Censorship causes thoughts can be finite due to limits on the material one can read.
“You should also resolve to expose your children to all sorts of information so that they will be better equipped to make decisions and survive.”(Vonnegut) Children and many others often need to think when it comes to making decisions in the future. In Fahrenheit 451 Mildred’s friends were at Montag’s and …show more content…
In Fahrenheit 451 when Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps breaks down in tears, Montag tells them to think about why their husbands were killed in the war or why they divorced them.(97, Bradbury) These “regular” citizens who believed the propaganda have trouble knowing the reality in the end suffer. The Pedestrian also show us a man who is put into custody for walking.(Bradbury) The citizens are told not to walk, but not a reason of why they can’t.(Bradbury) When reality is shielded, then people can’t accept anything.
Ignorance is often a result of censorship. In Fahrenheit 451 Mildred's friends talk about Hubert Hoag and call him names such as fat without knowing very much about him.(93, Bradbury) In a world where censorship takes over people don’t look at people for their deeds but their appearance and habits. In Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse is branded “antisocial” by the individuals in society for not being like them.(27, Bradbury) The people don’t know what type of individuals this is being applied to, only that she was to them. Ignorance cannot be fixed with censorship, but exposing people to