Knowledg Knowledge In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

In 1933 the nazis purged books or artworks that were considered “degenerate”. Degenerate means something that is not worth anything or useless. The reason the nazi’s purged the books because they viewed it as if they were not needed and hindered the society. Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 conveys the image that books are looked down upon in the society just like they were in the nazi community. Books provide knowledge to individuals which allows opinions to be formed. Opinions provide power to people allowing them to express how they feel to others. This causes a sense for the government to oppress people by not allowing them to gain knowledge. Bradbury expresses books are dangerous by portraying the image of destroying this knowledge by any measures. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury enforces the idea that knowledge is power and he demonstrates this belief by creating a society that outlaws books.

It can allow people to form their own opinions on different subjects. We gain our knowledge from books so they are looked at like something dangerous in a sense. Bradbury uses a quote “A book is a loaded gun” which re enforces that books are bad. The reason why there looked at as a “loaded gun” because the books give you so many opportunities to learn tons of information. When you are educated you start to question things. This leads to questioning the government which they are afraid of which is why the books are considered a “loaded gun”.With books and knowledge you are capable of over throwing anything in which the government fears. That is one of the main reasons why the books are outlawed because you can gain information and start realizing how corrupt the government