451 themes

In the book 451 a major theme is government. the Government has played big part in the book. The government controls the society. By this I mean, the hound, the parlor etc. The government has put up these barriers to keep the society at bay. Since the society is like this and doesn’t realize there are being brain washed, to an extent, they continue on with life. These barriers, are used to keep people like Montag unawhere of what really happens in the behind the scenes or the government. The government is a mystious organization that is not really explained, so we must interrupt the governments actions from Montag, and his views change after he starts talking to Clarissa and Luber.

Another side of the government we see is the propaganda they spread and how they use it. When we see the palourer, that is pure propaganda because they host, is tricking them by making them play the game or watch the show, instead of having Individualism and or alone time which is Highly unpopular this is they way the government has used propaganda to there advantage. Also the hound is propaganda. The Hound is a failure, because it does not always catch the thing put the government says it does. This is to invoke fear. Invoking fear has been a common tactic with all Dictatorships. The Hound in a way symbolizes Nazi’s SS or Stalin’s KGB. The two groups were the thing that invoked fear into people because if you spoke out against the German Nazis tic Ideas or Communistic Russia you would be facing your life. The hound is not so serve but it symbolizes fear because “bad “people get chased and supposable get caught.