The government blocks many things from the internet from us. Ray Bradbury writes Fahrenheit 451 about a society that doesn’t act the same as anyone else. They have many things that is uncommon for a society to have, and the government isn't what they seem. The most effectively convey the message of the book, the Bradbury uses irony and symbolism to shape the theme, which is censorship. Bradbury shows censorship, the blocking of information, by using irony in his book. One reason he shows the theme is that he writes, “Established in, 1790, to burn English influenced books in the Colonies. First Firemen: Benjamin Franklin. (32)” This shows how the government can, almost, change history in a way to benefit how they want to live, and the people