The novel describes the American society of the future, in which books are prohibited, since books are not only a source of knowledge, but also a lever of thought. ⠀ The government of the future does not need educated and thinking citizens. ⠀ Scientists, philosophers, lawyers, historians are not needed. ⠀ The government of the future needs uneducated slaves to work in factories. ⠀ Give them silly TV shows and some money. Let it shut up. People who read or distribute books are equated with extremists and enemies of the state. ⠀ A special squad will burn any books they find. ⠀ Guy Montag is a member of such a squad. ⠀ In the course of the novel, he becomes disillusioned with the ideals of society, of which he is a part and joins a small underground group that is trying to preserve books for posterity, so that a reasonable generation can then object. Bradbury's future world shocked me. ⠀ I was shocked not even by what the government was doing, but by the fact that this world of the future