Fahrenheit 451 Cold War Analysis

Cold War In Fahrenheit 451

In writings, influences of history and culture appear before the reader, some are on purpose. Others bleed through the pages from the events that are taking place at the time the author writes. During the cold war many authors found inspiration from the unsettling atmosphere that plagued over the world. This inspiration was a sense of danger and insecurity that bled into many writings through the nineteen nineties. During this time many authors were writing great novels such as Ray Bradbury who wrote one of his best works Fahrenheit 451 during this time of unsettle and it shows through his novel. Fahrenheit 451 shows the world the atmosphere of the cold war by showing, a communist society, censorship, and propaganda.
Clarisse McClellan? We've a record on her family. We've watched them carefully...The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school. That's why we've lowered the kindergarten age year after year until now we're almost snatching them from the cradle”(P???) This quote reveals the control and grasp that the government has on the government. In this quote we as a reader find information that shows that the community that the citizens that Fahrenheit 451 live in. They livin in a society that has pushed out the control of the parents and the free spirit that comes with the independence. The government makes it so the citizens must rely on the government to get through life and to survive. This sense of of government reliances that plagues over the world of Fahrenheit 451, has also been seen from a communist society. In a communist society many have to enter the workforce or advanced educational system at a very young age. The reason that this happens is the same reason that Fahrenheit 451 has students enter school at a very young age. It is for a way to control the masses and take away the free spirit that many governments fear from their
Throughout the book of Fahrenheit 451 censorship is shown, in some of the first pages of the book to the end of book. This is shown in Fahrenheit 451 when Betty exclaims, “'You know the law,' 'Where's your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel”(38). This is a very powerful quote that comes from a very respected and qualified individual. Betty being a fire chief for many years knows the laws of land and has been there long enough to see how it is done. When he tells that law is in place and you can not have incriminating items, it is shown that this censorship has been in place for a long time. Censorship is a large factor in the world of Fahrenheit 451, for many have and are affected by this for the government lays out very strictly what the can read and watch in their daily lives. This is also show in their society by the programs and television they watch as shown when Montag states, “ You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour? It grows you any shape it wishes! It is an environment as real as the world”(138). In this quote it gives great insight into the propaganda and censorship that many face in the world of Fahrenheit 451. The television can be one of best ways to control the public and their views.