Is Ignorance Bliss VS Fahrenheit 451 WallE Brought
Is Ignorance Bliss? VS Fahrenheit 451 Wall-E
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The Dangerous Dunces Dangerously dry Dangerously dependent These character in both works show that it is dangerous to ignore the world around you.
The Captain A man who is in control, but who relies on another to maintain control, is not in control.
Dangerous Dependency The captain is babied into making decisions that benefit Auto. His dependency corrupts his ability to lead until he decides to think and act for himself.
And the dangers of dry… Like, Soooooo boring. Mildred is boring. Blank stare no personality type boring
Like, really boring Note: the blank eyes, distant expression and awful haircut – Pstttt… it’s from the movie.
This is all she’s got upstairs
And it makes her dangerous! Because she’s so uninformed, she changes the subject when the discussion becomes too real: “Not from wars, ” said Mrs. Phelps. “Anyway, Pete and I always said, no tears, nothing like that. It’s our third marriage each and we’re independent…He said, if I get killed off, you just go right ahead and don’t cry, but get married again and don’t think of me. ” “That reminds me, ” said Mildred. “did you see that Clara Dove five-minute romance last night in your wall? Well, it was all about this woman who-” (Bradbury, 95). And, unlike the captain, she’ll never change because she finds comfort in her boring life.
Mildred the Malificient In fact, she’s so set in her boring life, she’s one of the characters that turns Montag into the Firemen.
Danger, thy name is Dumb These two characters show ignorance can be downright dangerous. Ignorance, therefore, is not bliss in either of these films. It can’t be. Ignorance almost kills the protagonists in each of these stories and noone can be blissful if they are dead
Ignorance, not bliss. Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Read more at: http: //www. brainyquote. com/search_results. html? q=ignorance
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