In a 500 word essay examine how your novel explores the themes of dystopian literature and/or the elements of a fractured society. Analyze how the author develops a complex attitude towards the "perfect society" and the downfall of that society, and what they may be saying about mankind in general. Be sure to detail how the author uses characterization, POV, conflict, and/or symbolism to develop their ideas and themes in relation to the prompt and novel as a whole. (fahrwnheit 451)

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action