"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." a man named Juan Ramón Jiménez once said. This quote is the placed right in the beginning of the book Fahrenheit 451. I think this quote sums up the entire book very well. The book is set far into the future, where houses are fire-proof and firemen work as agents for the government. The majority of the population is glued to their TV's where they are constantly fed a stream of government propaganda to keep them from thinking for themselves. One Fireman, Montag does not quite fit into the mold and decides to take on the system.
             Fahrenheit 451 was written to show the dangers that oppressive government can do "irreparable damage to society by limiting the creativity and freedom of its people." The book was written in the early 1950's, shortly after World War II. There are numerous conclusions and arguments that many people have came to in the books 50+ year life. Ray Bradbury's opinion on the strict control of which the editors had over an author's creativity and originality expressed in their books and the "oppressive political climate" of the post World War II United States are two of the most prevalent. Animal Farm was published within a few years of Fahrenheit 451 as many people were frightened of the growing threat of the United States becoming and oppressive and maybe even totalitarian.
             The after word to Fahrenheit 451 further backs up the author's stance on censorship. The author quotes letters that people have sent to him over the years asking him to change his books to better suit different classes and groups of people. They were asking him to change and censor his book that is based on how censorship ultimately destroys a civilization. He refuses and is almost on the verge of being offended. Writing is a means to express oneself, and editors and other people want to change w
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