Censorship Fahrenheit 451

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A traveller goes to China and tries to access Youtube, but realizes that it is blocked. A more extreme form of censorship is shown in Fahrenheit 451. In this book, all forms of literature such as books were banned by the government. This caused people to become mindless drones who lacked knowledge and creativity. Bradbury had a purpose for writing this, to warn us about how censorship can be used by the government for malicious purposes; he does this using literary elements. Bradbury communicates his message using Montag’s conversation with Clarrise, Mildred, and the murder of the innocent man.
The book begins with Clarrise talking to Montag. Ray Bradbury uses this moment to display the effects of censorship. During their conversation, Clarrise

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