'It 's sure fun, ' she said. 'What 's the play about? ' 'I just told you. There are these people named Bob and Ruth and Helen '” (18). Fahrenheit 451 's government, in censoring books, had to make plays very dull. Mildred does not know any better and enjoys these plays as do many other people in Fahrenheit 451, showing the governmental control leads to an ignorance society. However, Montag chooses not to be ignorant and says, “There must be something in books, things we can 't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house” (48). Montag 's curiosity in books here advances his rebellion even further. He questions the censorship and control over books and denies law, proving the control will only lead to rebellion as the intellectuals become aware and demand more. Beatty, Montag 's boss, comes to shut down the rebellion though. Beatty explains, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves
'It 's sure fun, ' she said. 'What 's the play about? ' 'I just told you. There are these people named Bob and Ruth and Helen '” (18). Fahrenheit 451 's government, in censoring books, had to make plays very dull. Mildred does not know any better and enjoys these plays as do many other people in Fahrenheit 451, showing the governmental control leads to an ignorance society. However, Montag chooses not to be ignorant and says, “There must be something in books, things we can 't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house” (48). Montag 's curiosity in books here advances his rebellion even further. He questions the censorship and control over books and denies law, proving the control will only lead to rebellion as the intellectuals become aware and demand more. Beatty, Montag 's boss, comes to shut down the rebellion though. Beatty explains, “We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves