Public Opinions In Fahrenheit 451

When you turn on the television you see public opinions. When you turn on the radio you hear public opinions. When you read a magazine you see public opinions. If public opinions are constantly surrounding us wherever we look, that means they have complete control over our life. Public opinions from television shows, political figures, talk radios, entertainers and magazines do not help us become better people and instead stunt our growth. If we want to develop our minds without the impact of society’s public opinions, we need to remove ourselves from seeing as many public opinions in our life as possible because these opinions are not worthwhile and neither do they help express the opinions of the democratic values. Personal opinions are
In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, all of society follows public opinions without asking a question. Everybody, even the wife of the main character, follows these opinions which include hurting children and telling the police about any of the laws your own family breaks. This dystopia only creates distrust and sadness throughout the story. The world in Fahrenheit 451 originated with individuals believing in their public opinion and shared it with everybody and everybody followed it without a second thought. They promised that if the society followed their public opinion, it would result in a utopia. All dystopias are disguised as a utopia. However, due to the collective masses not using their brains to form and create their own personal opinions, they ultimately ignored Guy Montag’s warnings and all of them died in a bombing. Public opinions are harmful to individuals because of this very reason. If we want to avoid dystopias such as Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, and Hunger Games, we must try to avoid following public opinions and try to form our own independent