Fahrenheit 451 Be Banned Essay

In the book Fahrenheit 451, the citizens stopped reading and showed disinterest in books. In response, the government began to censor everything and issued the tragedy of burning books. Firemen across the nation answer the call of discovered books in a home. Is this possible today, and is Ray Bradbury's depiction realistic? Could this total apathy in books happen? The society of Fahrenheit 451 completely abandoned literature without thinking about the consequences or effects of doing so.

In our society today, books such as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and The Grapes of Wrath have been put on the Banned Book List all across America. To Kill a Mockingbird is a banned book because it is "profane and racist work that promotes 'white

In every community, ordinary citizens sit and watch 'parlor walls.' Teenagers and adults alike are driving at extreme speeds. Firemen now pour kerosene on houses to burn the books hidden inside of it. Furthermore, individuals overdose on medications and have to have their stomach pumped, a normal occurrence. People no longer pay attention to detail, such as the face on the moon and the dew on grass in the morning. However, this story points out that there are people who still see the significance of literature and chose to remember it. Groups of professors, priests, ex-firemen, and others band together to bring back books in the world. In Fahrenheit 451, the author tells of a man who comes to the realization that books are not a waste of time and space, but something to be cherished. He comes across the last copy of the Bible left in the world. Although at first he doesn't realize this, once he does, he learns it is one of the most important books in the world. The society of Fahrenheit 451 is realistic because the setting and dialogue sound authentic and appropriate to the time setting. However, it does give the scary reality of what could happen if individuals lose their interest in literature. People would go through their lives oblivious to the people that shaped the world, unaware of the strong words of

"According to a study conducted in late April by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy, 32 million adults in the U.S. can’t read. That’s 14 percent of the population. 21 percent of adults in the U.S. read below a 5th grade level, and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read" (Huffington Post). These statistics are the same as the ones taken a decade ago. Despite the high literacy in the United States, some people are still not able to read at a high level even after their high school education. It could be years, decades, or centuries before the literacy rate goes away. Our world won't be exactly like Fahrenheit 451's. Maybe we won't have firemen burning houses that store books, or whole nations of people that haven't heard poetry or read before. Furthermore, we might not even have reckless teenagers that fool around all the time, or people who don’t think for themselves. The world is always changing. Now, we are considering replacing libraries with E-Books, and other types of technology. "The internet has replaced the importance of libraries as a repository for knowledge. And digital distribution has replaced the role of a library as a central hub for obtaining the containers of such knowledge: books" (MG Siegler). However, although our society might not be as extreme as Fahrenheit 451's, there's a