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...e population and a free press. They were both against a monarchy government, and supported the rule of a strong centralized government. In this Novel Bradbury has created a society that is full of censorship and oppression, which is completely the opposite of Jefferson’s beliefs. Montag ask "Do I turn in Mr. Jefferson" (Bradbury 78)?, which implies that Jefferson believed in inalienable rights but his ideas are what laws against keeping book. Another person who opposed censorship and oppression was David Thoreau. Thoreau once said “I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion." He believes that when we are born we are endowed with natural rights that no one can take away. Montag fought for the same idea’s that Jefferson and Thoreau fought for. Many aspects of the characters in Fahrenheit 451 have similar beliefs and views as Jefferson. Jefferson’s was the type of man who translated his intellectual pursuits into action, this was Faber’s 3rd requirement for society, to have the ability to translate action into. He once reflected: “Natu...