Jim Crow Laws In Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was created during a time where the world was facing many problems. The novel describes the impact of how a law can affect a whole society. In the book, the main law was that the citizens were not allowed to own and read books. If someone owned any books, then the consequences were that their books and home will be burnt with fire. The purpose of a book is to transmit information which will bring knowledge to the brain and mind. The books are banned due to the knowledge and understanding people would obtain if they read. Ray Bradbury puts Montag, a fireman, as the main character because of the courage he has to fight for what he thinks is right for him and those in his society. In Fahrenheit 451, courage
Many things were being censored from them such as Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial discrimination in the Southern part of the United States. Dr. Martin King Jr was one of the major leaders of the Civil rights movement, which was a mass movement to protect African Americans equal access to opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Dr. King was invited to “…participant at the student-organized Atlanta sit-in, was arrested with students and local activists for violating a 1960 law that made refusing to leave private property a misdemeanor offense”( A History of Racial Injustice Equal Justice Initiative). The sit-in was based on segregated lunch tables and not being served because of being African American. A nonviolent protest was being held but was terminated due to them affecting the whites around them. They were fighting peacefully for what they wanted. By the end of 1965, the wish of nondiscrimination and segregation will be granted. In Fahrenheit 451, Captain Beatty was the head of Montag’s fire department. Even though he is extremely educated, surprisingly he hates books and people who maintain them. He is a fireman with an enormous knowledge of literature, and he clearly cared passionately about books. At one point in his life, Beatty calls books treacherous weapons, but he still used his knowledge of books to manipulate Montag harshly. His role as a character who believes in censorship is shown by him going to any extent to those who break the law. In his insightful observations of the world around him and his lack of any effort to prevent his own death, he becomes too concerned to function as a