Fahrenheit 451.

Fahrenheit 451

the temperature at which book paper

catches fire, and burns...

  The system is simple; Books are for burning, along with the houses in which they were hidden and firemen are the one who does the job. The fictional future of a country reached the state that puts blame of emotional conflicts and instability on books. Book burning incidents had happen frequently along the history. It was often lead by the invaders, government, religious group, or the community that was motivated by an objection. The author believe,'censorship' is the modernized way of burning books. Most of the governments that start doing censorship begin with the purpose of protecting society, which later can become a breach of democracy. Though, in every societies, there will be people who are up to a right thing and fight for the evolution.

  The following phrase is taken from the interview with the author, Ray Bradbury. It reflects his idea of the book well. "Let's imagine there's an earthquake tomorrow in the average university town. If only two buildings remained intact at the end of the earthquake, what would they have to be in order to rebuild everything that had been lost? Number one would be the medical building, because you need that to help people survive, to heal injuries and sickness. The other building would be the library. All the other buildings are contained in that one. People could go into the library and get all the books they needed in literature or social economics or politics or engineering and take the books out on the lawn and sit down and read. Reading is at the center of our lives. The library is our brain. Without the library, you have no civilization."