When Guy pulled out the book in his house, Mrs Bowles nervously stated “That's not right, we can't do that….”(95). Mrs. Bowles is scared of the book Guy has becuase she is brainwashed. She cannot think for herself, so she follows the rules exactly, so when she sees a book she does not know what to do. Finally, Captain Beatty is explaining to Guy how the government controls people. “The home environment can undo a lot you try to do at school. That's why we've lowered the kindergarten age year after year until now were almost snatching them from the cradle...”(57) Older people are known to have more knowledge, so when you give them time to talk to children, they can change the ideas the government wants the adolescents to have. Older people are also more likely to read books, and restricting time with them doesn't let kids even know books exist. Not only are the citizens stupid, but they cannot think for themselves in Fahrenheit