What are some quotes from the book Fahrenheit 451 that make the book science fiction?

Answer 1

Here are a couple:

"I hope I've clarified things. The important thing for you to remember, Montag, is we're the Happiness Boys, the Dixie Duo, you and I and the others. We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought. We have our fingers in the dike. Hold steady. Don't let the torrent of melancholy and drear philosophy drown our world. We depend on you. I don't think you realize how important you are, to our happy world as it stands now."

"Remember the firemen are rarely necessary. The public stopped reading of its own accord. You firemen provide a circus now and then at which buildings are set off and crowds gather for the pretty blaze, but its a small sideshow indeed, and hardly necessary to keep things in line. So few want to be rebels anymore. And out of those few, most, like myself, scare easily. Can you dance faster than the White Clown, shout louder than 'Mr. Gimmick' and the parlor 'families'? If you can, you'll win your way, Montag. In any event, you're a fool. People are having fun."

These ones illustrate the facts that firemen aren't the same thing in this book that they are in our society, and that people don't read anymore. They show how the book sort of creeps up on you whispering "Dystopia" even though these people (most of them) think that they live in a utopia, and that the firemen are protecting happiness. There are some about wall screens and more technological stuff, but nothing that we couldn't do today probably (now, well after the book was written)... but the parts that show that it is dystopic Science Fiction are still there even if technology has mostly caught up... because they show how the world has changed in this imagined future world, and how to avoid it.

Answer 2

1. "It was a pleasure to burn." This opening line sets the tone for a society that values destruction over creation, a hallmark of science fiction that explores dystopian futures.

2. "What a dreadful surprise it must have been! Written up in one part of the goose, ignored in the other. Alive in one part, stuffed in the other." This quote refers to the mechanical hound, a futuristic, robotic creature used as a tool for enforcing censorship and control.

3. "The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers." The imagery of books appearing to come to life and burn vividly exemplifies the fantastical and futuristic elements within the novel.