Examples Of Censorship In Fahrenheit 451

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Censorship in Fahrenheit 451 is the Firemen. Firemen are the enforcers of censorship laws. They are called upon when a person is known to have books in their house. Beatty claims that the firemen are guardians of society, she they protect people from being unhappy. Montag is a fireman, he has been for ten years. Clarisse didn’t expect Montag to be a fireman. The burning of the books put Montag in jail, even though he was a fireman. In the story Montag was looking at Clarisse’s house, with Beatty thinking that Montag was under her influence and berated him for it. Beatty ordered Montag to burn down Clarisse’s house by himself with a flamethrower, as that happened she warned Montag that the hound was on the watch for him so if he tried to