“How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a fourth wall-TV put in? It’s only two hundred dollars” (Bradbury 180). In this passage, Bradbury reveals the overreliance for media in a person’s home. Mildred is a prime example of conformity in the book. She exceeds the example of a “normal” person in this dystopian society. Through this the reader can deduce the underlying demise of human-to-human contact. “Christoph Natsidis was caught illicitly using a mobile phone during a regular human-to-human match. During tense moments, he kept vanishing for long bathroom visits; the referee, suspicious, discovered Natsidis entering moves into a piece of chess software on his smartphone” (Thompson 16). Thompson’s point is
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In this excerpt Clarisse is explaining her emotions towards the education system, and learning process. She resides in a dystopian society where intellectual pursuit is an abomination. Through this the reader can conclude that Clarisse is cognizant of the government limiting learning. This plays into the main theme of the book, censorship. Fahrenheit 451 depicts what could happen if society allows the government to take control over what they discuss, read, and watch. “The Chinese government requires local Internet firms to automatically scan for banned phrases and delete them” (Thompson 109). Thompson is insisting that the Chinese government censors what can be viewed or said online. Due to China’s past, certain terms such as Tiananmen Square have been completely wiped out from their history. Therefore, if you search for it is not there. The government keeps a short leash on the public; in aspiration that there will be no upraise in social democracy. Thompson and Bradbury both display signs of censorship in their novels, with acute examples. Bradbury depicts a society where the government almost completely limits the people from using their brains. Forcing people to blindly follow them and do whatever they say, such as ostracizing the unique. Similar, China limits online opinion in an effort to neutralize riots that were formed from online services. I feel that both authors would have a great conversation about censorship. I don’t agree with the idea of censorship. Everyone has a right to know if the government makes a mistake, and view other people’s
In this excerpt Clarisse is explaining her emotions towards the education system, and learning process. She resides in a dystopian society where intellectual pursuit is an abomination. Through this the reader can conclude that Clarisse is cognizant of the government limiting learning. This plays into the main theme of the book, censorship. Fahrenheit 451 depicts what could happen if society allows the government to take control over what they discuss, read, and watch. “The Chinese government requires local Internet firms to automatically scan for banned phrases and delete them” (Thompson 109). Thompson is insisting that the Chinese government censors what can be viewed or said online. Due to China’s past, certain terms such as Tiananmen Square have been completely wiped out from their history. Therefore, if you search for it is not there. The government keeps a short leash on the public; in aspiration that there will be no upraise in social democracy. Thompson and Bradbury both display signs of censorship in their novels, with acute examples. Bradbury depicts a society where the government almost completely limits the people from using their brains. Forcing people to blindly follow them and do whatever they say, such as ostracizing the unique. Similar, China limits online opinion in an effort to neutralize riots that were formed from online services. I feel that both authors would have a great conversation about censorship. I don’t agree with the idea of censorship. Everyone has a right to know if the government makes a mistake, and view other people’s