The United States of America has been blessed with the opportunity for the citizens to have freedom, rights, and liberty. There are other countries in the world that have oppressed citizens that are not granted any rights by the government, so Americans should be grateful they are not like them. The United States Constitution grants many rights to American to take advantage of, such as the freedom of speech, right to a jury trial, and voting rights. Freedom of speech is considered one of the most important rights that is offered to American citizens and no one would like to live a day without it. However, in a novel called Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, censorship prevails in a dystopian society where technology is highly praised and books
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In this particular situation, it is far worse. Montag is sitting in the Firehouse reading The Rules of the Fireman because he doubts his job after 10 years of it. After he sits there for a minute unmoving, the alarm in the firehouse sounds. The alarm indicates that someone is suspected of having and reading books. Everyone rushes to the truck in response to the alarm, except Montag who sits there and he contemplates his decision. He then gets up and goes to the truck and heads to a house that can only be described as a century-old house in the ancient part of town. Everyone rushes in and starts to take the old lady’s books and magazines to burn them. Nevertheless, she was stubborn and would not let them take the books. In the novel, it states that “The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can’t have my books,’ she said.” (Bradbury 35). She refused every attempt to be separated from her beloved books, showing her passion for reading and collecting books. When the firemen went to burn the house she got burnt down too by her own free will, similar to when Captain Smith when down with the Titanic. This whole scene was an infringement against the Fourth, along with the First, Amendments because there was no search warrant at that time and freedom of the press was
In this particular situation, it is far worse. Montag is sitting in the Firehouse reading The Rules of the Fireman because he doubts his job after 10 years of it. After he sits there for a minute unmoving, the alarm in the firehouse sounds. The alarm indicates that someone is suspected of having and reading books. Everyone rushes to the truck in response to the alarm, except Montag who sits there and he contemplates his decision. He then gets up and goes to the truck and heads to a house that can only be described as a century-old house in the ancient part of town. Everyone rushes in and starts to take the old lady’s books and magazines to burn them. Nevertheless, she was stubborn and would not let them take the books. In the novel, it states that “The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can’t have my books,’ she said.” (Bradbury 35). She refused every attempt to be separated from her beloved books, showing her passion for reading and collecting books. When the firemen went to burn the house she got burnt down too by her own free will, similar to when Captain Smith when down with the Titanic. This whole scene was an infringement against the Fourth, along with the First, Amendments because there was no search warrant at that time and freedom of the press was