Ray Bradbury's dystopian science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451, was published in 1953. This is a story of future society that practices censorship, where all books are restricted, the government attempts to control what people read and think, and individuals are anti-social and hedonistic. But, this book is not only about danger of censorship, it is also about the effects of television and mass media on the reading of literature and also gives good arguments in favor of the book as the most important element of intellectual freedom. Unlike other famous dystopian novels, this book holds out some hope. The book was written after World War II, and criticizes intellectually oppressive political climate of that period. This book also reveals a very real concern that America leaning in direction to become an oppressive, authoritarian society. The novel has been adapted to film in 1966. …show more content…
society, importance of literature, propaganda, paradoxes, hope, reformation of society, life and death etc. The story takes place in an unspecified future in America, where the reading of books is abandoned. If someone is caught owning them, he is sent to a mental hospital and his books are burned, or he is condemned to immediate death. People are not interested in politics or world issues, their only entertainment now is in-ear radio and interactive form of television, and their only point of life is pleasure. The story centres on a man named Guy Montag, who is fireman, and his job is to burn books and the houses that hold them. All firemen wear the uniforms with number "451" because it refers to the temperature in Fahrenheit at which books burn. One day, he meets by chance the girl, Clarisse McClellan, who makes him think about the world beyond electronic entertainment and makes him wonder about his life, his ideals and his own