Imagine living in a society that does not allow you to read? Reading would give people the ability to think for themselves. The lack of books creates a world of uneducated, illiterate, and unquestioning people. One way a government can gain control is by telling the people how to live their lives. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, it shows that there are laws for the people to live by. “Bradbury had a number of recent historical events on which to base Fahrenheit 451 when he wrote the book in the early 1950’s” (Telgen 146). The novel was written after WWII and the similarities between the events which happened in Germany and in the novel are seen through the actions of the characters in the book. The government eventually gains
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The people would be encouraged to believe and do what the government decides is right. “Government leaders, in their arrogance and greed for power, saw that ideas, values, and such espoused in books by the great authors, and even newer authors in society, would not assist them in keeping the populace under control”( Bradbury ). The novel demonstrates how people stay away from the books that the government does not want them near.”all repressive governments eliminate authors because they are so dangerous” (Wood 155). Fear of the punishment that would come to those that hid books was a form of controlling society. In the book Bradburry portrayed how banning books was used to keep the people from reading and gaining knowledge. “The world would be different if we never ever had a single book”(Bradburry 140). The government in the novel believed by keeping books away from the citizens they would maintain more control over their society. The government was ruling just like the Nazi’s trying to control every aspect of life. “Book burnings was a common practice done by the Nazi’s during WWII, the book burnings of the Nazi Germany during the 1930’s had been widely shown after WWII” (Telgen 146). The novel makes the reader think of the consequences that occur when there is too much control from a
The people would be encouraged to believe and do what the government decides is right. “Government leaders, in their arrogance and greed for power, saw that ideas, values, and such espoused in books by the great authors, and even newer authors in society, would not assist them in keeping the populace under control”( Bradbury ). The novel demonstrates how people stay away from the books that the government does not want them near.”all repressive governments eliminate authors because they are so dangerous” (Wood 155). Fear of the punishment that would come to those that hid books was a form of controlling society. In the book Bradburry portrayed how banning books was used to keep the people from reading and gaining knowledge. “The world would be different if we never ever had a single book”(Bradburry 140). The government in the novel believed by keeping books away from the citizens they would maintain more control over their society. The government was ruling just like the Nazi’s trying to control every aspect of life. “Book burnings was a common practice done by the Nazi’s during WWII, the book burnings of the Nazi Germany during the 1930’s had been widely shown after WWII” (Telgen 146). The novel makes the reader think of the consequences that occur when there is too much control from a