7) What techniques does the author use to engage the audience and make the story effective? Give examples to support your analysis (mystery, humor, symbolism, suspense, etc.).
One of the biggest aspects of Fahrenheit 451 that keeps the audience reading is the suspense he adds. People might also keep reading it because of the way that our future could potentially look. Everyone wonders about their future at one point or another, which is why these possibilities are so interesting to readers.
As soon as Montag starts talking to Clarisse, be begins to adopt some of her individualism and deep-thinking tendencies. He pays special attention to the things that she mentions in conversation (Bradbury 28) and he also really begins to wonder about the books that he is burning(Bradbury 33). He simply cannot be both a fireman and someone with opinions against it, and he begins to realize this(Bradbury 24). The suspense majorly comes into play when the reader begins to wonder which side he will choose, even if it is obvious. Finally, he is able to decide that he cannot go against what he believes, which puts him in a dangerous position in society, which quite obviously has no problem harming the people who disagree, for example, the woman who was about to be set aflame before she did it herself (Bradbury 38). The suspense is then focused on whether Montag will get away.
Bradbury finds a way to create a setting that is unfortunately quite possible, even now. Today, everything must be finished swiftly and much time is spent in front of the television, much like the book, where people sit in rooms with television screen walls (Bradbury 20). It is ridiculous how many people today will not even pick up a book for the sake of learning, let alone recreationally. This idea makes the story not seem quite as ridiculous and spark the reader's curiosity.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1954
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