Fahrenheit 451 is a novel by Ray Bradbury, about a fireman, Guy Montag one who burns books as opposed to actually putting out fires. Bradbury uses his unique literary style to write the dystopian novel. Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time about the threat of book burning in the United States. Where he brings his reader to a future American society where books are forbidden and "firemen" burn any that are found. This novel contains a government that has banned books and a society that constantly watches television.
One day, Guy Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, a seventeen-year-old girl, who asked him all types of curiosity question, most importantly asked him if he was happy, a question he never thought about before.
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As it not only give them knowledge, but also give them hope for a better future for new generations.
The book Fahrenheit 451 it was a great source of awareness after it was published in 1953 during the McCarthy era. When the government was deciding to burn book/history in the United State. Fahrenheit 451 gives a great image of a society that does not take care and respect its books. Society nowadays believes that reading books and knowing the history is nothing but a waste of time. This book explains and pain a clear picture of a society that do not have knowledge of the history, and how their lives are controlled by the government.
Society also tends to believe that the book does not give us happiness. Watching T.V is a big source of happiness as well as knowledge, is where they are wrong. However, the truth is, the things society can see on T.V is controlled by the government and if one does not have knowledge of the things that are right or wrong, one will never find out. There will be times when society will start to believe wrong stuff as a right fact, because of lack of knowledge and seeing and observing the wrong fact over and over. Therefore books should be kept safe as they increase our knowledge of understanding the history and the world that surrounds us in everyday