Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 was first published in October 1953. The book takes place in a city in the 24th century. It tells the story of how firemen start fires instead of putting them out. They burn books because the people are not allowed to read them. The characters in this book have layered personalities and can be close-minded at times.
Dualities are the most elementary of comparisons, and are the easiest for the mind to comprehend in that total opposites are brought to attention. These opposites subconsciously provide one with a deeper insight of the material and consciously entertain. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, many dualisms are included both within Montag and in the outside world that provide 180 degree flip-side views, giving the book further depth and inner mea
There are many dualisms in the outside world of Fahrenheit 451. For example, Montag receives contrasting lectures from Faber and Beatty on what to do with the books and how to be. (Bradbury 59) Beatty and Faber are like black and white: total opposites no matter how you look at it. This "flip-side of a coin" clearly compares the book burner to the book reader, the hatred to the love, and it also gives the reader the opportunity to "choose" their side. In addition, the fire is used to burn houses and books, to destroy possessions; it also is used by the outcast men to cook their meal, warm themselves, and provide light for them. The fire has, in itself, two conflicting sides, which includes destruction and preservation. The fire gives Montag as well as the reader the understanding that o
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