Lei Lahni Richardson Honors ENG. 11 Mr. Kummer 13 February 2023 Don’t Censor the Soul. How would you feel if information, good or bad, was being withheld for you? The book Fahrenheit 451 is about a fireman named Montag whose job is to burn books and houses that contain them. Montag lives a simple robotic lifestyle at first until he meets his neighbor Clairisse who is new and different than what he’s used to and when that neighbor ultimately dies it leads him on a new path of understanding books even as people are trying to stop so he ends up quitting his job and dedicating the rest of his time to preserving and learning books. While censorship can also prohibit public uproar, censorship is more harmful than helpful because it violates freedom of speech as well as the people's choice to make their own decisions and lead to possible mental illnesses. …show more content…
“When freedom of speech is restricted, people will be afraid of speaking out about evil practices in society. In the name of blocking harmful information, censorship restricts real information that empowers local communities. The lack of access to truths often leads to ignorance.” (Naveen Reddy. “The disadvantages of censorship”) This shows that not having your freedom of speech has negative effects on you as well as one being ignoring evils in society which is very apparent in Fahrenheit 451. This is harmful because it is never good to live in fear nor ignore the evils that surround