Ray Bradbury and Farenheit 451
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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. That is what he is speaking out against. Ray Bradbury once said, "There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them" (Serrano 25).
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 anti-censorship...