Censorship has existed in society for centuries. Some oppose censorship, and some believe that limiting access to information and ideas is better for a society.Charles Bukowski once said, “Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them; I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence.” Fahrenheit 451 helps prove the idea that censorship is more harmful than helpful. The reasons that it is harmful is that it keeps people from knowing the truth and keeps people from getting their full education, especially for younger people,it can also control a society, whether it's for the better or the worse , lastly the reason censorship is bad is that it could cause serious harm to ourselves and others . …show more content…
This can be seen when Clarisse asks Montag about being a fireman, they have this conversation, but Guy Says no because the government forbids it as, “Do you ever read any of the books you bum?"He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course."(Bradbury.18) To keep the people from knowing about the books and other things such as that that have valuable information could be a bad thing .When the government does things such as this it can cause people to lack knowledge on a subject or understandment of one. People get in trouble do to false information and censorship could be the blame for