The story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury has many meaningful quotes and aphorisms. During the story a chacater says, "You can't build a house without nails and wood. If you don't want a house built, hide the nails and wood. If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one." (Bradbury 58). The meaning behind this phrase is if the government or an authority hides information from the masses, then they can’t think differently from the authority. In the story the government banned all the books no matter the content inside them. Every book from the Bible to Dr Suess books was banned by the government. It is clear in the novel that the government did this to prevent people from learning anything that could lead them to rebel. The quote from Beatty confirms this. When Beatty said, “If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one.” What he says is important to the story because it mirrors the government’s actions. When the government banned books in the story, they made books illegal. By doing this they only give people one side of an argument. They only allow people to side with the government and the people who don’t are jailed or killed. …show more content…
In the modern day all sorts of information are censored by our government. The reason why information gets censored can vary. Sometimes things are just generally inappropriate for some audiences and other things people shouldn’t know. But sometimes the information gets censored for no apparent reason. For example, all kinds of books are banned from school. Some surprising books that have been banned are the Lorax by Dr Suess, Charlottes Web and the Harry Potter series. These books are all banned for a number of reasons, but they all have no reason to be banned at