The Handmiad's Tale

“There is more than one kind of freedom, said Aunt Lydia. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.”

In the story, that author mentioned that there are two freedom in the society. One is freedom to, which was Offred used to have; the remaining one is freedom to, which was Offred being given now. Offred said she used to wear her own clothes,to have her own soap and to earn her money, she was “freedom from” then. At that time, people accustomed saying that women should not open your door to a stranger, should not go into a laundromats at night , etc. Though they could wear whatever they wanted, they have responsibility to keep themselves from being rape or violate by man. If they were rape or violate by man, they would blame by other since they exposed their body to much, which may lure man. In our society, parents are used to warn daughter’s actions, don’t wear short skirt, don’t go to bathroom without accompany,etc. Why people blame women who did not protect themselves, but not man who did the bad things? Why man can do whatever they want without having high alertness? We should stop the people who violate other, not blame the people who are innocent. It seems like whether women have freedom to or freedom from, they cannot do whatever they want.

Book I would become

On pages 144-146 in Fahrenheit 451, Granger told that they have each become a certain book by memorizing severals books in order to preserve it. If I were Montag, I would remember Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. Alice in Wonderland seems to be a dreamland fairy tale for children, however, if you look closer, you will notice that the story translated into much more than children’s fairytale. One of the lesson in Alice in Wonderland is being specific about what you want to achieve, in alice conversation with the Cheshire Cat, I learn the importance of goals.

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

If the characters in Fahrenheit 451 could realize this, they might not burn the books without conciseness. Were all the fire fighter want to burn the books? Was book burning what they want to reach? I think Montag had realized this since he chatted with Clarisse, “why are we burning the books?” “what are those books talking about?” “Does book burning make my life better?” I think these might be the questions that Montag had thought about.  Montag wanted books be kept. Though in the end of Fahrenheit 451 he did not really spread the information he had learned to others, at least he knew that he wanted to keep the book, the information and the lesson during g his escaping. The majority in the story did not know why they were burning the books, they destroyed the books without thinking. If they  ever thought about the reason, the person who want to rebel would only be Montag.