Fahrenheit 45 is an iconic representation of dystopian fiction its a world where ignorance is blessed, war is always on the horizon and knowledge itself is under constant attack, the legendary story of book burning firemen guy Montag journey of rebellion is infamous because its themes and ideas are still relevant today, Bradbury got the idea of Fahrenheit 45 from Adolf Hitler who used to burn books in Berlin when Bradbury was only 5 years old, the book takes a place in a world where the nuclear war has been won by the US, Fahrenheit 45 also spoke to McCarthysim the infamous anti-communism witch hunt propagated by Senator Joe McCarthy and the rise of TV an overwhelming reinforcement of noisy propaganda. Bradbury saw as a medium that could become more calm than pro for American citizens. Fahrenheit 45 is a dystopian fiction which means it takes place in an upside-down world one often run by totalitarianism or oppression where technology and institutions work to subvert the
people not uplift them. In the story the main character guy Montag works as a fireman in this dystopian world its illegal to own books and firemen network to burn them instead of fighting fires like they do now. Montag meets Clarisse his thoughtful curious next-door neighbor someone whose natural questioning leads Montag to questioning himself and the world around him, his wife was an ignorant TV and radio addicted woman named Mildred overdoses on sleeping pills, her rescue by nonchalant technicians shows right away how little people care for each other or think for themselves in this world during the routine book burning Montag steals a book from a fire the woman who owns the book burns herself alive. Mildred tell Montag that Clarisse is dead and this disturbs Montag. The burning of the woman gets Montag sick and death of Clarisse adds to it that eventually captain Beatty his boss visits extolling the virtues of ignorance and bemoaning the past when people read and made