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Criticism Response: 451
What Donald Watt, the author, tells us in his article is how Bradbury relates Fahrenheit 451 to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. America enters a new age of nuclear weapons, and although this a giant leap into the power of new technology, it is very dangerous. Watt furthermore informs the reader of how man is portrayed in the book as “[…] a creative/destructive creature.”(Watt 40) This is because with the making of the nuclear bomb by America, man has made an item amazing and new, but within the hands of the ignorant or wicked it may be lead to evil. Watt also mentions how Bradbury symbolizes man to fire within Fahrenheit. Men shine with immense intellect, and with this it leads them to unlock the many truths of the universe. Fire also has an annihilating and silent nurturing factor to it. This fire is meant to represent the ever creative and individualistic imagination of human beings. Watts tells the reader how the the annihilating and nurturing fire “[...are the poles between which Montag must find his identity, with Mildred and Clarisse reflecting the same polar opposition on another level.” (Watt 41)
I agree with Watt on how in today’s current society we need to be wary of the powers we have gained from our intellectual advances. The reason being that it could very well, as Watt said, “[…] ever more easily fry his planet to a cinder.” (Watt 41) These technological advances not only may cause about the plague of war, it also causes society to become lazier and less intimate. I also agree with when Watt says the divisive nature of man is a creative/destructive creature. Even within the context of the bible, it is mentioned that we humans are born sinners, therefore our corrupt being compel us to have enact in wrongdoings. For example, almost no one ever teaches a child how to lie, but they end up carrying out this deed anyways. Although man is born as vile and evil creatures, they are also very inventive. The reason for this is because...

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