Censorship In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

In this Dystopian novel, books are not meant to be read, but rather meant to be burned. The world is dictated by the government through the censorship of books because they are a distraction to society. It’s a fast paced lifestyle with no room to slow down, read a book, and concentrate on what’s important. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are many examples of references to literature that show the theme of the novel, which is how censorship affects a society, like when the women was going to be burned with her books, when Beatty was explaining to Montag why books were burned when Montag felt sick, and lastly, when Montag let Faber see the Bible. Censorship played a huge role in Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, because it was used to limit education, spread propaganda, and change history to benefit the government.

The woman refused to leave her books, saying she’d rather burn with them, but before she did, she quoted to Montag, “Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” (pg. 36) Beatty later explained that what she said was about a man named Latimer that said that to a man named Nicholas Ridley as they were burned alive for heresy. This conveys the theme of the novel because, the woman’s books and herself, were burned for breaking the laws of the censorship, the same as Latimer and Master