Rebellion In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the government keeps their citizens from forming any meaningful relationships and isolates their citizens. Faber tells Montag “when finally they set the structure to burn the books, using the, firemen, I grunted a few times and subsided, for there were no others grunting or yelling with me, by then” (Bradbury 78). Faber was alone and isolated when the government called for the burnings of all of the books. He was the only one who disapproved what the government was doing. His mentality was that one person who chooses to rebel would not be able to prevent the government from doing what they want to do. There was no strength in numbers and Faber gave up and conformed to what the government wanted to ensure his

Oppressive governments can and will use terror to instill fear among their citizens to discourage them from starting a rebellion. Oppressed citizens feel alienated from others and do not share or talk about a rebellion in the first place. Citizens must feel extremely discontent among all social classes for a rebellion to occur and in North Korea there is no unified discontent. All of these contribute to the fact that rebellion is hard to find in oppressive societies with no free flow of communication. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the society controlled by an oppressive government teaches kids that books and any form of substantial information is illegal and people should live life using technology. The government uses a mechanical hound to hunt and kill anyone that they disapprove of. They use isolation to keep citizens from forming relationships and make them dependent on the oppressive government and technology. Oppressors indoctrinate, spread terror, and isolate their citizens in order for them to not