What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
I think the mood of this novel is very sad. Clarisse dies in a car crash, Mildred trying to commit suicide, and the old woman choses to die even Beatty give her a chance, Mildred and Faber are dead, and the city is destroyed. These things relate to death. The setting appears to be dark. These events tells me why this mood of the novel is sad. I found this mood very ironic as well. Montag killing Beatty I thought was somehow unexpected as I predicted. In SF movies the powerful antagonist dies in a miserable pain that they deserve. For example, in Harry Potter 5, when Voldemort goes into Harry's mind and hypothenize him, Harry Potter didn't beat with his power but Love, Friendship, or Kindness that spiritually defeated his power. Montag who had the flamethrower while Beatty had nothing he was burnt to death (I found this wierd). I thought the weak protagonist would win over the powerful antagonist. This unrealistic event made me think the mood of this novel was ironic as well. Overall, I felt the mood of this novel sad but at the same time ironic.
I find this novel sad. I couldn't imagine not being able to read books where the society has no freedom. As we see in the political conditions, the society loses interest in books and people enjoy burning books. I felt pity for those who act like 'robots' but do not think or digest knowledge. The government demands that everyone think the same way. People envy the smart readers and the government tries to destroy them. Freedom is rarely expressed in this society; a war is happening. Mildred suffers from melancholy that she refuses to accept and causes her to commit suicide. People do not seem to be aware of the deeper meanings of life, but to be superficial and empty, without having opportunitiy to read books.
I found this novel sad as it seemed realistic. It made me think about the similar situation during the Nazi's book censorship. I didn't felt happy at all. I really like books and if I were not to read them forever I had to enjoy those 'empty' pleasures. I hate to think playing games, staying home, or watching TV everyday. This novel didn't helped me at all but made me down.
3 comments:
This post confused me because it sounded like you were not focusing on one point. It sounded like you were talking about this, and suddenly that. Also, some of the sentences were not clear.
One part I felt confused was when you wrote "Montag killing Beatty I thought was somehow unexpected as I predicted." To me it sounds like you are saying that the action of murder was unexpected but you predicted it. The sentence doesn't make sense to me. Are you trying to say that the killing was unexpected or predictable?
Other than that, I agree that the mood was dark and sad. On the other hand,I'm not sure if the mood is ironic. You said that the scence where Montag killed Beatty was ironic because usually the protagonist is weak and the antagonist is strong. You did support that this situation is ironic by giving an example from Harry Potter. BUt I don't consider this scene ironic because I thought Captain Beatty was stronger than Montag. Well, Montag was physically stronger since he had a weapon. BUt spiritually, I thought Captain Beatty was stronger because Montag was confused and powerless, while Beatty was in higher position and stronger in determination. Moreover, in the end the protagonist beats the antagonist. I think that is the important part, which doesn't make it ironic.
Sorry, my comment might be confusing as well x( But what I'm trying to say is I don't agree that the mood is ironic. I especially don't agree with what you said about the Harry Potter example and your statement.
I guess you could say that the mood of Fahrenheit 451 is sad, although to me, the novel wasn't a sad book at all. However, I understand your opinion, as several sad occurrences take place in the novel. Clarisse presumably died in a "car crash" (personally, I think the government killed her), Mildred tried to take her own life, Montag used a flamethrower and burned Beatty's face off, and etc.
I don't really get what you're trying to say in the statement: "Montag killing Beatty I thought was somehow unexpected as I predicted." I think Bryan was confused as well. Are you trying to say that you predicted Montag would kill Beatty, but that's unexpected? If so, how would you predict it in the first place? It's OK, as overall, your post was fairly insightful.
Harry Potter didn't "beat" Voldemort using love and kindness, but he did drive him out using the enormous power of friendship (if you're refering to the movie version of OotP, that is). Just a note in passing.
I strongly agree with how you said that the novel was ironic. To me, there were two main parts of the novel that were ironic. First, Captain Beatty is a hypocrite. He says that he hates books, and yet, he owns an entire collection of them at his house. Also, the society that tried to "burn" books through censorship eventually ended up being "burned" itself (through atomic bombs)!
Overall, good job! As sad as this book was, try not to cry, all right? Have a nice day. :)
The mood that you talked about, there are sad and dark mood. Killing involved and people around Guy Montag is all dark and doesn't communicate with other. Always short answer and they don't even enjoy. Moreover, it is very depressing because of the fact that in the book, there are not many people like Guy Montag. However, I don't understand the fact that Guy Montag killing Beatty was unexpected to you. Before it occured, it drived Guy Montag craze and moreover, there were some kind of flash backs. Overall it is good!
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