What would our world be like today without the knowledge of our past?
Ray Bradbury describes such a world in his famous novel, Fahrenheit
451. Mr. Bradbury uses fireman, Guy Montag, to show just how important
knowledge is in our society. In the beginning, Montag accepts the fact
that his job is to burn books and prevent his fellow citizens from
gaining too much knowledge. However, maybe what Montag is doing, is
wrong. Mr. Bradbury uses other characters, symbolism and theme to help with the understanding of how much we need knowledge of the past in order to achieve success.