Effects Of Censorship In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

For a thousand years, theater was stripped away. Theater was supposedly controlled by Satan. Medieval churches decided to ban playwrights because they claimed it was deceitful, and put sinful ideas into people's minds. The church's authority suppressed the people, which therefore led to the banning of theaters and plays. Similarly, Ray Bradbury's societal depiction in Fahrenheit 451 describes a world where literature is illegal. The government in the novel believes content in media and certain texts cause conflicts and disagreements. This belief lead to the banning and the burning of literature in order to burn books to prevent biased opinions. The disciplinarian censorship causes people to mindlessly behave and limit their thoughts. The citizens lose a purpose in their lives, which slowly creates a

Although some characters in Bradbury's culture are not conscious in what they do, they reveal the negative effects of censorship by displaying a lack of passion and enjoyment in each character's lifestyle. As a law abiding citizen, Mildred shows the harm in censorship by revealing the absence of ambition and emotion in her life. When Montag returns home from work, he finds Mildred's face “...like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but felt no rain...”, which indicates that Mildred has not found enough reason for her to be satisfied with life (13). Literature allows the mind to obtain different information and opinions, opening the mind to self reflection and life philosophy, which makes people ponder about their happiness, but since it is censored it deprived her from feeling that inner happiness. This passage symbolizes nature as happiness and joy, but the metaphorical things present in nature are displayed as absent in Mildred's expression due to being stripped away from literature and self reflection. The absence of nature in Mildred's face portrays a sad and depressive life. Since the society in the novel has no toleration for