(AGG) Knowledge is one thing that drives humanity to keep evolving, the yearning to learn more is what separates us from other animals, but what happens when you take that away? (BS-1) The government knowingly creates a world that limits people’s knowledge in order to give themselves more control. (BS-2) This control has a negative effect on the humanity of the people, which is lost due to the lack of awareness and memories. (BS-3) This deterioration of life also causes the downfall of the community due to the absence of a reliable government and a scarcity of emotions. (TS) Ray Bradbury’s message in Fahrenheit 451 is that, limiting knowledge and memory is not empowering but instead has a devastating effect on the society. (MIP-1) The government …show more content…
(STEWE-1) The community knowingly doesn’t allow certain thought provoking events to occur, and thus causes people to be limited in the amount of memories and knowledge they have. This is seen in the train stations, a place where all sorts of people go to everyday. Here the nation, by design, blasts people with commercials like, “Denham’s Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham’s” (Bradbury 75). By blaring commercials like this, one cannot think. Every time they attempt to do so, the volume of the ads overpowers them and causes them to lose their train of thought and the ability to remember. “The people were pounded into submission:they did not run, there was no place to run” (Bradbury 75). The people in power have intentionally chosen train stations to essentially brainwash people and cause them to be restricted in the amount of knowledge and memories they have. (STEWE-2) Society additionally destroys the formation of memories by forcing people to no longer participate in activities that they would remember later in their lives. By forcing people to obey they eliminate any chance of memories forming, “My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days” (Bradbury 6). By outlawing these events they not only