Fahrenheit 451 Ignorance

Rational ignorance is really similar to apathy, and by reading, we endure rid ourselves of the urge to Just non care. Ray Bradburys Fahrenheit 451 attempts to reprimand readers of the expense that comes with rational ignorance by creating an example society much analogous our avouch. This society has given up all intellectual thought and sharing of ideas. By yielding the price characters worry Mildred give up the homo experience and become void due to lack of independent thoughts. Characters manage Clarisse pay a much higher toll invigoration and dignity.Characters similar Guy Montag and Granger pay the price by being adjoin with nothings but Mildreds. In F451 , society believes that limiting education and sharing of ideas actually enhances life by excluding bad thoughts. In Ray Bradburys dystopian future, each character pays the price for ignorance. Most characters, though, willingly and unknowingly do so. In the novel, life is not pass judgmentd the way it should be living is not meaningful anymore. In the very beginning of the book, Mildred tries to kill herself for, what depends like, no reason. This happens so often that technicians are sent to speedily fix he line of work rather than doctors.After the technicians do their duty to Mildred, her parlor uncle states mvyell, after all, this is the age of usable tissue. Blow your nose on a person, wad them, flush them away, off for another, blow, wad, flush (17). Even after the ordeal, Mildred is not upset that she failed in pickings her own life, as if indifferent to the subject. For her, life is no different than death. Mildreds uncle is chastise in comparing a modern day person to a tissue. People have worth based on their thoughts, actions, and relations with people. If oneness has no houghts, real actions, or connections, their life cannot be worth very much.Mildred has as many independent thoughts as a tissue and set her life precisely for how much it is worth. In the same sense, one cannot value anothers life if they cannot value their own. When Guy confronts Mildred about where Clarisse McClellan has been, Mildred nonchalantly says she died, as if it did not matter. Mildred shows that Clarisses death means nothing to her when her reasoning for net telling Montag kind of was I forgot all about it (47). Mildred says that she wants to forget sad things, but it does ot seem like this event makes her very sad at all. Mildreds fickle head cannot assess a tragedy.It was not a surprise that Mildred did not pay heed to her death, but that she died with nothing to show for her life. The multitude of suicides, mentioned earlier, are no tragedies considering the quality of the life being taken. Clarisses death was unfortunate because she lived. To Clarisse, there was a large difference between life and death because she, unlike her peers, see life. Comparable to Clarrises death, the death of the random citizen (who seems to enjoy life too he as on a stroll at night ) killed in aspire of Montag (149) puzzleed a similar fate of no dignity after death.Intellectuals like Montag, Granger, and all ot the travellers who memorize books pay by being surrounded by an endless amount of Mildreds. After introducing himself and showing Montag the end of the manhunt, Granger explains, When we were divulge individuals, all we had was rage. I struck a fireman when he came to singe my library years ago. IVe been running ever since (150). Granger bridges his own experiences to Montags to illustrate Montags future. Granger is far too wise to be erosive about his situation.When intellectuals have no choice but to either suffer amongst the ignorant or outcast themselves, they are the ones who pay the most. Ignorance is most for sure not a satisfying path, but neither is a life of suffering. Not one character in Bradburys controversial novel escapes the price of ignorance. However, the payment methods differ from character to character. Ignorance is void shoul d become a normal saying for in the midst of ignorance, one either becomes empty or outcast. Either way, no one wins. Ridding the world of complex, painful thoughts does not change magnitude pain, it lessens emotion and human experience.