Theme Of Government Control In Fahrenheit 451

Books are outlawed and burned. People are being taken away for owning them. The government has made these laws. THis is the society that Montag lives in. He has figured it out and wants to fix his society, but first he has to eliminate the biggest problem. That problem is the government control.
The government control is a huge problem in Montag’s society compared to other problems. The government has ended human interaction by making fake lives on a TV screen and looking down on having deep conversations with people. For example, Clarisse and her family are thought of as strange, because they spend hours talking to each other. The government has also degraded the value for human life. For example, one of the laws says that you will not be charged with murder if you someone or something with your car as long as you have insurance. If you have car insurance, you won’t go to jail for running someone over. The government control and makes all these laws and items which causes them to be the biggest issue.

The result of this issue is that people do not talk and interact.

When they do, it appears weird and suspicious to others. Also, books are illegal. If books are found in your house, your house will be burned and you will be put in an asylum or jail. Another result is high suicide rates. With the unhappiness that has to be covered up, people resort to suicide. Also, low value for human life is a result. The law that allows people to run over others with no consequences becomes a game to see who or how many people one individual can hit. These laws and the way the government controls Montag’s society has not helped, it has ruined

it.
There are a couple possible fixes for Montag to use. One is a completely new government. It would bring in new ideas to fix the issues caused by the old leaders. However, it would be difficult to find leaders who are not similar to the ones from before. People would be reluctant to elect people like Montag and Clarisse, because these people have been taught that Clarisse and Montag’s way of thinking is wrong. A different solution is that Montag could rally people to overthrow the government. The guys Montag meet at the end of the book could help gather people. Although, it would be difficult to rally against the government because of their limited resources and small number of people. The best most effective way to fix this issue would be to create a new government with new leaders, but slowly introduce the people into Montag and his friends beliefs. This way people would be more comfortable and not automatically reject the idea.
The biggest issue in Montag’s society was the government. There were multiple others problems, but most of them stemmed off of the government’s laws. There are many outcome from this problem that are not good including low value for human life, not wanting people to own books, and high suicide rates. All of these issues will not go away under a new government, but they will not be as bad. It will be a slow process for Montag and his friends, but he can help fix the government and his society.