Examples Of Censorship In Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 follows a man called Guy Montag who discovers the value of intelligence in a world filled with ignorance. It illustrates the horrors of censorship and how material pleasures such as television can replace books. In addition, this novel
Guy Montag burns books as a “fireman” in a futuristic city. His society rejects nature, books, and any awareness or intelligence. He meets a girl named Clarisse, who begins to show him the true nature of his empty life. Over the next few days, several odd events happen. His wife tries to commit suicide, an old woman chooses to burn herself with her books, and a speeding car kills Clarisse. He tries to search for a solution for his empty life in a stash of illegal books he has stolen. The fire chief comes to Montag's house and tells him that he has 24 hours to look through his stolen books and then he must burn them. Montag goes to a retired professor named Faber, who tells him that books contain intelligence and awareness. They make a plan to destroy the

The most obvious example of censorship in this novel is when the firemen burn books. When Captain Beatty explains the history of the firemen and books to Montag, he says that, at first, books could say whatever the author wanted. After some time, some books offended minorities and people with differing opinions. Authors made their books less offensive to avoid controversy, which caused books to lose their popularity. Authors self-censored their own books before they could become controversial. The public also cried out to the government to censor offensive books. This led to the firemen burning books because the public disliked them so much. “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door…Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” In the world of Fahrenheit 451, the censorship of all books has caused people to become addicted to television and lose all their