Symbolism In Fahrenheit 451

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they ensored most symbols in the novel faireheit 451.So they could cover ever detail to not let anybody be open minded and intelectual.It hurt the soceity in which they were living in.In fairenheit 451, they tell us there are many symbols to look through the story. the censorship from the future culture in Fahrenheit 451 is very different and similar at the same time because they banned books, their only viable source for information is the tv and other fellow intellectuals were banned and their ideas.

From present day it is not that you can't buy a book from your local store or library but in the novel it informs you that books are burned and are something hated upon .”do you ever read any books you burned?”(Bradbury 8) proves that they never

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