Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?

I'm not too good with the whole "let's relate our book to the world!" type of thing, so I fail to see a current situation in the world, but I do see a situation that ended not even twenty years ago, one that had been going on for a very long time. "What is this phenomenon?" you ask. One word. Communism.

Communism has been going on for a very long time in many countries, and some even today, and was very similar to the censorship presented in Bradbury's novel. The government "ties down" the people so that they may control them. Create a world where everybody gets along and is the same. Everyone is equal, and certain items are banned from the country. In North Korea, Kim Jung-IL makes everyone treat him and his father as gods. They make them carry around little red books that tell about "how great North Korea is" and all that other junk they're being fed.

What was the result of communism? It failed, at a certain extent. Most of the world went on t democracy or at least government systems similar to the democratic system. Then, in the future, according t the book, it's communism all over again. Just as Granger wisely stated near the end of the book, the world and its society is like a phoenix. It goes, then starts over again. The world gets out of control, it goes under communism, then there's too much control and the world is released, you could say, and then becomes quite nice, until it is out of control again. Granger also mentioned that eventually, the world would need to people with remembered books, and the world would be restored back with books and the ability to think, and it goes on forever. An unending cycle, doing just that: not ending. So this book shows a similar situation in our world, and that problem is the world itself, and how it works.

So how exactly does this book show how we can help our problem? It shows us that it's coming, a time like the years of communism. It warns us, and shows that there is still chance to restore the world when that time comes. Until it comes...


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