The irony in the book is a very obvious literary element. When you think about firemen you usually think they put out fires. The main character, Guy Montag is a fireman that starts fires instead of the opposite. The book takes place in a very futuristic dystopian society; Where books are banned, people don't think independently, and everything is the same. Censorship
was one of the major themes; however, Bradbury left out the reasoning behind why everything was censored from the people. Which I personally didn't enjoy that. Another theme was knowledge versus ignorance. In a society where everyone is ignorant and live in bliss. Every intellectual is in hiding or has been burned for owning books. Montag is unhappy and is searching for knowledge, although he doesn't know it yet. Through Montag search for knowledge you realize the importance of freedom of speech. Most of the novel is his journey and the unraveling of his resultant search for knowledge destroys the unquestioning ignorance he used to share with nearly everyone else, and he battles the basic beliefs of his society