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  • Essay / Censorship In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury - 1380

    There were those who were not so thrilled at the idea of ​​being cut off from much knowledge and truth. The characters; Guy Montag, Clarisse McClellan, and Faber were a perfect example in the novel of people who were still interested in books or real thought and education. This was the kind of crowd that would be considered a bad influence in society. These people were not “satisfied” with what they were offered and what they had. “We have everything we need to be happy, but we are not. » (Bradbury 78) Montag, the main character, was one of the most troubled characters, and it was expressed several times in the book how he was not truly happy. happy even if others might have thought otherwise. He felt he needed the content that was forbidden to him to ease his mind. “There must be something in books, things we can't imagine,” Montag asserts while trying to convince Mildred that books are actually useful and can have a huge impact on people's lives. (Bradbury 48) He wanted to try to understand the books because he never had the chance and he felt like he was missing out on a lot of knowledge. Although some characters were unhappy with the censorship but still thought there was hope, there were also characters who simply didn't know what to do anymore. Suicide was a topic covered quite a bit in this novel, and it involved Mildred, Montag's wife. She acted as if