Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking

the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed.

In a time so dreadful where those who want to better

themselves by thinking, and by reading are outlaws as well.

Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically,

where as ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses

literary devices, such as symbolism, but it is the idea he

wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating.

Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we stop

expressing our ideas, and we let people take away our

books, and thoughts. Bradbury notices what has been going

on in the world, with regards to censorship, and book

burning in Germany, and McCarthyism in America. That is

what he is speaking out against. Bradbury is also a very

symbolic writer, he incorporates symbolism into his book.

Bradbury's use of symbolism throughout the novel makes the

book moving and powerful by using symbolism to reinforce

the ideas of......

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Title: Fahrenheit 451
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