The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury tells the story of a future society that outlaws books. This book contains a lot of symbolism and the symbols used in the text help support the purpose of the book, which is to avoid conformity and not let society become uniform. This book fights for individuality and shows how important this is by showing the consequences of destroying this characteristic. The purpose of the book is to prevent an unfavorable future in which society is all conformed and everyone is equal. Preventing the destruction of individuality is the purpose of Fahrenheit 451. In Bradbury's words "I wasn't trying to predict the future" and adds "I was trying to prevent it." (Qtd. in Miller). His words show what he intended to do with this book. When the book was published there were many technological advances and Bradbury was trying to express his opinion on these changes and it is possible that he was afraid of change (Historical Context: Fahrenheit 451). This is evident in the book itself. He did this with his choice of words and language (Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation). The setting of the book is a future society where books are outlawed and everyone is relatively equal. Bradbury is making a comment about what society is like and how it is progressing. He is using this strategy to prevent society from going to the extremes, as is presented in his work. Bradbury uses this stressed setting in his book to show how bad things can get and overwhelm his reader into realizing how terrible this future would be. With concepts such as the multiple visions of fire and its meanings in this novel showing how Bradbury emphasized this future. Symbolism is very important in this book. Bradbury us...... middle of paper...... 451 and seeing the symbols in the book it is obvious that the symbols are used to support morals. An example of one of these symbols is fire. In the book, fire is used as both a creator and a destroyer and is the most important symbol of all due to the frequency with which it appears. Bradbury uses this symbol and others to make the future seem negative and to try to make the audience want to change so that the future changes too. Works Cited Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Del Ray Books. 1953. Print O'Callahan, Molly. “The “Fahrenheit 451” message is still relevant.” (2009): n. page Network. Journalistic source. Ebsco Presenter December 10, 2009. "Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation." Book review 256.28 (2009): 42. Web. Article. OneFile December 10, 2009. “Historical Context: Fahrenheit 451.” EXPLORING novels. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Network. March 14. 2010.