In this world that Bradbury created in Fahrenheit 451, emotional attachment, family, passion, curiosity, education, literature and books are all censored. The past is included in this censorship, as it creates conflict for the present where order and sameness are to be maintained at all cost.
Mildred refers to the actors on the giant screens as the family, this is who she is attached to, actors, who are paid by the state to include her in their daily soap operas. So real family has no value, relationships have no value, anything that would remind people of the past, or the way things were before books were burned would be considered a threat to social order, therefore, it needs to be suppressed.
In this world, alienation and loneliness are addressed through the use of state run media, both radio and television. With the help of the state authority, Mildred Montag has her make-believe family, the actors on her soap operas and the Seashell radio that is always playing in her ears. There is no past, there is only now, the past has been erased to insure the equality of society, so that everyone will be equal, that is what the society in Fahrenheit 451 strives for social, economic and academic sameness.
Mildred and Guy Montag are married, yet they appear to have no real connection, she turns against him with ease, when she decides that she wants the books out of her house and calls in the fire alarm which leads to the house being burned and Montag and Mildred parting ways permanently.
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