Theme Of Escapism In Fahrenheit 451

As Haruki Murakami said “Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in.” In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, escapism is prominent throughout the book. It is seen through all three parts, and shows how the human mind cannot cope through some of the struggles life gives us.This is how escapism shows. In Fahrenheit 451, escapism can cause us to lose ourselves, make us irrational, and makes us run from life. That is why, we should overcome thoughts of escapism. When we try to escape, we lose ourselves. In Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the loss of one's self due to escapism is prominent throughout the book. Bradbury describes it perfectly with the quote “And if it was not the three walls soon to be four walls and the dream complete, then it was the open car and Mildred driving a hundred miles across town...when she stepped out of the car, she had seashells stuffed in her ears”(Bradbury 29). This shows how the people of tomorrow are stuck in a mindset that causes them to become antisocial and apathetic.They start to associate themselves with their technology …show more content…
Better yet, give him none. Let him forget there is such a thing as war. If the government is inefficient, top-heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over it. Peace, Montag. Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't

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