Fahrenheit 451

[syed12]

What is significant about the following passage from the story (What dystopian characteristic is being shown)

"City looks like a heap of baking powder. Its gone." And a long time after that : "I wonder how many knew it was coming? I wonder how many were surprised" (Bradbury 162).

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[english9]

When Granger says thet the "city looks like a heap of baking powder" (Bradbury 162) it is an example of a simile. Granger compares the two because of the devastating effect the bomb has on the city. A dystopian characteristic shown when Granger says, "I wonder how many knew it was coming? I wonder how many were surprised?" (Bradbury 162) is how much the independent thinking of the people in Montag's society is controlled by the government. People would not have seen this coming because the government did not want them to think of the bombing as a possibility. If the people thought this was coming, it would show a lack of faith in the security provided by the government. The people in this society would not have been surprised because of the short amount of time they had to be surprised. Their independent thinking process is already slow because of the government, which would leave them an insufficient amount of time to be surprised by the bomb.

[syed12]

i also thought that it shows dehumanization because the people are so caught up in what they are doing that they cannot think straight and have no clue what is going on around them. If the society paid attention to their surroundings rather than being caught up watching TV or just not doing anything they might have noticed the bomb before it came into the city and could have done something to stop it.