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Fahrenheit 451

In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury seemed to be influenced by the stifling conformity of 1950s America, when this novel was written. The 1950s was a time characterized by conservative values, and outsiders were feared and ostracized. The book lovers in Bradbury's novel were sought out and their library of books burned. People who read books were considered dangerous and a direct threat to the government. In the 1950s people who did not fit into the mold of a perfect American were viewed as dangerous outsiders and were persecuted by the likes of Senator Joseph McCarthy, and his ilk. There is a direct link between the world in the novel, and the time Bradbury wrote the novel.

In Bradbury's novel reading books was considered an act against the state.


In the 1950s there was a witch hunt for people allegedly in the communist party, as well as writers, artists, and others who did not fit into the All-American view of things.


There seemed to be a strong correlation between the time Bradbury wrote his novel, and the totalitarian world of the novel itself.