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Fahrenheit 451 Censorship

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is based on very true events in U.S. society. Throughout the decades it has been shown how ideas and opinions that differ from society’s perspective have been censored and blocked from the public of America, which is very similar to the main idea of Fahrenheit 451: Books are illegal and burned based on uncommon beliefs. In real life, this idea is taken through banning books. Book banning has dated back decades, all the way from the time comic books were labeled as controversial in the 1950s, beginning with a child psychologist creating big accusations on the dangers of children reading comic books. A movement occurred from his ideas. My goal of this essay is to prove how the censorship of different ideas and opinions …show more content…

The story shows Montag discovering the absurdity of the government structure in his city as he is introduced to the controversial truth of books and why they’re illegal. The central principle of this story is imperative to readers everywhere as it reveals how Montag transitions from a rule-following firefighter to a brave fugitive with him against society as he starts breaking the rules while hiding and supporting books. Fahrenheit 451 is vital for any individual to read as it demonstrates the literary issues that society in the U.S. is facing …show more content…

For instance, in accordance with the article, “Parental Groups Seek to Ban Books in Florida Schools” by Cesar Guadamuz, a chair of the Indian River County branch of Moms for Liberty, Jennifer Pippen, expresses her concerns of these mature texts: ‘“There is no educational value to children reading about rape, incest, bestiality, pedophilia, sexually explicit content or sexual acts,” Pippin said. “The statutes are in place to protect children from the authors, publishers and the people who want to sexualize children.”’ Book ban supporters insist that these facts are crucial, because Pippen explains her worry for minors today as children should not be exposed to topics that could severely harm them in a metal state and that adults simply want their children to grow up reading clean, educational literature. These supporters have many reasons why they support the bans, but it is proven that by removing these pieces of literature, it will be harder for children to be exposed to real-life situations and characters with deep stories that relate to

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