A Burning Intellect In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

A burning intellect “That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. - Anatole France” In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character Guy Montag; a fireman begins to question the life he is living when he meets his neighbor Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse changes Montag’s perspective on the daily life he lives. She encourages Montag to try new things and soon encourages him to break the law. Montag learns the true life he lives when Clarisse gets him to think. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the ruling faction obtains and maintains control over the populous through fear and censorship. The government obtains and maintains control over the society through fear because the government owns a hound dog to patrol the citizen’s life. Montag disobeys the law, he discovers a book and instead of burning the novel he attempts to read it. The hound dog had appeared outside Guy Montag’s house and he is afraid. Montag resembles fear when he says “The hound, he thought. It’s out there tonight. It’s out there now. If I opened the window” (Bradbury 45). The

When Montag reads “Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the colonies First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin” (Bradbury 32). The correct information is that Benjamin Franklin job was a writer, inventor, and scientist. The fireman puts out the fire instead of creating it. The government is currently erasing history. Citizens in this time period took in invalid information and believed the wrong theory’s leading them to spread invalid information to their peers learning incorrect ways. Banning books does not allow the populous to feel freedom or let their imagination flow. Banning books and filling the ones left over leads to rebellious people that will continue breaking the