The government in Fahrenheit 451, created by Ray Bradbury, suppresses the freedom of many individuals, forbidding them from living their lives in luxury. In their world, there are several idiotic ways in which to get jailed, fined, or even killed. Their primitive ways of governmental life teaches us to not make the same mistakes they have done. If our world copies them, we may end up the same way they are.
In their world, it is forbidden to read and write books. Speaking to the public, the government tells them that it's a boring subject that’s a waste to your life; you should be more energetic and have fun with the time you have alive. The government scares people, making sure that nobody would do such a thing, by sending firemen to burn someone's house down whom has a book. The person would then be sent to jail, or some sort of asylum, and maybe even killed.
Along with that, Beatty and the government had Clarisse’s house snooped so that they knew what was going on. The government was suspicious of the McClellan family because they were unique. Her uncle was arrested for such things as “being a pedestrian at night” late at night. Nobody should be arrested for doing such ridiculous things, such as going below the speed limit. Hopefully we’ll learn from their government and not arrest people for nothing.
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Zachary, I like how you point out that many freedoms we take for granted today are limited in Fahrenheit 451. However, I'd like to see a little more on just what the government does in the novel to limit these freedoms. How is Bradbury warning us? What should we be on the look out for so we know when it is happening?
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