Like The Sun And The Censor

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

In Argentina around 1974 it became a political turmoil and oppression; a fascist dictatorship, a system of government in which a leader suppresses opposition through violent means, now ruled Argentina. The citizens had no control and the government used threats of censorship and physical harm to ensure no overthrew the government. The short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela demonstrates how Juan tried to reclaim back his freedom to speech, but ends up being executed for censoring his own letter. Juan censored his own letter to his loved one, Mariana. But because he was so engulfed and immersed in his job, he practically was brainwashed and forgot about his letter. Valenzuela writes in her story, “He knows that all letters pass from hand to hand and go through all sorts of tests in the huge censorships offices and that in the end , very few continue on their way. Usually it takes months, even years if there any snags: all this time the freedom maybe even the life, of both the sender and receiver is in jeopardy” (89) Juan and other Argentinean citizens do not feel safe about writing a letter because of the threat the government placed about censoring letters. Even though they know nothing is wrong with the letter, the fear of getting in trouble worries and stresses them. Individually, Juan tries to somehow gain back that little freedom to send Mariana his letter. This is Juan’s way of demanding for freedom of speech and in doing so, he even applied to become a censor. Juan applied so that he could pass his own letter on without any worries of getting in trouble from misinterpretation. Being afraid of his freedom in jeopardy and even his life made him act. Despite Juan getting the job, his act to regain back his freedom had some negative effects. The author writes,” Soon his work became so absorbing to him that his noble mission blurred in his mind” (91) Juan's noble mission was

The short story “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela is set in Argentina during the dictatorship of Jorge Videla who reigned from 1976 to 1983. Juan, the protagonist of the text, starts the story by writing a letter to his old friend, Mariana, at her new residence in Paris. He had received Mariana’s new address from a confidential source and was too excited to think of his actions before writing and sending the letter. Later, Juan’s “mind [was] off his job during the day and [he couldn’t] sleep at night,” thinking of the letter (Valenzuela 966). He believes the contents to be innocent and irreproachable, but the censors of the Argentine government “examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each

This quote by Beatty shows his lack of knowledge on censorship, “There was no dictum, no declaration, … thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time. " In this quote Beatty explains that the censorship did not come from the government, it came from the people. People stopped reading so that things could have be done faster and make people happier. Beatty states the people chose the censorship, not the government.

Removing words such as ‘hell,” “damn,” and “abortion.”As well as certain paragraphs. In the beginning, both were being printed, but a publishing error occured and only the censored version was printed. . in 1973, a group of highschoolers wrote a letter to Ray Bradbury asking what the difference was between the censored version and the real version. (tor.com. , you are guy montag Nancy Lambert) Bradbury was enraged by what he had heard and claimed it to be censorship to the public. “It was a pleasure to burn.” (page 1, opening line) This shows that you can’t trust anybody with your

What the short story and the short film have in common are that Margot still get bullied by her peers because she has faint memories of the sun. They both take place in the same setting and it rains all year except for the one day when the sun shines. In both, margot gets locked into a closet which leads to her not being able to see the sunlight. The film and the story are fairly similar and have many similarities and many differences as well.

Censorship is the practice of examining pieces of information and taking out the unacceptable parts. Governments use censorship to create perfect societies, but deep down, they cannot censor how people really think and feel. In reality, censorship is a form of destruction that ruins valuable information. In the book, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the movie Pleasantville by Gary Ross, and the article "Freedom To Read Is Still In Danger" by The Huffington Post, the authors share a similar theme of how governments use censorship. In Fahrenheit 451, the society uses censorship through burning books. The government in the movie Pleasantville does not want people to have feelings. Lastly, in the article, the United States has the idea that some

A false perception of happiness due to censorship causes the society to become unhappy with their lives and to become emotionally numb. The society questions their lives and purpose. In Fahrenheit 451:

I’ll lie when I must, and I have contempt for no one. I wasn’t the one who invented lying. It grew out of a society divided into classes, and each one of us has inherited it form birth. We shall not abolish lying by refusing to tell lies, but by using every mean at hand to abolish classes. (as cited in Bok ,1999, p 165-166).

In "You Have Insulted Me" a letter by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is another good example of censorship in our own society. That relates to Fahrenheit 451 concerning censorship but there is also a difference in Fahrenheit 451 compared to the "the letter" by Vonnegut. In Fahrenheit the idea of censorship are no books what so ever because of the lack of society reading, but in "the letter" books are denied to younger readers and the public because of content, such as vulgarity, and sexuality. They both lack knowledge that is given but never fully taken in and which makes them both a censored society/world.

In a way, these two stories are similar because both the authors had carefully chosen the words

The main character in both novels, which many could consider protagonist, work within the authority that is censoring

Whenever a person uses censorship they are trying to get control of something. In the novel 1984, the inner party has censorship over the people of Oceania by censoring the history, language, and thoughts. In 1984 the main character was named Winston worked for The Ministry of Truth where he was in charge of altering the writing records. Winston’s daily task at the Ministry of Truth was to destroy obsolete

Both stories have an escape, bullied main characters. Wade and Bastian have a hard time making friends. They didn’t enjoy going to school because they would get bullied by their fellow classmates. Wade explains,