The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a future society that bans books. This book has a lot of symbolism and the symbols used in the text help support the purpose of the book, which is to avoid conformity and not let society become one. This book fights for individuality and shows how important it is by showing the consequences of destroying this characteristic. The aim of the book is to avoid an unfavorable future where society is entirely compliant and everyone is the same. Preventing the destruction of individuality is the goal of Fahrenheit 451. In Bradbury's words, "I wasn't trying to predict the future" and he adds, "I was trying to prevent it." (Qtd. in Miller). His words show what he wanted to do with this book. When the book was published there were a lot of technological advancements and Bradbury was trying to give his opinion on these changes and it is possible that he was afraid of change (Historical Context: Fahrenheit 451). This is evident in the book itself. He did this with his choice of words and his language (Fahrenheit 451: the authorized adaptation). The setting of the book is that of a future society where books are banned and everyone is relatively the same. Bradbury makes a comment on the state of society and how it is progressing. He uses this strategy to prevent society from going to the extremes that his work presents. Bradbury uses this stressful setting in his book to show how bad things can go and overwhelm his reader into realizing how horrible that future would be. With concepts such as the multiple visions of fire and its meanings in this novel, showing how Bradbury emphasized this future. In this book, symbolism is very important. Bradbury us...... middle of paper ...... 451 and seeing the symbols in the book it is obvious that the symbols are used to support morals. An example of one of these symbols is fire. Fire is used as both creator and destroyer in the book and is the most important symbol of all due to the frequency with which it appears. Bradbury uses this symbol and others to make the future seem bad and to try to make the audience want to change so that the future will change as well. Works Cited Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Del Ray Books. 1953. PrintO'Callahan, Molly. "The message 'Fahrenheit 451' is still relevant today." (2009): no. page. Internet. Newspaper source. Ebsco hosts December 10, 2009. “Fahrenheit 451: the authorized adaptation. » Book Review 256.28 (2009): 42. web. Article. OneFile December 10, 2009. “Historical Context: Fahrenheit 451.” EXPLORE the novels. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center – Gold. Internet. March 14. 2010.