Theme Of Government Control In Fahrenheit 451

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Books are outlawed and burned. People are being taken away for owning them. The government has made these laws. THis is the society that Montag lives in. He has figured it out and wants to fix his society, but first he has to eliminate the biggest problem. That problem is the government control. The government control is a huge problem in Montag’s society compared to other problems. The government has ended human interaction by making fake lives on a TV screen and looking down on having deep conversations with people. For example, Clarisse and her family are thought of as strange, because they spend hours talking to each other. The government has also degraded the value for human life. For example, one of the laws says that you will not be charged with murder if you someone or something with your car as long as you have insurance. If you have car insurance, you won’t go to jail for running someone over. The government control and makes all these laws and items which causes them to be the biggest issue. …show more content…

When they do, it appears weird and suspicious to others. Also, books are illegal. If books are found in your house, your house will be burned and you will be put in an asylum or jail. Another result is high suicide rates. With the unhappiness that has to be covered up, people resort to suicide. Also, low value for human life is a result. The law that allows people to run over others with no consequences becomes a game to see who or how many people one individual can hit. These laws and the way the government controls Montag’s society has not helped, it has ruined

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