Summary Of The Book 'Fahrenheit 451'

Part 1
1. Bradbury has chosen the phoenix and the salamander as symbols for his book Fahrenheit 451. He chose these animals as symbols because these animals are both mythic creatures related to fire, which is a main idea in the story. In the story of Fahrenheit 451, it talks about a dystopian society where people function as one large group. In this society, books are banned and when found, they are to be immediately reported to the firemen and then the books would be burned. The main character of the book was a fire man and was a person that was like everyone else and functions within society, but one day his curiosity for books was triggered, causing him to become an individual that functions outside of society, different than everyone else.
Beatty said an interesting statement that “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal.” (55) When Beatty first said this statement, I was quite surprised because of how true the statement was. We never really thought about how this world worked, so no one actually pays attentions to their surroundings and goes along with the flow of everything. Then suddenly the truth hits you in the face and you come back to reality shocked and confused. That is how I first felt when I read Beatty’s statement. However, I completely agree with Beatty’s statement, because if you take a look around you, you could see the meaning behind Beatty’s statement. For example, if a person does not have his legs, he becomes disabled, and would have a hard time moving around. Wheelchairs are then invented to assist them in moving around move freely. This person was not equal to most of the people because he couldn’t move around that much, but now with the wheelchair he could move around like everyone else. He was made equal with the help of a wheelchair, and not born equal. Humans are all different, with some being better than others. This just proves the fact that not everyone is born equal, but made equal because of the jealousy that people would get. The less capable would then have to work harder to catch up to the one who is more capable. He worked hard to catch up, and was made equal to him. If everyone was born equal they would not be a living thing anymore, but a robot, because robots are almost all the same, No living organism is identical to another, so of course there are inequalities, and so things are invented and developed to try to make everyone