Examples Of Commercial Distracting In Fahrenheit 451

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In Fahrenheit 451, the commercial distracting Montag demonstrates how their government is trying to eliminate any form of independent thinking. Because if people were to participate in free thinking they would start to question the way things are run, and will not remain ignorant. Being oblivious and ignorant is much easier for the government, so when Montag tries to go against it it backfires, “He tore open the book and flicked the pages and felt of them as if he were blind….” (Bradbury 75). Montag is trying his best to concentrate but the commercial is influencing him in a way where the words seem incomprehensible. Through the constant repetition of the commercial, people’s minds stay engaged to the extent where there's no time for them