#2 Fahrenheit 451

The last parts of Fahrenheit 451 are where Montag doesn’t just struggle with what he is going to do about his urges to read; he finally gives way to these urges. Ignorance is so powerful. It has consumed Montag’s entire world. Montag represents the rebellion against ignorance while Mildred and Beatty represent the conformists of passive society. I believe that Bradbury wasn’t completely wrong in his writings of humans becoming so desensitized, because we in todays age are desensitized by technology as well. The youth of my own generation has been wildly influenced by such great technology. We text so its a faster conversation. We create profiles on Facebook and Myspace because online with technology we make ourselves much more fascinating than we really are. Montag like some people today has realized that simple stimulation isn’t enough. One must have substance and that is exactly what Faber tells him. This however is both a blessing and a curse to Montag. The perpetual cloud has been now been lifted from his mind he can no longer see things with blinders on. His mind and the minds of the all the ones he now associates with, have been expanded and the government has no control over them now because they also have power. They now have the power of knowledge.