The artwork I chose is a movie called “Fahrenheit 451”. This movie is based on the novel of the same name, a classic anti-utopian novel by author Ray Bradbury. This movie depicts a future American society. In this society where ideas are suppressed and people use more advanced media to adapt to a fast-paced life, books are seen as prohibited items in this era. There is a role of dedicated firefighters whose task is to burn books, and the world bans all books from existing.
I chose this film because there are many intriguing points in it, and many of its symbols are very different from what we know today. For example, books are seen as evil objects, firefighters who are supposed to put out fires become violent book burners, and fire, which can illuminate, becomes a tool to contain the place.
“Fahrenheit 451” focuses on the history of the clampdown on ideas, a time of brutal government intervention in the 1950s, when actors, directors and writers were denied jobs because of their political beliefs. Another theme of the novel focuses on the disruption and threat to reading habits by the emerging medium of television.
I’ve watched this movie multiple times and I’m excited for you to discuss the true meaning on why they burn the books and why they must ban all the books in sight!
I think this is such an Interesting topic. You’ll have a lot of topics to discuss and can definitely dig deep into this movie. I like how your focus is on the way books affect the society. I look forward to reading your essay!
This movie sounds so fun! And I believe that you can develop a good analysis paper about this movie and the topic that you’ve chosen. I really cannot wait to read your paper!
I think this movie is a great choice and it reminds me of the book Brave New World. People in the book were also suppressed of their own ideas and history was banned because it will ruin the stability of the system.
Although I have not personally watched this movie, I have heard many things about it and what you bring up about this society that suppresses ideas would make a really good piece to read so I think there is a lot of potential here
I think you have chosen a great topic for your research paper. I can’t wait to see how your paper discusses why they burned the book and your analysis of the movie.
I really like the art piece you chose. I haven’t watched the movie yet but I have read the novel and I really think it will make a great research paper when you talk about a world in which people prohibit the knowledge that books give us.
Great – I would really love to see you connect the themes of this film and the Bradbury book with contemporary themes in our world today. How are we censoring ideas/ “banning books” today?
I believe you chose a really good topic because the movie is really interested and I feel like you have many different topics to discuss about. Something you could probably mention is how was the society in the movie/book different than our in a way other then books being banned?