The Cons of Censorship
Censorship; the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. Censorship is mainly used these days to protect kids from looking/hearing inappropriate things. Censorship is a major part of the society depicted in the novel “ Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Guy Montag the protagonist of the novel lives in a dystopian society where books are outlawed and if books are found they are burned along with the book owners home. Montag is a fireman who in that society is a person who burns books. Montag starts to read books from the houses he had burned and is in awe of what he learns. Montag realizes that government should …show more content…
In the first part of the novel, Montag is in the firehouse and talks to Captain Beatty about their recent burning. Montag says, “About the fire last week, about the man whose library we fixed. What happened to him?” Beatty says, “They took him screaming off to the asylum” (Part 1, pg 31). This quote means that the man whose house was burned was taken to an asylum because the people thought he was crazy for having books. This is important because this quote shows how people are punished if they go against the government. Therefore this proves that living in a censored society is harmful to human beings because those who try to oppose the government are taken away and their house is set on fire. Similarly, towards the end of the novel, Montag has just burned his house and realizes that his wife turned on an alarm. Beatty tells Montag, “But her friends turned in an alarm earlier, that I let ride. One way or another, you’d have got it. It was the act of a silly damn snob” ( Part 3, pg 111). This quote means that Montag was first turned in by Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps and then Mildred, but he was going to get caught either way because of what he was saying. This also means that what people say in that society is limited. This evidence is important because it shows how people who go around and quote from books are told on by others which cause them to get in trouble. Hence this proves that censorship can be harmful to human beings because the people who go against the censorship get in trouble. Overall, censorship is harmful to human beings because if they go against the censorship they get in
Censorship; the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. Censorship is mainly used these days to protect kids from looking/hearing inappropriate things. Censorship is a major part of the society depicted in the novel “ Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Guy Montag the protagonist of the novel lives in a dystopian society where books are outlawed and if books are found they are burned along with the book owners home. Montag is a fireman who in that society is a person who burns books. Montag starts to read books from the houses he had burned and is in awe of what he learns. Montag realizes that government should …show more content…
In the first part of the novel, Montag is in the firehouse and talks to Captain Beatty about their recent burning. Montag says, “About the fire last week, about the man whose library we fixed. What happened to him?” Beatty says, “They took him screaming off to the asylum” (Part 1, pg 31). This quote means that the man whose house was burned was taken to an asylum because the people thought he was crazy for having books. This is important because this quote shows how people are punished if they go against the government. Therefore this proves that living in a censored society is harmful to human beings because those who try to oppose the government are taken away and their house is set on fire. Similarly, towards the end of the novel, Montag has just burned his house and realizes that his wife turned on an alarm. Beatty tells Montag, “But her friends turned in an alarm earlier, that I let ride. One way or another, you’d have got it. It was the act of a silly damn snob” ( Part 3, pg 111). This quote means that Montag was first turned in by Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps and then Mildred, but he was going to get caught either way because of what he was saying. This also means that what people say in that society is limited. This evidence is important because it shows how people who go around and quote from books are told on by others which cause them to get in trouble. Hence this proves that censorship can be harmful to human beings because the people who go against the censorship get in trouble. Overall, censorship is harmful to human beings because if they go against the censorship they get in