Words are one of the most powerful tools that a person can have. They can be used for many things such as motivating, inspiring and some may even use it for the sake of controlling others. In Fahrenheit 451 we see the power that words have displayed in this book, In the dystopian setting of Fahrenheit 451 people are not allowed to read they don’t read because they’re told not too, rather than looking into it everybody complies, Words can be used to guide you into knowing what's right and wrong but in Fahrenheit 451 whats deemed “right” and “wrong” is very disoriented in a way. We see many examples of this shown in the book; “I’m not thinking. I’m just doing like I’m told, like always. You said get the money and I got it. I didn’t really think …show more content…
Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man’s mind." What Beatty means by this quote is that a book is as dangerous as a gun. It can be used to control and change people's minds. In a society where books are illegal, Keeping them might aswell be to the same extent of a threat as a loaded gun. As we can see in this setting people often only do things that do not require them to do a lot of thinking in a page Montag attempts to start conversation with Mildred and her friends concerning politics and he asked them who did they vote for “I voted last election, same as everyone, and I laid it on the line for President Noble. I think he’s one of the nicest looking men ever to become president.” and one of the ladies mentioned