responsibility and consequences." (Bradbury 115). That is, by eliminating books the.
government removes the ability to distinguish right from wrong, to make moral.
decisions. "Instead of reading, people listen to "seashells" tiny radios that fit in the ear,.
and watch insipid the vision shows projected on wall-to-wall screens. In school,.
students play sports and learn nothing. Fast driving is encouraged, and pedestrian are.
arrested. Indiscriminate drug use, suicide, overpopulation and war are rampant".
(Kerner 320). The society in Farenheit 451 never discuss thought, they have no real.
personalities, no honest conversation, and apparently no concept of religion. The acts.
of the government suppressing thought are like the actions of the ancient government.
suppressing religion. .
The morals of Montag's society are what the society says they are. " our.
national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression.
are needed to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals" (Seed 327).
As the novel begins, Montag, a fireman, is a mindless person like the rest of society, he.
is willing to go with the flow of things and is surprised when he finally realizes he is.
actually unhappy. What Montag doesn't realize is that he is looking for an answer, and.
finds his savior in the person of a woman who was willing to give her life to make a.
statement of how important books are. Montag watches the woman die and, like a.
soldier at the foot of the cross, has an epiphany. "There must be something in books,.
things we can't imagine, to make a women stay in a burning house; there must be.
something there. You don't stay for nothing." (Bradbury 51).
Like the blasphemer born into the truth of Christ, Montag has a conversion. This.
will spark his conscience and triggers his morality, his sense of right and wrong. "It's not.
just the woman that died. Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the.
