Fahrenheit 451 Dystopian Society

Imagine a society where you have no connection to the outside world. Imagine a society where the government controls what books you can read, what you can watch on TV, and prevents you from walking around outside. Imagine a society where firemen start fires instead of putting them out. This is the society described by Ray Bradbury in the novel Fahrenheit 451. In this book, the main character, a fireman named Guy Montag, is exposed to books banned in this society and wants to allow everyone to form their own opinions. Fahrenheit 451 is a valuable piece of literature because it shows a dystopian society very similar to our own, shows the possible negative effects of censorship, and teaches the reader a valuable lesson about action vs. inaction. …show more content…
In this society, you are not allowed to walk outside, you can only read certain books, and you can only watch certain things on TV. In general, everything in this society prevents the people from forming their own opinions or knowing things that may hurt them. While this may seem like a “perfect” society where everyone is happy, this is not the case. People are manipulated into feeling or acting a certain way by filtering what they are exposed to. It is not true freedom. This society very closely resembles American society today because we already censor certain content, and many people support getting rid of anything that may offend people. In the book, this is exactly what happened. The government continued to censor anything potentially “offensive” or “harmful” which is what caused the dystopian society. This makes the novel a valuable piece of literature because we can avoid a dystopian society similar to the one in the book. The book is also a valuable piece of literature because it shows us what might happen to our society if we let everything be censored. In Fahrenheit 451, the society described is originally very similar to our own. Because the government was allowed to eliminate books, movies, and anything seen as inappropriate from the public, the society became oppressive. This makes the book valuable because we can learn from this and prevent censorship from ruining our country. Censorship can be destructive, which is one of the main themes that Ray Bradbury conveyed to the reader in the

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