Kairav ​​​​ManiarEnglish 9H - Class 3AMrs. Cannata3.31.14Secret submissionPower is an ability, a potential to do something, but it is very often misunderstood because of the facade it wears. Many people see power as strength, or brute force, the ability to cause pain. Others see power in a more positive perspective, in relation to the offer of help and the ability to give it. While these are all examples of using power, neither strength nor selflessness makes one powerful. In Ray Bradbury's award-winning novel, Fahrenheit 451, society feels the true weight of those who are powerful, the government, but the beauty of the situation is that the people do not realize it. The government is working to destroy all scientific books and documents and, essentially, eradicate all individualism and personal opinions of the people. Guy Montag, the main character and protagonist, strives to resist government oppression, but soon realizes that his efforts alone will never be enough to raise awareness among the unknowing people, because the government has removed all judgment and personal opinion . destroys all evidence of their existence. The people had been lost in the face of government power. Therefore, Fahrenheit society is a victim of the government because people allow their minds to be overtaken and their individualism to be destroyed. Members of Fahrenheit society are deprived of the individual will to succeed. Human nature is such that luxury is a goal that must be achieved at all costs. The people of Fahrenheit have been brainwashed by their government to the point where they lack a normally common trait, the thirst for prosperity. Mildred, Montag's wife and a great example of Fahrenheit society... middle of paper ...... the feat of changing people's mentality, about literature in this case. The Fahrenheit government is an oppressive and powerful force, insurmountable by any single person. Not only did this group of dictators suppress the individuality of the people, but they also pitted each individual against the best interests of society itself. Montag, the main character and do-gooder protagonist of the novel, attempts to revolt against the government, but soon realizes his true strength. The governing administrators of Fahrenheit America appear to have attained true power; the power to alter people's minds to control and manipulate them. Power is not what we commonly believe: we are truly powerful when we can completely erase the personality of each human and essentially turn them into robots, whose minds can be not only influenced, but operated, by that individual powerful..