Attitudes- Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, in this novel, compares a little bit of himself to Guy Montag. Bradbury is a very intellectual guy who enjoys reading and writing, and in this book Guy is a man who also enjoys reading books and does not like how people watch television all the time. I think that the authors values are that he is displeased about how a lot of people are mesmerized watching television compared to learning and reading books. He believes that if people would read more books than watching television that the world would be that much smarter than they are now.

His attitudes that were shown throughout the book was basically the same thing as his values. He would like people to be more intellectual than to just sit and watch television for most of the day. Also his attitude is that people are waiting for other people to tell them what to do rather than just deciding what they have to say. He shows that he is not happy at how many people are just sitting and watching television. If people would do that the world would be a lot better off if people would stop watching so much television. Bradbury does a great job to get that point across by putting that situation in this book.

When Bradbury wrote, "Happy! Of all nonsense" (Bradbury 10). The quote shows after Clarisse and Guy talked she asked him if he was happy. That is what Bradbury is asking people through this book if they are happy with watching television everyday and not going outside, looking at nature and reading books. They still can watch televsion, but instead of wasting your day watching it take some time and go outside to enjoy life. Bradbury writes in third person throughout the book. Which also helps the reader realize what his values and attitudes are. Bradbury had shown the readers what his values and attitudes were by putting them in this novel.

Bibliography

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.