Importance Of Knowledge In Fahrenheit 451

The preservation of knowledge is a significant concept in the American society and culture. In other words, it is necessary to preserve useful understandings of facts, skills, and information within the American culture to prohibit censorship and extreme government control. The American education system has formed new standards and guidelines that are causing students to grow without the ability to learn, think, or comprehend on their own. These new specifications are leading to the lack of preservation knowledge; this concept is expressed in the novel Fahrenheit 451 with the act of banning and burning books to prevent people from forming their own thoughts, voice, and individuality. Thus, leading to the censorship written by Bradbury in the

This means that even students who do not understand the material or gain any knowledge from their classes can be easily passed onto the next grade level. An interview with a teacher from this school district expresses the disappointment the teachers have in the new system. “The students that struggle the entire year, the ones that fail every test, are still forced to move to the next grade level. They aren’t gaining the knowledge they need to move on and grow” states the concerned fifth grade elementary teacher. She continues to explain the stress teachers feel when they are pushing students further than their potential. Students are becoming less aware of the world around them; they don’t develop the knowledge they need to succeed. With such absence of knowledge, naïve citizens are allowing government control over their thoughts. A clear example of this is when teachers are pushing these students from grade to grade, they are simply only learning what the government and school districts want them to learn. This, in turn, affects our future leaders due to our democratic republican way of electing officials. These students grow up into adults who vote for our government and leaders based off the little knowledge they are provided throughout