Captain Beatty’s asserts that regardless if not everyone is born free and equal, everyone is to adapt similar mindsets to prevent one group from being greater than another. And to do this, the implementation of burning books can create a more uniform society, preventing some from knowing more than others. The removal of books, in other words an extreme case of censorship, can ultimately alter man’s mind. This can possibly make them more gullible to false information, seeing as there is no possible way to check for credibility. Fahrenheit 451 was written during the Cold War and the concurrent rise of the Red Scare in America. In a world where societies lived in constant fear of one another, it was small work to turn loyalties against each other: McCarthyism became a major trend in America during this time period. This ideology was extremely unwaveringly anti-communist, and citizens ranging from public figures to Hollywood icons were impeached and jailed across the country. It is no wonder that, in this era of paranoia, public opinions would morph into something
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In the Supreme Court case Adler v. Board of Education, the Court upheld the right to censor teachers; this
In the Supreme Court case Adler v. Board of Education, the Court upheld the right to censor teachers; this