Thursday, May 15, 2014

Through whose eyes in the novel does Ray Bradbury get his message across?

Ray Bradbury uses the character Montag to convey several
messages.


First, he conveys the message that rebirth is
possible. Montag is certainly the character who most demonstrates this concept. Not only
does he change throughout the course of the novel, but he is the character that readers
follow. We learn his thoughts and hear all of his words. We see Montag's rebirth as he
escapes the system and then begins life anew with purpose as he joins the group of
transient men.


Second, he conveys again through Montag,
that society as it is, is unacceptable. At the time of writing, Bradbury feared what our
society would do with too much technology. This book seems to suggest that people might
lose control of much needed relationships. It suggests that thought would become less
necessary. The dystopian society that results is severely unattractive to the
reader.

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