Scribd
Upload
50 views

Each Composer Presents The Concept of Power and The Individual in A Unique Way

Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell s 1984 present the concept of power and the individual in a unique way. They express these ideas using many written techniques such as themes, settings and characterisation. To have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny.

Uploaded by

Marco Huang
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
50 views

Each Composer Presents The Concept of Power and The Individual in A Unique Way

Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell s 1984 present the concept of power and the individual in a unique way. They express these ideas using many written techniques such as themes, settings and characterisation. To have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny.

Uploaded by

Marco Huang
Copyright
© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Each composer presents the concept of power and the individual in a unique way.

Explainhow the composers communicate their message about the area of study concepts. Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell s 1984 present the concept of power and the individual in a unique way. They express these ideas using many written techniques such as themes, settings and characterisation therefore demonstrating that to have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny. The book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury uses settings to present the concept of the AOS. The setting is where a part of the story or most of the story is set. In Farenheit 451 the story is set in the futuristic world where there are mechanical hounds, seashells that music comes from, an isolated society and the country is constantly at war. the mechanical hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its humming. The effect of this is to create an tense atmosphere and to create interest in the reader. In George orwell s nineteen eighty four it is set in the futuristic world where history is altered, independent thoughts are not allowed, and there is the thought police that detect people who think independently. Also, the country is also constantly at war. As it happened the Eurasian higher command had launched its offence in south India and left north Africa alone. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as it was necessary By using settings, Bradbury and Orwell have created a tense atmosphere in which the central characters rebel and seek empowerment against the authorities and have also made a base for where the actions are set which reinforce the thesis to have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny. Farenheit 451 also uses characterisation; this is how characters are developed. In the book, Montag, the main character is characterised or developed so that he does not confirm and is secretly rebelling against authority and reads books. We see this when Montag reads the books at home before Beatty comes. He read a dozen pages here and there and came at last to this . The effect of characters is to make the story more realistic which adds a sense of realism through that we can sense the power struggle. Just like in my related text, Orwell s 1984, the main character, Winston smith makes his own decisions, he secretly questions the party and has independent thought which is against big brother s wishes,and feels empowered DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER . theyll shoot me i dont care theyll shoot me in the back of the neck i dont care down with big brother. By doing this, we can sense winston s sense of power through our mind and we can see what he has experienced adding a sense of realism, therefore emphasizing the thesis to have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny. Lastly farenheit 451 uses themes to express the area of study, power and the individual. These are ideas that are expressed in the novel. In Farenheit 451, destruction of human values and censorship are the main themes. The issue of destruction of human values is emphasized where Clarisse tells Montag that teenagers she is scared of teenagers. I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always used to be that way?' ."The issue of censorship is emphasized at the beginning where Montag burns the books happily and enthusiastically. The books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning. The effect of these themes is to reflect how wrong the composer thinks of government censorship and destruction of human values. In 1984 the theme of destruction of human values are expressed where brian speaks to Winston after torturing him. There will be no love, except loyalty to our part. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. . The theme of censorship is expressed where Winston works at the ministry of truth altering the recent facts. Winston s job was to rectify original figures by making them agree with the later ones. The effect of themes in the book is to show us how life will be under a totalitarian government and therefore supports the thesis to have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny. To conclude, Ray bradbury s Farenheit 451 and George orwell s nineteen eighty four presents the concept of power and the individual in a unique way using many written techniques such as themes, settings and characterisation while demonstrating that to have power is to be able to make your own decisions and to change your destiny.

You might also like