Government Censorship In Fahrenheit 451

Currently in the world the government always gets involved with society’s business, even when we do not know about it. The Government often censors certain information to keep the people away from the truth, whether it is for their own good or not. Government censorship is also a big part shown in Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451, the government wants to control the way people think and act. In order to do that, the government must burn all types of knowledge, like literature. The reason for that is because the government does not want the people to gain ideas and knowledge. It is also easier for the government to control a society that is ignorant. If society were to gain knowledge, they would start to have their own opinions and question things. It can be a big threat to the government.
Throughout history, there has been many events when it came to burning books. According to the article Bannings and Burnings in History, they state, “The Chinese emperor Shih Huang Ti is said to have buried alive 460 Confucian scholars to control the writing of history in his time”(1). This is during the Ch'in Dynasty in Northern China. Shih Huang Ti burns all the books in the kingdom and only keeps one copy of each to put in the Royal Library, those soon get destroyed before he dies. This phenomenon relates to the events in Fahrenheit 451. …show more content…
The government often censors certain information to avoid any problems with society. In Fahrenheit 451, Government censorship plays a big part of it. Throughout the story, there are many things that can relate to the real world events. The government interferes with a lot of things like literature, news media, entertainment, internet and even communication. The story also has a govenrment that interferes with societys business and wants to control them in a way they want it to be. Fahrenheit 451 is something more than what anybody