Question

Fahrenheit 451 is a book about both willful ignorance and censorship. explain how willful ignorance created the society depicted in this novel. then describe how censorship works to maintain the status quo in montag's america and prevent people like him, faber, and clarisse from forcing change.

Answer 1

Due to the laws and consequences of having books, which represents knowledge in the novel, people have slowly developed to stop reading and getting rid of books all together. This willful ignorance caused many people in their society deter from crime which causes people to have a lacking of knowledge and a more simpler life of watching television. Censorship is used to limit people's knowledge in the story which makes it hard for people to force change since it goes against what people had already known for years.