Similar to 1984 and Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 relates under the motif of government control. The theme derived from governmental control is censorship to control people will make them ignorant and, in the end, will lead to rebellion or greater problems. As Clarrise and Montag are talking, she asks him if he ever reads book to which he responds, “That 's against the law!” (5). The government makes it unlawful to read books and harshly punishes those who do. Their law has an apparent failure: the fact that Clarisse asks Montag if he reads them. Clarisse is the beginning of Montag 's later rebellion. She blatantly ignores law and presumes Montag could possibly read the books. Clarisse relates to the theme because the censorship runs down her and does not touch her and leads to rebellion. Along with rebellion comes greater problems. Mildred, Montag
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'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