Examples Of Social Commentary In Fahrenheit 451

The dystopian genre is certainly one anyone can enjoy. Viewers are usually overcome with anxiousness just by thinking about the possibilities. Being that we can possibly live in a dystopia ourselves. These dystopian realms are created to be based around important aspects of our world. Such as events that have or haven’t happened or they’re centered around today’s social commentary. Every book or film in the genre is chalk full of social commentary that is relevant to the past or present. Fahrenheit 451, The Running Man, Slaughterhouse-Five, and V for Vendetta are nearly perfect examples of social commentary. In Fahrenheit 451, both Clarisse and Montag reveal the dangers of censorship. The Running Man, delves into the past and reintroduces the idea of a totalitarian government and the gruesome tactics the government would use to rid of the people that had a bad record. In Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut exercises the idea of no free will and the idea of warfare. In V for Vendetta, it explores mass censorship as well as forced religion and torture among those who are different.
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Which relates to the largest piece of social commentary found within the book, that being censorship which is enforced by the government. Similar to real life, Nazi propaganda took over all forms of media i.e newspapers,books, and public meetings. However, in Fahrenheit 451 the government works to kill off all intellectuals and burn their books in attempt to keep the people from rebuilding their society. In addition to that, the government tries to keep the past unknown as seen when Clarisse questions Montag about the past duties of firemen, asking if they used to put out fires instead of causing