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Ironically, this is a book about literary censorship and even a warning against it. Although this book warns against the dangers of silencing stories, this is exactly the fate this book has and continues to face today. Often challenged for its sexual references and mature themes of sex, violence and alcohol. Farenheit 451 was officially banned and burned in South Africa by the government alongside thousands of other publications between the 1950s and 1970s. Various schools across the USA are still actively trying to have this novel banned within schools.
Ironically, this is a book about literary censorship and even a warning against it. Although this book warns against the dangers of silencing stories, this is exactly the fate this book has and continues to face today. Often challenged for its sexual references and mature themes of sex, violence and alcohol. Farenheit 451 was officially banned and burned in South Africa by the government alongside thousands of other publications between the 1950s and 1970s. Various schools across the USA are still actively trying to have this novel banned within schools.