Ray Bradbury's masterpiece, Fahrenheit 451, shows the effects that censorship can cause in a current or futuristic society. It also illustrates the catastrophic future of books and everything that makes a person "think" by himself. A society where everything that contains literature and art work is banned by leaders whose intentions are just to maintain an equal status quo, with the excuse that such method would help civilization to have a better life.Bradbury introduces us the main character of Fahrenheit 451 as example of how censorship has all ready affected humanity. Montag, a fireman who instead of extinguishes fires burns books, is the main character and he takes part of a import ...view middle of the document...
The censorship in Fahrenheit 451 seemed to have started among the people of their society. The citizens were tired of being depressed and unhappy, so they started to take the things that were making them feel this way. They started with books; censoring and banning which ones couldn't be read and which ones made people think and contemplate things. The censoring of bad things eventually turned into not having books at all. The government took all sources of unhappiness and replaced them with things that prevented them from thinking. All of this put limits on their creativity and made everyone lose their individuality. The humanity in this spectacular novel had a mass amount of censorship, unlike the world we live in.Technology is another thing that goes hand to hand with censorship. They drive fast cars and watch television all day instead of reading, creating, progressing, and stopping to think about things, they just sit down in front of the TV watching shows, but at the same time using some kind of electronic device like an iPod that allows them to listen to music.These material things gave people happiness. A good example of someone who was brain-washed by the material possessions was Guy Montag's wife Mildred. She was so convinced by the people on the television that she was unable to think for herself. When Montag eventually questioned the mindless pleasure seeking, his wife was too wrapped up in her life...
