. He does not believe in books. In fact as the quote claims, Beatty hates books because in make people unhappy. He wants the world to be a good place. This means no books, no conflict, and no war. He thinks with these problems out of existence, people could start focusing on the only think that matters in life; the purpose in life: Instant pleasure. Finding you passion. Beatty’s passion was burning books. He hated books; so burning them gave him pleasure because it is one less book on this earth that could inherently end up in the hands of another unfortunate person. Beatty is concerned about the problems in the world, but he is focused on the solutions to these problems. Of course he is a little self -absorbed and claims the solution to books taking over the world realize in the hand of the fire fighters; realize in the hands of himself.  He is superman, in his world.

My Idea of a utopian society quiet honestly would look the exact same as life we are living now. See, God has a plan for everything. This means everything that happens in the world is part of his master plan for the future. Since I trust in God, I wouldn’t change anything. I’m not God; I don’t know what would happen if I changed something to the world. But if I were not to have this unconditional love for God, I would say my idea of a utopian society would look extremely happy and peaceful. My idea involves Bright colors, no conflicts, no problems, and no reason to get angry. In this society, Everyone’s problems are solved for him or her. Because of this, people have nothing to worry about. If no one were to worry about anything, people could put all their focus on God, the only important thing to remember in this confusing world. Everyone would wake up smiling; thinking to themselves “today is going to be a good day”. They would also get to bed with this same thought in mind.  God provides for everyone. However, sometimes he helps you in the most obscure ways. People in this society would do everything they can to help others, putting themselves last. People would also go to bed with this same out look on life because nothing can hurt you without your consent. There is nothing to worry about. Worrying is defined (by me) as “concerning of the future”. The future has not happened yet! With that being said, don’t worry, your never alone. There is always someone who loves you no matter how alone you may seem. This is a confusing world we live in. Build the life you want to live. Don’t let someone drag you by an imaginary chain around your neck. Everyone is important to this world.

If You Really Knew Me

In the book Fahrenheit 451, I (Professor Faber) am described as a coward, old, and smart. Some textual evidence of this is " Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I'm one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the 'guilty,' but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself."This quote explains that I could have gotten up and protested but I stayed and hid in my home instead. One quote that shows how smart I really am is. "There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us." In this quote the literary device is personification, reason why is because it is giving books human qualities. A major theme that comes from my character is: Books are a way of life they guide us, entertain us, and teach us. Taking them away only brings pain and disaster.

If You Really Knew Me

Beatty is a man of many words. A complicated problem from the time he is introduced to the time Montag torches this malevolent fool alive. Bradbury uses contradictions, Irony, sarcasm and many other literary devices to describe Beatty. 

Here is an example of metaphor: “who are a little wise, the best fools be”. Beatty is well known for his trickery and confusing ideas. He is comparing wise people to being the best known fools of are time. Wise people try to make everything confusing by expressing how intelligent they are. Some wise men talk higher above most men; therefore no one but them understands what they are trying to say. When people get confused they get annoyed. When people get annoyed, they get angry. When people get angry, we have war. Thus wise men cause war, making them fools. Best description that came to mind.  This kooky idea is a little amplified, but, you get the idea.

“‘Well,’ said Beatty, ‘ the crisis is past and all is well, the sheep returns to the fold. We’re all sheep who have strayed at times.’” This is an example of an elusion. Beatty gives you something to think about.  When something bad happens, people flee, just as a sheep would if it were in danger. Also, people have strayed at one point in time. Montag was in danger of being lit on fire for reading book, which is illegal to do at this time. Montag quit his job and never told Beatty. When Montag walked into the fire station, Beatty thought he was coming back to work because his sickness had pasted. Montag is the sheep that has strayed from his job because he was in danger and afraid of Beatty. But as Beatty said in the quote, “the sheep returns to the fold after the crisis passes.” The crisis being the reason Montag hates his job.

These two quotes are just a scratch of what Beatty’s character is like. Beatty uses obscure conflicting ideas to show how much he loved to read at some point in his life. Beatty uses this type of dialogue to show Montag how useless reading books can be. Beatty is the antagonist, which makes the story more interesting. This means of evil adds flavor to the entire story. He is a problem that can’t seem to be resolved. The story seemed to over due this mans intelligence. He’s a hard man to understand because of his way of thinking. In conclusion, these two quotes explain that Beatty has the mentality of a college professor. Books really do help with everything you do. However this malicious man seems to think books are against people. Beatty is the problem in the story. This makes up a big portion of the theme of the story.

Dear Montag

Dear Montag,
         It was nice talking to you today, you're a very interesting man. Although I do not approve of you being a fireman. I just don't understand why you could possibly hate books so much that you'd want to burn them. I think you should meet my uncle, he might be able to show you a thing or two about books. You never know, you could change your whole view on them!

Sincerely,
Clarrise