Fahrenheit 451 Wasn't About Burning Books

Sure, that's what happens in the book, but that's not really what it's about. By the time I got to high school, Fahrenheit 451 and the other dystopian classics weren't a meaningful part of the curriculum anymore. This fact really seems to accentuate the entire point of the book. The main character is a fireman, yes. In this mildly sci-fi future, the traditional firemen we think of today are…