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Fahrenheit 451 is an engrossing futuristic tale of a society where all printed material is banned. In this country of the future, officials believe that people who read and are able to think for themselves are a threat to the nation where individualism is strongly discouraged. Fahrenheit 451 is recently the most notable work of social criticism that Bradbury has written. This novel has one very important aspect dealing with symbolism. This story deals with the extremely …

…in who puts him in the position to light him up. He gives up his job, which he loved to protect the future, a future where people and books can again flourish. He goes on the run from the mechanical hound, which will stop at nothing to drive its needle deep inside him, thus he is faced with an external conflict, to survive. He escapes the hound and sees the flash fire destroy his city.