Fahrenheit 451 Dystopia

It is one thing to have bad things happen, but another to let them carry on. In the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradubury, shows a society in which books are illegal and the life of a fireman by the name of Guy Montag and his struggles that follow him after he becomes self aware of the terrible mindless society that he lives in. Not wanting to just go with the flow Montag decides that he will no longer conform to the status quo of the government, nor the dystopian nightmare that he lives in. A dystopia in this case being a time set far off into the future where the government decides to exert power beyond its boundaries in an attempt to help the society, but only harm it far more than imaginable. Given the example, Fahrenheit
In response to Montag’s question Mildred is not the least bit curious as to why anyone would do such a thing regardless of the fact that she herself overdoses on sleeping pills and does not question it either. She plays along as if it really is not anything to be noticed at all, but in reality she does not realize that a woman was burning alive, but rather a terrorist was burning alive, or a book loving radical was burning alive just like the way people within Fahrenheit 451 think. Mildred conforms to that status quo and does not bother with any stray thought of the rationale behind the woman wanting to burn with her books, or think that maybe there may be actually something within books that the government keeps from them to keep them dumb and mindless. Mildred lives on just as everyone else lives on and continues to do so day after day and so on. Keep in mind that it is this lack of individuality due to conformity is also better represented through others in the books as well. Think of
Take a look at when Montag finally escapes from the mechanical hound and makes it to the group of intellectuals that explain to him that he is about to be captured on live television to make it seem like they did not lose Montag.”And then...a crime against society has been avenged”(149). Regardless of the fact that Montag was in his little camp with the other intellectuals the announcer still states that the authorities capture Montag, and that he is a threat no more. Acknowledging the fact that the news station is the only station around, people are left ignorant of what really happens to Montag, and they are none the wiser. Also take into account that there may be a possibility of the government spying on its citizens, or keeping tabs on potential book holders. Take Faber receiving a call from Montag one night to which Faber becomes very anxious and is afraid to talk to Montag over the phone.”This is some sort of trap! I can’t talk to just anyone on the phone”(76). The question is, why can Faber not talk to just anyone? That is due to the fact that the government keeps tabs on people like Faber. People who are potential book holders are like the terrorists on the watch list for Homeland Security, or the FBI’s Most Wanted List. It is not far off to think that such a thing is possible in such a society