In Fahrenheit 451, a vast percentage of the populace are under a misguided feeling of bliss, in light of the fact that they are oblivious to events outside of their groups, homes, and parlor walls. For example, Mildred was so unengaged while tuning into her seashells that she, “took all the pills in [her] bottle last night” (Bradbury 23). This brought about her overdosing on sleeping pills, and helps further the point that citizens are extremely disconnected while engaged in their “parlors” or while listening to their “seashells”. Furthermore, Beatty discloses to Montag that, “If the government is top heavy, and tax-mad, better it be all those than that people worry over” (Bradbury 64). Beatty is explaining to Montag that if the government