“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” As Benjamin Franklin explained, it is nearly impossible to not offend a portion of the general public, and trying to do so will have disastrous consequences. Ray Bradbury in his science fiction novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” deeply portrays a world in which censorship has become unmanageable, to the point of lighting anything that could bring controversial thoughts into the minds of people on fire. Bradbury explains how the advancement of technology has brought information to the masses, especially more dangerous information which with it has brought government censorship.
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The world had to be built on lies or else the people would cease to be happy with knowing nothing. “Established 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Firemen: Benjamin Franklin.” (Bradbury pg 32) The lies produced by streamlining and censoring media had to be backed up with lies or else people would get suspicious. Such profound lies as firemen originally burning books are enforced into the mind of the people, anything that could show the truth about the blatant censorship is swiftly …show more content…
In the world of “Fahrenheit 451” the censorship is different, rather than stemming from the government the censorship was created by the people and media companies that wanted to appeal to broader audiences. Technology makes censoring information very difficult for a country due to the fact that it creates a vast variety of ways to communicate information and makes it simply impossible for a government to regulate all the information. This is why Bradbury’s background of a world with extremely advanced technology and extreme censorship makes sense. “We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.” (Bradbury, pg 59) Bradbury tells of a world in which people fought against one another on allowing freedom of speech, and ended up censoring themselves with the help of advancing technologies, that would’ve been near impossible to censor if done by a
In our world, technology brings information …show more content…
The world had to be built on lies or else the people would cease to be happy with knowing nothing. “Established 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Firemen: Benjamin Franklin.” (Bradbury pg 32) The lies produced by streamlining and censoring media had to be backed up with lies or else people would get suspicious. Such profound lies as firemen originally burning books are enforced into the mind of the people, anything that could show the truth about the blatant censorship is swiftly …show more content…
In the world of “Fahrenheit 451” the censorship is different, rather than stemming from the government the censorship was created by the people and media companies that wanted to appeal to broader audiences. Technology makes censoring information very difficult for a country due to the fact that it creates a vast variety of ways to communicate information and makes it simply impossible for a government to regulate all the information. This is why Bradbury’s background of a world with extremely advanced technology and extreme censorship makes sense. “We stand against the small tide of those who want to make everyone unhappy with conflicting theory and thought.” (Bradbury, pg 59) Bradbury tells of a world in which people fought against one another on allowing freedom of speech, and ended up censoring themselves with the help of advancing technologies, that would’ve been near impossible to censor if done by a