It predicts a future where books are illegal and any found are burned by fire fighters, including one who grows a conscience and begins fighting censorship.
With the recent rise of book bans, Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel couldn’t feel more relevant. It predicts a future where books are illegal and any found are burned by fire fighters, including one who grows a conscience and begins fighting censorship. Book burnings in Nazi Germany and the McCarthy hearings in the U.S. inspired the plot.