Fahrenheit 451 Social Commentary Essay

Usually the first thing that comes to someone’s mind when they think of dystopia is the opposite of Utopia which means happy. Many people live in a world of modern dystopian tradition in that their country may be under communism, some type of cruelty, forced to believe a specific way, or just live in a strict world in general. In a dystopian world, such as Anthem, people are raised and must live by extremely harsh rules with forced beliefs and a world of forced happiness but overall internal unhappiness. Social commentary and Dystopia relate to each other in that a lot of people advertise dystopian societies or universal issues by using social commentary. A billboard of corporate funding companies with devil wings shoveling stacks of dollar bills in a pit of fire next to a anorexic sick child, a true example of social commentary advertising a dystopian issue. Fahrenheit 451, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, and American Oxygen, are all examples of how people use social commentary and style within advertisement.
Part 1: The Style and Social Commentary within
In order to paint a shocking world without books, Ray Bradbury relies heavily on character development and imagery. Bradbury states “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.” This is evidence of character development with Montag’s love for books because before he hated books, but now he loves them. Another jam packed imagery quote with character development states, “Her face was slender and milk - white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity(5).” this is evidence because He is starting to feel differently about Clarisse than before. Another example is how Montag thought of everyone as “torches, blazing away until they whiffed out” (8). This is evidence because he critiqued people slipping away from reality with