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What Is The Diction Of Women In Fahrenheit 451

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In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury utilizes the symbolism of books, repetition of the fidgety women, diction of the women, and the characterization of the world as a whole to illustrate how this dystopian society would be better having knowledge rather than no knowledge and all fun. The people in this society have everything they need to be happy, yet they aren’t. They are missing something. Bradbury illustrates this idea by the symbolism of books. For example, “We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren’t happy...So I thought books might help”(Bradbury 78). These books symbolize the knowledge the citizens need to achieve happiness. Without books or the knowledge inside them, they will never achieve true happiness. This idea is also acknowledged by Bradbury through the emphasis on …show more content…

He emphasizes this through the use of diction of the three women. For example, “nicest looking”, “wasn’t much”, “small”, “homely”, “shave”, “comb his hair”, “very well”, “fat”, “short”, and “names”(93). The women have no true knowledge of things. For example. Here they have no knowledge of politics. These women are basing their votes off looks and not quality or suitability. That means that any unqualified handsome man could become the president. No wonder they are at war. Ray Bradbury expresses this idea even further with the use of the characterization of the world as a whole. For example, “If there were no war, if there was peace in the world, I’d say fine, have fun! But, Montag, you mustn’t go back to being just a fireman. All isn’t well with the world”(100). The world is falling apart and their society is corrupt and crumbling. This is all because of the lack of knowledge which led to war. If everyone WAS happy then this society would be okay and they wouldn’t need knowledge. But, there’s no peace and only destruction and no one is truly

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