Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: Preservation Or Preservation?
If books had to be burned...
Imagine a world where books had to be burned, but people memorized them to preserve those books. That’s what happened in Fahrenheit 451. A history book should be preserved because we can inform people about the past, it would help prevent bad events from happening again, and let us know what events shaped the world we live in.
A history book should be preserved because that way people can learn about the past. If people could learn about the past, they could understand why things happen. In Fahrenheit 451, the people don’t know why the government does what it does. They just follow their lead and that’s why they don’t try to stop them when they hunt Montag. In the book, it explains how the police have everyone open their doors to try and find him. It says,” the fugitive can not escape if everyone in the next minute looks from his house” (Bradbury 132). This shows how everyone reluctantly did what they were asked to do without hesitation or question. If only the people understood things that happened in the past they would know not to trust them. In Fahrenheit 451, if the people had known about the past, like the kind of …show more content…
Nobody knows their history or why they burn books so they just follow the rules. If they knew the history of wherever it is that they live, they might go against the rules. In the book it says,” a book is a loaded gun in the house next door” (Bradbury 56). It shows how they believe that knowledge is power. That’s why they keep books away from the civilians; they don’t want people to know why things are the way they are. A history book should be preserved because people should know what shapes the world they live in. Knowledge is power and that could have helped the people in Fahrenheit 451 to know the truth. That is another reason why a history book be preserved if books were supposed to be
Imagine a world where books had to be burned, but people memorized them to preserve those books. That’s what happened in Fahrenheit 451. A history book should be preserved because we can inform people about the past, it would help prevent bad events from happening again, and let us know what events shaped the world we live in.
A history book should be preserved because that way people can learn about the past. If people could learn about the past, they could understand why things happen. In Fahrenheit 451, the people don’t know why the government does what it does. They just follow their lead and that’s why they don’t try to stop them when they hunt Montag. In the book, it explains how the police have everyone open their doors to try and find him. It says,” the fugitive can not escape if everyone in the next minute looks from his house” (Bradbury 132). This shows how everyone reluctantly did what they were asked to do without hesitation or question. If only the people understood things that happened in the past they would know not to trust them. In Fahrenheit 451, if the people had known about the past, like the kind of …show more content…
Nobody knows their history or why they burn books so they just follow the rules. If they knew the history of wherever it is that they live, they might go against the rules. In the book it says,” a book is a loaded gun in the house next door” (Bradbury 56). It shows how they believe that knowledge is power. That’s why they keep books away from the civilians; they don’t want people to know why things are the way they are. A history book should be preserved because people should know what shapes the world they live in. Knowledge is power and that could have helped the people in Fahrenheit 451 to know the truth. That is another reason why a history book be preserved if books were supposed to be