Insider in Fahrenheit 451 and Extra, a Thousand Years of Good Prayers
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The meaning of ‘outsider’ is the person in part of the society. They obey and converge in the social value which set up by the government. In both Fahrenheit 451 and A thousand years of good prayers, we see that there is several of characters absorb the knowledge and social value. These characters are under controlled and they find it is a right way in obeying the structure of the society. ‘Outsider’ in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury represents to the main character Montag and other characters such as Clarisse, Faber, the woman burnt and Captain Beatty. They are healthy on themselves. But there is something goes on a wrong way in the society. Besides, the ‘outsiders’ in the story Extra from the book A thousand years of good prayers by Yu Yun Li are the main characters Granny Lin and Kang. In this story, Old Tang has no idea what he is rolling in the society as he has got the Alzheimer disease, which makes him living with unconsciousness. In this story, three of them are all extra that no more space for them in the society. This essay will tell how the control of government influence society value, what is the society value being abandoned and the individual society value from both novels. In the book Fahrenheit 451, the life of the insider Mildred, is surrounded with technology and restricted by government. She watches the wall-TV every time and soon becomes anti-social. Her routine is full filled with watching wall-TV. She somehow demands to buy the forth wall to entertain her more. Government is trying to control their acknowledgement through the technology, the wall-television. You become any shape that they wish you to (p. 92). Bradbury use metaphor to explain that the government controls their mind and built their personality through the wall-TV.
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However, the outsider Montag, who has started to think, is not satisfied with this kind of activity that can’t make him gain any knowledge from it. He walked over, reading the last
The meaning of ‘outsider’ is the person in part of the society. They obey and converge in the social value which set up by the government. In both Fahrenheit 451 and A thousand years of good prayers, we see that there is several of characters absorb the knowledge and social value. These characters are under controlled and they find it is a right way in obeying the structure of the society. ‘Outsider’ in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury represents to the main character Montag and other characters such as Clarisse, Faber, the woman burnt and Captain Beatty. They are healthy on themselves. But there is something goes on a wrong way in the society. Besides, the ‘outsiders’ in the story Extra from the book A thousand years of good prayers by Yu Yun Li are the main characters Granny Lin and Kang. In this story, Old Tang has no idea what he is rolling in the society as he has got the Alzheimer disease, which makes him living with unconsciousness. In this story, three of them are all extra that no more space for them in the society. This essay will tell how the control of government influence society value, what is the society value being abandoned and the individual society value from both novels. In the book Fahrenheit 451, the life of the insider Mildred, is surrounded with technology and restricted by government. She watches the wall-TV every time and soon becomes anti-social. Her routine is full filled with watching wall-TV. She somehow demands to buy the forth wall to entertain her more. Government is trying to control their acknowledgement through the technology, the wall-television. You become any shape that they wish you to (p. 92). Bradbury use metaphor to explain that the government controls their mind and built their personality through the wall-TV.
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However, the outsider Montag, who has started to think, is not satisfied with this kind of activity that can’t make him gain any knowledge from it. He walked over, reading the last
Bibliography: Bradbury, R. 2004. Fahrenheit 451. London: Voyagers. Li, Y. 2006. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. London: Harper Perennial.