-What is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?
The mood of this novel, Fahrenheit 451 is both dark and hopeful.It generally is dark and sad, becuase it sharply reflects our present life.We depend our knowledge and values on electronic devices and often we find ourselves saying what we are told from the media without really thinking about it.It is brainwashing in a way, because our value is determined by what world is saying, which makes us their spokesman. For example, the TV and magazines determined the standard of beauty, and many people try to fit in there without thinking why it is beautiful.While reading the book that describes chaotic world, where people chase after entertainment, I realized that it is exactly we, and our world. We sit in front of television and computers for pleasure, but hardly read book. We seek easier ways to gain knowledge and information, which result us to estrange from the books.
However, like the two sides of a coin, the mood of this book is also full of hopes about the "new world" where people start to read and think about their lives. The ending of the book when Montag and other walk toward the destructed world with the hope of rebuilding it with freedoms is the brightest point of the book.
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Same here! I agree that the book has both dark and hopeful moods. Starting with the inky dark mood of where there does not seem to be any hope, a thin trail of it enters after Guy's talk with Clarisse and the burning at the old woman's house. Guy's curiosity of books increases despite the constant warnings of the mechanical hound, to the point where action comes in. After Guy murders Captain Beatty, the mood gradually turns to more and more hope. The fact that Guy escaped from the hands of the government and safely reached a group of people like himself was a relief. I agree that the very end of the novel was the peak of hope.
thanks for your great response!
You picked the word I really wanted to write, "peak of the hope"
Great word choice!
I feel the same thing as you feel. We depend on medias so much, but I love watching TV^^ I know everybody does. The medias push us to be in certain way and telling us what is wrong and what is right. Some of them might be true, but in my opinion, they don't have any rights to change our lives because they wouldn't even care. The society is like a teenage kid. It's a weird description, but they are so unstable and not trustworthy. I enjoyed reading your entries because they were just full of descriptions that we can feel sympathy.
Yes the author cleverly crafts a paradoxical mood. Mrs.Mc.
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