Analysis Of The Fahrenheit 451 Society Essay, Research Paper

May 25, 1997

Creative Response: Analysis of the Fahrenheit 451 society

This vista of Ray Bradbury of a world void of any individualism and of a society that

operates as a collective is a chilling but understandable extension of our own populace. A world

such as this where the government regulates every countenance of the media and consequently

governs the minds of everyone residing in this society definitely bears some resemblance to our

own. The government in Fahrenheit 451 appear to have truly unstoppable power and can

manufacture virtually any truth they wish to. The government of our country has in the past and

is still doing presently these same types of government suggestion, whether it be politics, security,

or other affairs using all types of media. The society in Fahrenheit 451 is simply an extreme

continuation of what could happen if governments in our country and others decide to make

censorship a major issue and enforce it with deadly precision. The government in Fahrenheit 451

can produce any reality they want and can essentially “brainwash” the public very easily with the

use of, in this case t.v.’s, to not only persuade people but so that they will have no doubts what is

true and what is fiction. The government has gained the trust of the public for so long that as soon

as they want to they can easily portray lies in the news for instance and it will be believed without

hesitation by the public. The main difference between the Fahrenheit 451 society and ours is that

the actions of the government are done openly with no real need for coverup while our own

government probably does these things as well, it does them on a much smaller scale and does

them for the most part behind closed doors.

By Jordan Bruins