 When
Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1953, censorship was a major concern in the
U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, was leading a witch hunt to root out all suspected
Communists sympathizers in the government, as well as writers, publishers,
moviemakers, and performers.Most of McCarthy's
findings were unfounded, but they nonetheless ruined the careers of many people
who were blacklisted or fired because of their supposed links to Communism.
Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451 is social
criticism of this era and a warning of what was to come in the future if the
censorship of people's thoughts, beliefs, ideas, and works continued to occur in
the U.S. |
