Fahrenheit 451 is clearly a dystopia that is supposed to be perceived as a utopia. There are a few things that clearly make it a dystopia. The most evident fact is that the people in the book cannot read or own books. Montag the fireman is responsible for making sure that there are no books. People don’t really have an opinion or imagination because of the no books rule. It is mostly a glum go with the flow society, where you don’t stand out and they don’t stand out. Mildred; Montag’s wife has been taken over by the “seashell radio” and she attempted suicide. Even if only one person in this so called “utopia” is not happy then it is considered a dystopia.
“No books” thus far is one of the main focuses of the town. Montag who is a fireman is responsible for starting fires instead of putting them out. He along his fireman friends are called to peoples houses to set all of the books on fire at a certain persons house. Mrs. Blake who was the first offender shown in the book had been reported so the fireman came to burn her books with their fire hoses which spew kerosene. She then scarred them out of her house and lit a match and burned everything to the ground including herself. But it was shown that Montag who was supposed to be brainwashed into thinking that books were bad; taking a book for himself to read. So clearly these people aren’t happy or they are curious with the no books rule.
Mildred who has been staying at home wasting away because of her medication; which is causing her to lose her mind. She can’t remember anything. She will be talking to Montag and she will stop in the middle of the sentence because she forgot what she was going to say. Montag also ask her how long they had been married and she replied and said “I don’t know it’s been so long”, which it had only been ten years. She attempted suicide by taking a full bottle of her medication. All she does is listen to her “seashell radio” constantly even is you are trying to talk...