An individual's action always has a consequence where they take on the responsibility for it. Whether or not an individual's action is right or wrong they have the right and responsibility to question the judgement they have been given. This type of issue is evident in things like a Totalitarianism and in events like the Nazi Book Burning. This type of things occur because people fear to question authorities and it is evident in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451 which is a dystopian literature, focusing on the banning and burning of books, influenced by events in the history of the world. Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451 uses influences from Totalitarianism and Nazi Book Burning to explain that every person has the equal responsibility
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In the dawn of this dystopian society, before the book takes place in the twenty fourth century, the Government had no place in the censorship of literature. “Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure sure carried the trick.” (Bradbury 55) Then, as the censorship progressed, the Government caught on and implemented laws to fasten these practices once and for all. The Government changed the rule books to display a country that had almost always been rid of books, claiming that the current fireman’s job had been created during the Civil War and that Benjamin Franklin, the first Fireman, had ordered for all English-influenced books in the Colonies to be burned. Also, the public spectacles of burnings were held at night to capture the attention of citizens, to both warn them of coveting books, and to continue to normalize the destruction of the literature. The Government participated in two atomic wars since 1990, and currently in the story, they engage in what they say is a two day war. It is evident that war is a common event for this country. Other than war, this Government has little to do what with them having completely and totally brainwashed their citizens so that rebellion isn't even a whisper of an idea in their minds, except for the rare spark of self-awareness in the occasional outlier of
In the dawn of this dystopian society, before the book takes place in the twenty fourth century, the Government had no place in the censorship of literature. “Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure sure carried the trick.” (Bradbury 55) Then, as the censorship progressed, the Government caught on and implemented laws to fasten these practices once and for all. The Government changed the rule books to display a country that had almost always been rid of books, claiming that the current fireman’s job had been created during the Civil War and that Benjamin Franklin, the first Fireman, had ordered for all English-influenced books in the Colonies to be burned. Also, the public spectacles of burnings were held at night to capture the attention of citizens, to both warn them of coveting books, and to continue to normalize the destruction of the literature. The Government participated in two atomic wars since 1990, and currently in the story, they engage in what they say is a two day war. It is evident that war is a common event for this country. Other than war, this Government has little to do what with them having completely and totally brainwashed their citizens so that rebellion isn't even a whisper of an idea in their minds, except for the rare spark of self-awareness in the occasional outlier of