Lack Of Knowledge In Fahrenheit 451

(MIP-1) The society is lacking knowledge and memory, but the people preventing them from getting this believe there is a reason to hide it from them. (SIP-A) Many people in Fahrenheit 451 are lacking memory and knowledge. (STEWE-1) Mildred and Montag both experience a lack of recollection, "The first time we ever met, where was it, and when?... I don't know" (40). Montag and Mildred both forgot where they met, usually something that a husband and wife would recall. (STEWE-2) Most of the members of society lack knowledge of the war, "'Ten million men mobilized,' Faber's voice whispered in his other ear. "'But say one million. It's happier'" (88). The government has kept the amount of men going to war a secret, so people have no idea then there
(SIP-A) Many people lost opportunities because they lacked the wisdom to take that opportunity. (STEWE-1) Mildred lost opportunities throughout her lifetime, "I think of her hands but I don't see them doing anything at all. They just hang there at her sides or they lie there on her lap or there's a cigarette in them, that's all" (149) . Mildred didn’t and couldn’t do anything with her life because she lacked the schooling and memories to take opportunities and to change the world, even in a small way. (STEWE-2) People stopped wanting to learn about certain topics, "That was the year I came to class at the start of the new semester and found only one student to sign up for Drama from Aeschylus to O'Neill" (85). Jobs that involved intellect became less and less popular as the government slowly got rid of the knowledge and memories in society, so, many students lost the opportunity to have those jobs. Beatty explains how classes and jobs like that one became less popular, "With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be" (55). Beatty is explaining to Montag how the lack of books, and therefore knowledge and memory, came to be, during this conversation he tells Montag how being smart became a negative thing so no one took classes that involved being intelligence. (SIP-B) Many people in their society know very little about what is going in the government and other major events that affect them. (STEWE-1) People in Fahrenheit 451’s society were lacking lots of knowledge about the war and they found out the consequences of lacking that information, "...then the city rolled over and fell down dead. The sound of it's death came after" (153). Since the people didn't know that they were in danger