FARENHEIT 451 is a story about political and intellectual freedom. It is about a fictional place where reading has become banned and all works of literature are burned. This quote is to help you understand the mentality behind the story, "You must understand that our civilization is so vast that we can't have our minorities upset and stirred. Ask yourself, what do we want in this country, above all? People want to be happy, isn't that …showed first 75 words of 404 total…

…showed last 75 words of 404 total…person, Guy, in his search for knowledge and the conflict between the people and governing bodies of a nation that is at war against the political freedom of expression. It is a story that is taken well by the reader because of its popular anarchist mentality but still fictional because it is so hard to believe that, in the future, books would be banned because people do not all share the same opinions and beliefs.