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Government Censorship In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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In Fahrenheit 451, the novel reflects on many important events that occur in history, and Ray Bradbury, the author, revolves his book around government censorship. The protagonist, Guy Montag faces many obstacles as a fireman whose job not only relies on saving people, but their minds and peace as well. However, the only way to restore their faith in humanity is by the destruction of all literature and education to prevent any influences. The conflict rises when Montag begins to see the beauty in education and literature which affects his view on the world and his job. Throughout the novel, he goes through many traumatic moments to show others the real view of it even if it means having his boss burn his house because of it. These moments do not only occur in the book, but in history as well. To add, Fahrenheit 451 and history share the motif of government limitation which is either privacy or a prevention. The ways in which government censorship is used in …show more content…

Montag wonders what the explanation is behind of burning all the books, and begins to find out through Faber and Beatty, two other characters. In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury states that Beatty believes him and Montag are “against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought” (62). Beatty believes that the information in books brings conflicting thoughts up, and the world is peaceful without the books anyways. To continue, it is not only Beatty who believes it brings conflicts but the Soviet Union does as well. Gale Student Resources states the Soviet Union bans books that would misinterpret or bring a negative view to the Soviet State (1). Books have opinions and thoughts from others that are not always uplifting or positive. The novel and the event with the Soviet Union both ban books to keep their own world together without

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