Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is a future, dystopian style novel written by Ray Bradbury in the 1950’s. Bradbury used his present situation to predict what would happen in the future if the world were to continue in this style. In the novel, the paper book is illegal and banned. Firemen have the authorization of the government to burn these books and the houses that they are found in. The government in Fahrenheit 451 brainwashes their citizens to think, act and follow the rules the exact same way as everybody else should.
The government directly controls its citizens, especially when it comes to their thinking style and daily lives. Firemen have direct authorization from the government to burn books and the houses that they are found in, so they have high

Clarisse acts the opposite of everyone else, with a mind of her own and having knowledge that she should not know. She tells Guy about what the world was like before they were forced to live in fear. She tells Guy about random facts, and he grows uncomfortable with the amount of knowledge that she has (Bradbury 7). When people find out about books, they agree that books are not right and are even scared of it, but don’t have a reason to be so scared (Bradbury 94-95). Mildred, Montag’s wife, invited a few friends over to watch television. Mrs. Phelps says that her husband was fighting for the war, she informs everyone, “The Army said so. Quick war… That’s what the Army said… Pete was called yesterday and they said he’d be back next week. Quick…” (Bradbury 90). When Montag was running away from the government, the government ordered their citizens to look outside their house at the same time in order to catch Montag. The radio tells everybody to “open a front or rear door or look from the windows. The fugitive cannot escape if everyone in the next minute looks

For example, when Clarisse tells Montag random facts and information labeled as useless, Montag grows uncomfortable, “You think too many things” (Bradbury 6). This example shows how the government does not force Montag to think this way, but Montag knew that it would cause trouble if Clarisse thought this way. Mildred attempts to commit suicide, suggesting that people can become depressed with their lifestyles and try to end their lives (Bradbury 13). Clarisse also says, “…Architects got rid of the front porches… the real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn’t want people sitting like that, doing nothing, rocking, talking; that was the wrong kind of social life” (Bradbury 60). This suggests that people were not allowed to have their own thoughts and instead, think of the ways that the government would not care about. Faber also talks to Montag how the religion of Christianity was watered down where it was used to advertise products (Bradbury 77). When Mrs. Phelps and other women come over to Mildred’s house to watch television, Montag reads The Sea of Faith to them. When she cried, Mrs. Bowles says, “Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words… Why do people want to hurt people?” (Bradbury 97). Everyone in society is supposed to be happy, such as when Faber tells Montag, “Colored people don’t like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people