Kairav ​​​​ManiarEnglish 9H - Class 3AMrs. Cannata3.31.14Secret submissionPower is an ability, a potential to do something, but very often it is misunderstood for the facade with which it dresses. 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 provision of assistance and the ability to give it. While these are all examples of power in use, neither strength nor altruism allows one to be powerful. In Ray Bradbury's award-winning novel, Fahrenheit 451, society feels the true weight of the powerful, the government, but the beauty is that people don't realize it. The government works to destroy all books and information materials and essentially eradicate all individualism, people's personal opinions. Guy Montag, the main character and protagonist, makes an effort to resist government oppression, but soon realizes that his efforts alone will never be enough to raise awareness among unsuspecting people, as the government has removed all personal judgment and opinion , destroyed all evidence of their existence. The people had been lost to the power of the government. Thus, Fahrenheit society falls victim to the government because people allow their minds to be overwhelmed and their individualism to be destroyed. The people of Fahrenheit society are deprived of the individual drive to succeed. Human nature is such that luxury is a goal that should be achieved at any cost. The Fahrenheit people have been brainwashed by their government, to the point that they lack a normally common characteristic, the lust for prosperity. Mildred, Montag's wife and a prime example of the Fahrenheit society... at the heart of the paper... the feat of altering people's mindsets, in this case about literature. The Fahrenheit government is an oppressive and powerful force, unsurpassed by any singular person. This group of dictators not only suppressed people's individuality, but turned each person against the best interests of society itself. Montag, the main character and benefactor of the novel, tries to rebel against the government, but soon realizes its true strength. The government administrators of Fahrenheit America demonstrate that they have achieved true power; the power to alter people's minds to control and manipulate them. Power is not what is commonly believed: one is truly powerful when one manages to completely erase the personality of every human being and make them, essentially, robots, whose minds can not only be influenced, but managed by this powerful individual..