Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

“Do you know why books such as this are important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me, it means texture” (Bradbury). By texture, Ray Bradbury implies that books provide knowledge and wisdom that is needed in a society. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag lives in a dystopian society where reading books, as well as many other pastimes, are banned. Montag, a fireman whose job is to burn any books that still exist, begins to realize that books and pure education are essential in order for a society to thrive. When Montag rebels against the firemen and the government, he encounters a group of men who aim to preserve knowledge and society by banding together and rewriting books from memory. These men truly exemplify

Granger explains that each man represents a book, or part of a book, that they can recall and rewrite once the war is over. They use photographic memories to “keep the knowledge they need intact and safe” inside their heads (Bradbury). Many of the men were once firemen, like Montag, who realize that the government has been trying to keep everyone equal, uneducated, and unpowerful by prohibiting reading. Montag joins the group and offers to contribute The Book Of Revelations. In a dystopia that is completely dependant on technology, the living libraries understand that knowledge is essential to a smooth-running government and

Granger declares that if the chance to rewrite books doesn’t come in his lifetime, the knowledge must be preserved by sharing stories of the past with his children. Montag and the other living libraries’ legacies will be leaving behind information, wisdom, and knowledge in order for future generations to prosper, and hopefully never become corrupt again. “The things they carried in their heads might make every future dawn glow with a purer light” (Bradbury). The living libraries want to start a new and improved society, and spark a chain reaction so the world will only improve as time goes