Fahrenheit 451 Analysis by Ralph K Jones

Fahrenheit 451 : Burn the World Away

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a near-future dystopian society where instead of putting out fires, firemen are tasked with burning every last book they can find.  Reading or owning books is against the law, and instead, much more tolerable forms of media are appreciated by the public; that being, anything and everything that is without substance. In this dystopia, the true rebels are the books themselves.

The story of Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, a fireman who partakes in th...

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