Rampant Violence Ray Bradbury s Fahrenheit 451 - 893 Words

Rampant violence fills Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Violence is a reoccurring reality within the novel’s society. The novel’s most detrimental act of violence towards its people and their own individuality is the action of removing information and truths about different subjects. The most explicit example of this censoring of the truth and information is the burning of books by the firefighters in Fahrenheit 451. Destroying and eroding the truths and information of the world allows the controlling powers of the society to manipulate their people; the censorship intends to cause people to become less antagonistic towards one another and society. The society hopefully becomes easier to control and easier to appease. However, Bradbury’s assertion is that violence and conflict is still present within a society that censors truth and burns books. The powers responsible for the censoring and burning of books in Fahrenheit 451 are the people within the dystopia . Beatty in the book explains to Montag that burning the books is a direct response to the people. He explains that burning of the books is actually beneficial and not harmful to society. Beatty explains how â€Å"the public, knowing what it† (Bradbury 57) wants and with the help of â€Å"technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure† (58) the people â€Å"can stay happy all the time.† (58) A society that is happy all the time is unachievable. Evading conflicts and not challenging one’s beliefs makes for a happy, content and