Social Commentary On Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury practically engraved social commentary into his book Fahrenheit 451, which introduces the dangers of censorship, and is disturbingly accurate in our world today. With the TV screens for walls and the firemen burning books to hide information from the town's citizens, Ray Bradbury has predicted the future. Although in today's age burning books would be the last deed expected of a firemen in America, it’s a different story in other countries. For example, in Berlin the Nazis used to burn books while World War II was still ongoing. Ever since Bradbury was a young boy he was irritated with the idea of censorship. For instance when he was at the age of fourteen he walked into his local library looking for the title The Wizard of Oz,