Fahrenheit 451, By Jean Jacques Rousseau

In Book One, Rousseau’s goals are to figure out why people had given up their natural liberty, and how political authority became legitimate?
Rousseau starts off the first chapter with the quote “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” The chains represent the obligations that each person has in their community. According to him the feeling of mutual obligation is established upon tradition. Which leads Rousseau to deny that a legitimate, political authority can be found in that state of nature.
Rousseau then states that the oldest and only natural society is the family. However, children are only bound to their fathers until they can care for themselves. Once the children have reached that point the whole family becomes independent

He feels there is no possible advantage for a person who has given up his freedom, and believes that actions can be good only if they have been done freely. Grotius’ other argument for slavery is based in war; he claims that because victors in war have the right to kill the vanquished, the last remaining can sell their liberty in exchange for their lives. Rousseau argues that point also by saying victors don’t have the right to kill the vanquished. Wars are fought by the states, not by the men. After a nation has lost in battle, its soldiers cease being enemies to the opposing state, and no one has a right to their lives.
People form societies when the obstacles faced in the state of nature become too difficult for any one person to overcome. Each person gives up his natural liberty; in exchange for the greater power of the entire community. Because everyone gives himself and all of his rights to the community, the conditions of the social contract are equal for all those involved. The association of many individuals with the same interests creates a collective body with its own life and will. This body is called the "state" when it is passive, and the "sovereign" when it is