Censorship In 'Fahrenheit 451'

“It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 1). Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is about a fireman, Guy Montag, that wants to change his city. The law that is set in place states that every book needs to be burned, but Montag wants to reserve them. He decides to risk it all and secretly stash books in his home, resulting in him facing the consequences of his forbidden actions. Young adults should read Fahrenheit 451 because of the real life connection to book censorship and a shown message about people fighting for their beliefs.

A society that bases the wealthy on the amount of televisions in one's home and punishes ones who have books and slow down and think too much. Guy Montag is one the top firemen in the Utopian Society. “It was a pleasure to burn,” (Bradbury 1). In the set age in the book firemen no longer put out fires, instead, they start them as books are forbidden. The firemen’s code states, “Established, 1790, to burn English-books in the Colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin,” (Bradbury 34). In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, censorship causes a loss of societal growth and individual thought and personal happiness.

“If someone tells you what a story is about, they are probably right. If they tell you that is all the story is about, they are very definitely wrong.” (Neil Gaiman). This quote connects to how stories, are not just based off of one topic, but are based off of several topics that can all relate to the central idea or message. Similarly, it represents how others’ perspectives on what the meaning of a true story is can be different from others. In this case, Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel written by author Ray Bradbury, in which the protagonist and firemen, Guy Montag is required to burn and destroy books in the homes of citizens. Montag does not usually question why he does this, until he meets a fellow young

A fireman with a very simple job of starting fires. Guy Montag, the protagonist in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, lives in a world where book ownership is outlawed and even punishable by death. Firemen, such as Montag, are ironically in charge of burning these books and any structures they are housed in. The people in this civilization, such as Montag’s wife, Mildred, have had technology completely monopolize and dominate their lives. From four-wall televisors to driving hundreds of miles an hour on the highway, this fast-paced society limits individuals’ ability to think for themselves. As a result, the people of this shocking society have become very simple-minded; emotionally and intellectually “numb.” However, with the help of a young pupil by the name of Clarisse McClellan and an old professor named Faber, Montag soon opens his eyes to the true value of books and the information that they hold.

There are many elements in the world portrayed in Fahrenheit 451 that share both similarities and differences with elements in the real word, regarding censorship, the value of human life and interaction, and the importance of entertainment.

In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, critically acclaimed author Ray Bradbury asks the controversial question, what would a world where censorship of creative and differing Ideas is the norm resemble? In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury envisions a dystopian America in which not only books are censored, but personal thoughts and individuality are constrained in this world as well. Although there are many ways in which Bradbury presents and develops the themes in Fahrenheit 451, the most effective way Bradbury does this is through deft characterizations, he does this specifically through Clarisse Mcclellan and Mildred Montag

Imagine a world where everybody loathes books and burns them. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury; Montang is in this imaginary world where books are illegal. Reading books in this dystopia society can get you killed or put in jail. Censorship is only dangerous if humans are not aware of it. Montang was just a clone of everybody else until he staring reading books and realize that censorship is very important; it made him learn new things and new perspective about society.

In the book Fahrenheit 451 most of the people are not intelligent, because they have banned anything that would encourage anyone to have their own opinions and to think independently. Censorship was originally promoted by the people until it become popular, so eventually the government starts to support the idea. The main thing that everyone around Montag cares about is entertainment. Society makes everyone believe that what they watch on television is their actual reality instead of living their own life. Censorship is very popular among society which is bad, because it basically forces everyone to be the same, think the same, and behave the same.

When Fahrenheit 451 was written it was warning American society about many different things one main thing it was warning us about is censorship. Fahrenheit 451 is a book based on how society tried to censor everything they did from having only specific TV programs to no books allowed, if you were to have a book then you were punished. Fahrenheit 451 can still be used today to help American society, it shows you the world with censorship and how it would be like with no books and how clueless people are without books.

As I have stated before, Fahrenheit 451’s main theme is censorship. There are many acts of censorship carried out in the book with the most notable being the burning of books. Basically, the burning of books has several causes; not just one. Firstly, there were books that made you think, made you feel things, sometimes bad things like melancholy, emptiness and sadness. Those books were apparently harmful towards people's mental health.

Outlawing books, making people mindless, and the use of mass media are examples in Fahrenheit 451 that warn people of the dangers of censorship and trivializing knowledge. Outlawing books have made people scared to read the ideas that are in them. This has caused people to completely forget their past and any knowledge except for that that the government wants you to know. The people have become empty shells that just walk through life doing whatever the government tells them to do. The mindlessness has cause people to become immune to emotion and its effects.

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 any information that is contained in books is prohibited. The government was holding back information that they didn't want their people to know comparable to what North Korea is doing in the world right now. In North Korea, all the information that the citizens receive is propaganda that the government makes about how horrible the outside world is and how their country is superior to all others. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury demonstrates the dangers of censorship by not letting the citizens read or have books, which can also be noticed in North Korea as a result of the people there only witnessing what the government approves.

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    Ray Bradbury criticizes the censorship of the early 1950's by displaying these same themes in a futuristic dystopia novel called Fahrenheit 451. In the early 1950's Ray Bradbury writes this novel as an extended version of "The Fireman", a short story which first appears in Galaxy magazine. He tries to show the readers how terrible censorship and mindless conformity is by writing about this in his novel.

One of the main themes of the novel Fahrenheit 451 is censorship. Censorship is n: the action of a censor esp. in stopping the transmission or publication of matter considered objectionable. That is, of course, according to the guys over at Merriam-Webster.