Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic story which is set in a society that does not believe in individualism. In fact, it discourages individualism. In this society, all printed materials are banned. Books and reading materials are banned because city officials believe that reading allows you to think on your own and they discourage individualism. This society had a box, sort of like a mailbox, which stood outside of the firemen's station. If someone suspected or had seen someone else with a book, that person took identification of the person with the book(s) and left it inside the box. Then the firemen, completely different from our firemen, went out to that person's house and burned a