Fahrenheit 451: Firemen Burned Books

What if books were illegal to the point where people would be arrested for having them? In Fahrenheit 451, the firemen burned books because they believed they weren't good to have which made them illegal. The firemen are different in the book then they are in real life today, they were the ones who burned the books. Once caught, like Montag, they would arrest the person unless they ran away. Since Montag was caught, he ran which made the government pretend his death. If that were life today, it would affect a lot of people. If books were to be taken away from the world, it would end up poorly.
The firemen burned books because they did not believe books were healthy for the people to read and learn from, unlike the real world. The firemen were not in charge of putting out fires, they were in charge of taking out books and burning them because they believed they were dangerous to others. They believed they were dangerous because they made people think otherwise and question themselves. The government could not control their opinions which they did not like. Any time books were discovered, not only books were burned, but the whole house was burned. This not only destroyed the “ideas” that could be found in books, it also sent a …show more content…
When our firemen get called about a fire they go in their truck and rush to the house to put out the fire and help people survive. In Fahrenheit 451, the firemen did not do that. They rushed to the person's house and took out all of the books because they were not allowed to have books and burn them in a pile. After the books were burned, they also burn down the home itself. They let the owner leave the house to safety before they burn it, but sometimes the owner risks their own life and burn with the house because they did not want to deal with the consequences. When they did have to deal with the consequences it was not good because they could face death or really bad