How Do They Not Know

----The people in the community of Fahrenheit 451 seem to be completely unaware of the outside world. All they know is what they see in their own community. I think the government has driven into their heads that outside of their little community there is a war going on, and that the other communities are of people who read books. Somehow the government has made the people believe that books are evil in some way or another. That they hurt people and make them unhappy. However, the government didn't do this on their own. A while ago people began to stop reading books on their own and following this the government banned books completely. I think the government makes the people believe that in the outside world it is dangerous because of the wars going on and the others that read books. They shelter the people and make sure they don't know what is really going on by installing fear into their minds. Fear that they may get hurt in a war or that the books in other communities may bring sad and unhappy feelings back to them. And, with the limited mind that the people in Montag's community have they are afraid of what might happen if they question or venture into the outside world.