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- - - - The writing and theme within Fahrenheit 451 was explored by Bradbury in some of his previous short stories. Between 1947 and 1948, Bradbury wrote "Bright Phoenix", a short story about a librarian who confronts a "Chief Censor", who burns books.
        
        The history of dystopian literature can be traced back to the reaction to the French Revolution of 1789 and the prospect that mob rule would produce dictatorship.
        
        The history of dystopian literature can be traced back to the reaction to the French Revolution of 1789 and the prospect that mob rule would produce dictatorship.
        
        Dystopias are often characterized by fear or distress,[3] crazy governments, environmental disaster,[4] or other characteristics associated with a decline in society
- - - - Utopian and Dystopian Fiction - Often portrayed as satire
        
        Very famous piece of dystopian literature is 1984 by George Orwell which has a lot of censorship and control and propoganda
        
        Brainwashing - Very heavily featured in dystopian novels - Mind Control through propoganda
- - - - Such works often feature the loss of a global perspective as protagonists are on their own, often with little or no knowledge of the outside world.
- - - - In 1953, Bradbury published his literary masterpiece Fahrenheit 451; the following year, the 34 year-old author received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award for contributions to American literature.
        
        The reason Bradbury's stories have been so successful is that they have a strong sense of metaphor. Ray was brought up on, and learnt his craft from, Greek myths, Roman myths, and Egyptian myths. Influences like that,