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The Role Of The Government In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the reader is exposed to a society in which a class system creates a struggle for power. In the story, there are multiple prominent tiers, mainly consisting of the common people, the firemen, and the government. The reader sees the authority the fireman have and what an “important” role they play in society and can only assume the importance of the government is paramount to the survival of the current society. The different levels of people create power struggles where people want to have information, but the government won’t let them have knowledge that is not regulated, in an attempt to hold the power over the people. We even start to see higher up people like Montag starting to crave things other than
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