Fire, Knowlege and Progresses Relationship Essay -- Literary Analysis,

In the world, there are a mix of successful countries and unsuccessful countries. However, the distinction between the two depends on the point of view. Primarily, it depends on what one calls success. Success is the progress the country has made. Progress is a mix of several things, however. It is how the people have gotten happier. How they have gotten wealthier. How the people have been educated and the jobs they are in compared to before. It is how the society has changed. When people look at the unsuccessful countries that have not progressed, they look to find the reason. Many times they find the wrong reason. They blame it on little side reasons that while being part of the problem are not the entire cause. Most of the times, the true reason is ignorance and a lack of quality knowledge. If not for being misinformed, many countries would be able to change. The people who have been kept in the dark could rebel. The true statistics and issues would be revealed and be fixed becau se people know what they are. The dystopia Bradbury creates in Fahrenheit 451 is no different. They have been kept ignorant of the issues and therefore have no idea how to fix it. This book shows the importance of how knowledge is intertwined with progress and how with one stray fire; it could all be torn down. Bradbury uses fire as a symbol of destructive entertainment to emphasize the connection between knowledge and progress. In Fahrenheit 451, fire is constantly lurking nearby, ready to destroy and entertain. As Montag points out, â€Å"The world was full of burning of all types and sizes.†(141). Yet, though fire could be used for good, they put it to the bad use of destructive entertainment. Their false happiness depends on this. They must watch an... ...hey have not been trained to think so they will not be able to solve problems. They have never been educated. The fire controls them and restrains them from reaching quality information by burning it and scaring them out of trying to find it. They give the fire a lot of power over them by allowing it to shape them and by using it as entertainment. Before giving something a try, they already decide against it because of fear of the firemen who are very important in this society. This society’s problem is that it keeps the people ignorant with fire. Many places also have the problem of ignorance. If someone does not know what the problem is, how are they supposed to fix it? If they would not even know how to fix the problem, even if they could find it, the people would also not be able to fix it. In this novel, the connection between knowledge and progress is shown.