Thursday, May 24, 2007
How do they not know?
Reading the book Fahrenheit 451 You wonder how the people are so unaware of the reality of their society. Well In Fahrenheit 451 the answer is easy. Well the fire men are supposed to burn the books to erase the past and hide all information about the way things used to be. Over time, as more information is destroyed, and less people know know about the past, the less likely it would be for people to realize the reality of their present society. This is why in the book, that such a huge deal is made about the book that Guy Montag took. The goal of the government is to destroy everything from the past, and Guy, having the book, could cause a leak of information. Thats how the government strategically, hides the past, the prevent the society from knowing too much.
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Alex: I agree that the firemen play a large role in "burning" the past. But what about Montag's wife? What is her life like? How does that kind of lifestyle help achieve the same goal as the book burning? Do not neglect that aspect of the novel.
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