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Book burning and censorship
Book burning and censorship feature prominently in Fahrenheit 451.
Under the Nazi regime in Germany, book burnings of works by “degenerate” authors were held in public.
The 1950s in the United States saw the blacklisting of certain filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters who the FBI considered Communists
television
1950s also saw the expansion of television broadcasts in the U.S.—perhaps influencing the four-walled televisors that Bradbury imagines in Fahrenheit 451.
related books
authors created dystopias designed to be a warning about modern society’s problems
George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
When Written:
1947–1953
Where Written:
The United States
Literary Period:
Modern American
Setting:
An unnamed city in America in the future
Antagonist:
Captain Beatty; the Mechanical Hound
Point of View:
Third person
