Prophecy in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 In many ways, the future can be referred to as a dark abyss of mystery that awaits us at every turn of our lives. Human nature regularly advises us to plan and prepare for the unknown. However, during the last fifty years, humankind has made some seemingly wise presumptions pertaining to the future. Both in movies, literature, and in everyday life, people are making predictions about what is to come. In his novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury makes some prophetic statements about what is to come for humanity. Should we continue to accelerate the technological machine