It's not a book about book censorship, but a book about how TV will rot your brain. The truth is, paper combustion is gradual and dependent on many factors even if some paper might combust at 451F, his title is at best an oversimplification, but Bradbury was more interested in a punchy message than in constructing a thoughtful and well-supported argument. There are grounds to contend that even the title is inaccurate, since contemporary sources suggest paper combusts at 450 degrees Celsius, which in Farenheit would be more than 800 degrees. This is chiefly because the book is full of assumptions and vague symbolism which can be taken many ways, and rarely does anyone come away from the book with the conclusion the author intended, which would suggest that it is a failed attempt. Farenheit 451 has been analyzed and reinterpreted by every successive generation to change its meaning.
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