In the following except, Johnson provides concise analysis of plot, theme and elements of fantasy and social criticism in Fahrenheit 451.
Fahrenheit451 is one of only two novels Bradbury has written. The other is Something Wicked This Way Comes. (Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles are often referred to as novels, but they are really collections of separate stories unified by theme and specially written bridge passages.) Fahrenheit 451 is a short novel, an expansion of a story, "The Fireman," originally published in Galaxy. The book is about as far as Bradbury has come in the direction of using science fiction for social criticism Actually, the premise of the book is rather farfetched-that firemen in some future state no longer fight fires but set them, having become arms of a political program aimed at stamping.....
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