Ray Bradbury wrote this book not to talk about the future but to point out the problems in todays society, such as not wanting to read or watching tv all the time and believing everything that they put on the tv without taking into consideration of both side of the story and listening to the facts. Not wanting to read is a huge problem now a day because we are less educated and we are willing to give up books because they're not appealing to us. Also the fact that if it is said on the tv or on the internet everyone is guilty of it even if your don’t think so.
Books now-a-day aren’t a huge parts of today society we don’t want to read anything but when we do we just look them up on the internet. There are both good and bad part about this the obvious bad one is we will be an ignorant race, evolution has made us smart but now we have people who ask why show I read when I have “swag”. YES I repeat myself an ignorant race we will be. But nothing on the internet can be erased so burned books would still be around there just not tangible. When the rise of Hitler was started he started by having them burn books and history, then guns; which I could get into but I won’t. show the first step to destroying a society is by
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Most people of the modern day society would believe if someone told them burning books and history, on line or on tv, is a good thing. It this kind of society that can be easily controlled by the government and the power of few people. The people of today society don’t bother to learn both side of the story. When Ray Bradbury spoke of a distant future with mechanical hounds and the sliding doors and nuclear bombs he wasn't that far of considering the main difference between our society and the society in FAHRENHEIT 451 is we don't burn books, but how long will it be before we