Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, the author, demonstrates a dystopian society. Bradbury show the reader an extreme application through the burning of books. Books are the publics source of knowledge, which is being taken away. In Fahrenheit 451, the terrifying dystopian society represents the dangers of censorship.
The definition of a dystopian society is "a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technology, moral, or totalitarian control" ("Dystopias"). When a community is thought of as a dystopian society, that population "is an illusion of a perfect utopian world" ("Dystopias"). In Fahrenheit 451, the society setting that Bradbury has created is an example of a dystopian society through the way the people and government decide to function day to …show more content…
In the United States Constitution, the first amendment states, “’Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances’” (“Admin”). With the first amendment being put into place, this causes censorship to be unconstitutional (“ACLU”). In Bradbury’s novel, censorship is shown greatly, however, the people of the society do not blame censorship on the government; “It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass media, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time...” (“Bradbury 58”). The society decides to blame the censorship on things such as “technology, mass media, and minority pressure” (“Bradbury
The definition of a dystopian society is "a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technology, moral, or totalitarian control" ("Dystopias"). When a community is thought of as a dystopian society, that population "is an illusion of a perfect utopian world" ("Dystopias"). In Fahrenheit 451, the society setting that Bradbury has created is an example of a dystopian society through the way the people and government decide to function day to …show more content…
In the United States Constitution, the first amendment states, “’Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances’” (“Admin”). With the first amendment being put into place, this causes censorship to be unconstitutional (“ACLU”). In Bradbury’s novel, censorship is shown greatly, however, the people of the society do not blame censorship on the government; “It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass media, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time...” (“Bradbury 58”). The society decides to blame the censorship on things such as “technology, mass media, and minority pressure” (“Bradbury