Theme Of Ignorance In Fahrenheit 451

Ignorance As human technology advances quickly, paper-printed books are no longer needed. Companies such as Google and Amazon create digital books, that are known as ebooks, to replace paper-printed books. Ebooks are often cheaper than paper-printed books, and conservative consumers will choose to buy a Kindle or read an ebook in their computer to boost their savings. Slowly, all books will eventually be digitized, and paper-printed books are no longer existed. The society have abridged the importance or the meaning of the books, which would later result in the loss of knowledge. The author, Ray Bradbury, started the story using a character named Guy Montag to question the society as a fireman. Fireman, in this book, is used as an ironic. Usually, when people hear the term fireman, they often visualize them as a hero who saves people's life from fire. Nevertheless, the book describes fireman as a person who maintains the society by burning books. These firemen are controlled by the government to limit citizens' knowledge in the society. Then, they could win the election easily through …show more content…
When Montag is working, he finds the old, stubborn lady trying to protect her books with her life. Later, she is burned to death in front of Montag. It threatens him, but at the same time, it helps him realize the value of books. He later keeps some books that are the old lady wishes to protect and brings them home. Even though he has the books, he doesn't have the courage to read the books yet. Until one day, the death of Clarisse McCellan makes him realizes the ignorance of the society and decides to read understand the society through books. Also, after learning how to read from a professor, he finds the citizens are ignorant enough to ignore the war starts by the government. Their ignorances gave the government a chance to dictate the