The book that we are currently reading in class is Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. He wrote this book to be set in the future, and some of the details are a little scary to think about, if they could actually happen in our future. The main idea is that books are no longer a good thing. The whole society is based around entertainment, and people are not supposed to think why things happen, but just to assume that these things are normal. They believe books will help people to begin thinking about why things happen, so they have made the roles of firefighters not to put out firers, but to essentially start them and burn the books that citizens may secretly have. This is scary to think about because we are taught to read books and learn about subjects like history, math, science, and english. In this society, however, they don't learn anything, they simply enjoy there televisions. I cannot imagine living in this kind of society.

     I believe Ray Bradbury wrote this book to send a message to the readers, encouraging them to not create this world, and continue learning new information. It is interesting too because he wrote this book in the 50's, and he didn't know about all the technology that would be invented until after publishing his book. This is cool because he predicted the world changing and evolving to the use of technology, and he was warning his audience to stay away from his, somewhat exaggerated society. I think this was a great way to send his message, through his book, showing the hardships of this society.