Ray Bradbury is extremely imaginative and creative in Fahrenheit
451. The preface (afterword in some versions), which introduces the
author and touches upon how and why he wrote the book, gets the
reader salivating for the novel's first words. The dystopic society
he depicts is eerily accurate to today's world. His characters are
interesting, his descriptions captivating and humourous.
*Slight spoiler alert*
Bradbury takes us through the tale of Montag, a confused fireman,
in a twisted future where the fire department burned books instead
of putting out fires. Fire is regarded as the clean and efficient
tool used to not only set books on fire, but to put out society's
freedom of expression. Books are replaced by TV's, freedom of
thought with conformity and distraction, in the midst of war.
Montag, with his rebelling conscience, becomes an island in a sea
of humans reduced to zombies, and is looking to escape and restore
the power of books.