Monday, March 27, 2017

Music in F451?

So I was just thinking about how the government in the book kind of controls society to not think for themselves thus banning books and establishing a different way to teach at schools. They also have shows on TV that would normally entertain a child and they don't have much intellectual value. Mildred, like others in that society, constantly have their "seashells" (aka headphones) in their ears and would distract themselves with music as well. So my question is, do those kind of societies filter or control the music the people listen to? A lot of songs have meaning and can tell stories so I was just wondering do the people in the book listen to only what the government puts out? Did they destroy all of the songs that had meaning when they started destroying books? Or can they listen to anything and it won't matter because they can't think for themselves anyway? Can people, like how Mildred does with her parlors, spontaneously step in a recording studio and try to make a song or can being a musician still be a profession? Just some things I was wondering.

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