Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian, science fiction novel that clearly expresses the importance of literature and how censorship causes individual and outside/public worlds to collide. Guy Montag, the main character is a fireman in a society where firemen have the alternative responsibility of creating fires rather than putting them out; the fodder for these fires being books. The government made these firemen responsible for burning all books in order to restrict individual, intellectual thought under the guise of creating a society free of violence and conflict. At key moments, he encounters divergent thinking characters who push him out of his comfort zone and challenge the ideas fed to him by the government. Over time, these characters begin to change Montag’s perspective, which …show more content…
The communist regime controls society through media and literature to limit individual, intellectual thoughts and ideas. The administration has the power to restrict the information the citizens have access to in addition to their actions and engagements; everything they hear, read, see, etc. is monitored by the management of the country. When people have contradictory opinions and notions, they are rarely voiced because of the great fear of punishment and being ostracized. In both Fahrenheit 451 and North Korea, there are two worlds of thought; one where citizens allow the government to control their thoughts and actions and another where people resist the régime's seizure of their rights. The parties who give the government the power to control them are left being ignorant to the “world” that surrounds them and blind to what the authorities are trying to accomplish. The individuals who don’t give the rule that type of power over them are often punished for being aware and politically