Censorship In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

They could talk about the information they read and Censorship is a very sensitive topic in the United States. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is a novel that shows how censorship is a key role in the foundation of a dystopian society. A CNN article by John D. Sutter portrays how Google and the US government are influencing the amount of censorship that occurs in the US. Censorship has become a big problem in the US, and there needs to be a solution. In 2011 alone, Google agreed to remove 87 percent of the content that the government had requested the removal of (Sutter). This means that the US was able to get the cooperation of Google, which gives the US the power to censor the public. This power to censor is common within governments ruled

This freedom is a right given to all citizens of the US. According to a CNN article, “In the last half of 2011, U.S. agencies asked Google to remove 6,192 individual pieces of content from its search results, blog posts or archives of online videos” (Sutter). The amount of information removed has increased by an astonishing 718 percent. The public’s content is being censored because of another company or the government itself wants it removed. Successfully removing this content will directly go against the first amendment of the bill of rights. In “Fahrenheit 451”, the owning of books is forbidden (Bradbury). This is because books are the foundation of knowledge in the world. They tell stories about past generations and revolutions that had occurred. The knowledge that can be obtained through books is what leads people to have crucial conversations. They could talk about the information they read and begin to express their feelings. When this right of reading books is taken away, their freedom of expression is also limited as a result. This restriction on the public's freedom of expression causes the public to stop making content because they fear that it will be

In “Fahrenheit 451”, Montag starts to question himself and those around him. This is when he notices that all the firemen at the station look exactly like him. When referring to Montag, Ray Bradbury writes, “ Had he ever seen a fireman that didn’t have black hair, brown brows, a fiery face, and a blue-steel shaved but unshaved look? These men were all mirror-images of himself!” (Bradbury). Bradbury emphasizes a consequence of limited expression. The people stop thinking for themselves and essentially became very similar in every way as portrayed with the firemen. When everyone thinks the same, then there is no longer any creativity within the public. In his CNN article, Sutter exclaims that a law enforcement group had asked Google to remove 1,400 YouTube videos (Sutter). YouTube is a way that people express themselves, and when their videos are removed they are encouraged to stop portraying their beliefs, which in turn limits