Misconceptions In Fahrenheit 451

Particular objects and figures being represented in forms misconceptions inevitably contribute to specific parties exercising greater authority over others due to the reinforcement of inaccurate perceptions which can indirectly bestow more power upon those who are reinforcing these ideas. In Animal Farm, a pig named Squealer, who is also a persuasive orator, manipulates the animals into accepting their lies: “He [Napoleon] had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence” (Orwell 18). It can be noted throughout the story that Squealer uses certain individuals to blame liabilities on, specifically Snowball. Squealer intentionally characterizes Snowball as a poor influence, utilizing him as a scapegoat for any events in where there is a discrepancy such as the …show more content…
Likewise, misconceptions are also exhibited throughout Fahrenheit 451, but instead of using other individuals to create these misapprehensions, the government establishes the implication that books provide knowledge which was the origin of evil. While Faber was conversing with Montag in “The Sieve and the Sand”, he observes that books “‘show the pores in the face of life,’” while also asserting “‘comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless’” (Bradbury 39). He clarifies that books were seen to be a source of reality, showing flaws of human nature, but because of the government desire for the quintessential society, it led them to symbolize books as a source of evil and a weapon. As well as, it is implied that books imparted intelligence, people who did not endeavor to read felt inferior to those who were more intelligent, which also contributed to the outspread idea concerning how books were