The Government In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury portrays the idea of mankind controlling a dystopian society through the government. Many readers at first may think society controlled mankind throughout this book, but this idea is clearly very wrong. Society is a group of people who live together as a collective whole, like a community. The government is a group that has power over society, it manipulates society into doing whatever they want.. The government tends to reflect human nature, making it mankind. One way that the government controls society is by outlawing the right to read any sort of book. The society’s ignorance and stubbornness allows the government to easily control them using censorship. Without a source of knowledge/books, society as a whole falls apart, and turns to the corrupt government to seek for a leader as a source of help. Slowly, society loses themselves, and becomes fully dependent on the government, constantly needing the government's validation. This leads the citizens into fearing books because of the consequences from what the firemen do if they find any evidence of

A prominent theme in Fahrenheit 451 is human connection, since the firefighters burn all books seen, society lacks human connection and personal thoughts. An example of a disconnected relationship is Montag and Midreds. Mildred is too obsessed with sleeping pills and entertainment to even have a proper conversation with Montag. When trying to remember the first time both met, they blank. Montag tries to determine when they first met by saying “The first time we ever met, where was it, and when? I don't know what she said '' (Bradbury 40). This shows the extreme lack of communication between the two, making it seem like they are strangers, forget about them being a married couple. This lack of connection is an effect from the government deciding to censor all