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,
but was distraught when his librarian said the reason they didn’t have the book was because it was indicated as “prejudice” (PRX Fahrenheit podcast). Ever since this moment Bradbury has kept the idea of censorship in the back of his mind. This helped provoke his inspiration to come up with Fahrenheit 451.