Fahrenheit 451: Government Censorship In Literature

Censorship is what governments use to hide the public from reality. The novel Fahrenheit 451 expresses how a person’s mindset develops by the knowledge they receive. For instance, if the government controls information that literature, media, the internet, and forms of communication give, civilians will know nothing more than what the government provides to them. Those in power limit information to the public in order to seize control over the population. Some countries that possess events which partake in the idea of censorship are North Korea, China, and America. Control over information only leads to negative outcomes. Although the book Fahrenheit 451 displays how this issue takes place in the future, there are many events where government censorship occurs in history.
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Montag lost the hound once he arrives at the river, however, the chase continues because the show has to incorporate a conclusion. The news media decides to kill an innocent man to deceive those into the belief that the search is complete. The subject of media censorship can also relate to how the North Korean government restricts certain information that is available in the news. The Central Korean News Agency only announces what the government tells them to. Those who access genuine information or share news from countries that the government believes are enemies undergo harsh punishments. Jerreat states, “Its own journalists remain strident propagandists, and advances in technology that could open up channels to independent news are fought with ever-stricter censorship and surveillance measures.” (huffingtonpost.com). This statement represents how the news in Korea can be inaccurate due to the fact that the supreme leader Kim Jong Un has full control over the information that news networks