Fahrenheit 451 “I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books,” said Montag (Bradbury 49). Significantly, this quote shows the revelation of how strongly that books are tied to real people, and how they are more than just words on paper. Throughout this novel, books are seen as the reason to why the population is in turmoil, because they disagree and cause people to actually think, and for this reason they must be burnt. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, censorship causes a loss of societal growth and individual thought and personal happiness. To begin with, Censorship is almost always a positive in society, it protects young children that are not yet mature from hearing or viewing obscenities. Following this further, it does away with people trying to bring a “hate” speech across to the public, and putting malevolent thoughts into the minds of all viewers. In Fahrenheit 451 books were not always censored, as …show more content…
“Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.” (Bradbury 58). Consequently, this quote is an example of how the government wants to control people and hence in a way, ‘force’ them to be equal. That being the case, equal does not always mean good, because it depresses the idea of individuality and freedom to be your own person, if equality is forced on you. “Books aren’t people. You read and I look around, but there isn’t anybody!” (Bradbury 69), Mildred’s quote to Montag shows the mindlessness of the people who have been brainwashed by society, and do not have individual thought or personal happiness. Eventually, the world in the book will realize how unhappy it is being controlled by the government, and being forced into equality, that the population will think individually and stand up for