Fahrenheit 451: Censorship
Political Connections
Americans have the right to freedom and do not experience censorship that makes us have to act a certain way
As Americans we reserve the right to the 1st amendment: freedom of speech
Huckleberry Finn: This literary novel has had to have the N word taken out and be replaced with slavery.
Literary Connectoins
Shakespeare: Sentences were reparsed to make them less sexual.
Personal Connections
In my previous job at Sam's, colored hair was not allowed unless it was neutral colors.
When you are a child, typically parents try to censor you from knowing if there are financial problems
Scientific and Health Connections
The government has been trying to cover the amount of mail in ballots that could be fraudulent.
Climate change information has been confined from the public.
Historical Connections
Throughout the book they experienced the historical events of the forming of new technology from going to books to LED technology.
Montag experiences the historical connections when there are bombings and when he gathers the survivors
Quotable
“What do we want in this country, above all? People want to be happy, isn’t that right?...Don’t we keep them moving, don’t we give them fun?
"Someone's written a book on tobacco and cancer for of the lungs? The cigarette people are weeping? Burn the book"
"If you don't want a house built, hide the nails and wood. If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none."
Entertainment Connections
Kim Kardashian: Shamed for having explicate pictures of her body and sexual content, that created an uproar.
Hannah Brown: a reality TV star, was caught on Instagram dancing and singing with the "N" word and was forced to take it down.
Text Support
"A village of Oompa-Loompas, with tiny house in streets and hundreds of Oompa-Loompa children no more than four inches high playing in the streets".
"They'll shell the sh** out of us".