Controversy when left unstirred will remain at ease. When everyone is considered equal, there is no claiming of unhappiness or dissatisfaction. In Ray Bradburry’s novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” the antagonist, Captain Beatty, considers books as the gateway to controversy due to their endless knowledge and lighting on individuality and power. Set in a society that is “programmed” to not feel but simply to function, no one knows anything outside the life they are currently living; therefore, individuality is like a bulb in a dark room. One knows that the bulb is there but no one has an idea on how to reach it. “Any man is insane, who thinks he can fool the government [...]” (Bradbury 33). If the people were allowed to have their own emotions, they