Fahrenheit 451 has been reprinted scores of times since it was initially published in 1953. The lesson of this novel, the dangers of censorship and government control, have become increasingly important. The novel is now even more similar to today’s society as it was when first written. As it was developed in the years following World War II, Fahrenheit 451 criticizes not only the anti-intellectualism of the defeated Nazi party in Germany, but more immediately the intellectually harsh political climate of the early 1950’s. Bradbury used Fahrenheit 451 as a vehicle through which to protest what he believed to be the prying of editors who reduce writer's originality and creativity.
