Fahrenheit 451 Final

I think that people become complacent because they feel that they can not help change anything or feel like they can’t do anything about it. Montag criticizes people who become complacent because I think he knows that something should be done and he thinks that the people who are complacent are cowards and don’t want to help make things better.

One person who was not complacent was the girl who died because she had books and they were going to burn them and she lit herself on fire. I think that woman should not be criticized because she was trying to prove a point.

Faber, who was Montag’s accomplice, was also not complacent because they were trying to bring down the firemen because they knew that what the firemen do is wrong. Montag was complacent in the beginning of the book because he didn’t know at that point that books were completely harmless. He realized that and criticized the complacent people because they need to stand up for what is right and Montag realizes this.

What if people were more complacent? What would be of the world now if the people back in the old days were complacent? I think that you should not be complacent because you can help change bad things and make it better. Martin Luther King is a very good example for non complacency because he had such a big impact on everyone and he changed a lot of things for the better of the world.

Another good life example for complacency is the beatles. They stood up for what was right and was not going to let the evil people think for them and tell them how to live their lives. I think that the beatles made a big change in the world. They helped people recognize that you don’t have to be complacent and have other people live your life.