The story takes place in a futuristic society where the government has banned all sources of knowledge and has drugged the people with electronics, propaganda, and many other methods. The government has absolute power and want to keep it. They fear that knowledge comes with power so they banned books. They use firemen to track down and burn the books, they also severely punish hoarders who keep them.
In comparison to the real world, both societies are similar. Often times with dictatorships in countries, the dictator controls the press and media for the same reason, tying back to the essential statement, "knowledge comes with power."
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