Imagine a society where technology has so advanced that printed material is no longer necessary or desired. Citizens sit in their living rooms surrounded by television screens that consume their walls and they constantly spread such a suffocating noise that you can't even remember the plot of the show. Before going to bed they plug their ears with “clamshell” earphones that emit even more noise. In the morning, they drive to work 160 km away /who occupy their time during the day with meaningless activities to the point that they are unable to entertain their mind with anything significant. Above all, people of this society avoid books and remain ignorant about their history and anything beyond it their lifestyle. This is the society that Ray Bradbury evokes in Fahrenheit 451 using elements of science fiction to convey the importance of remembrance, freedom of speech and less dependence on machines. Science fiction has been the best medium to help Bradbury express his ideas because it provides the right balance between fiction and nonfiction that other genres cannot achieve. Although science fiction is classified strictly as fiction, it contains elements of both nonfiction and fiction. The genre of fiction includes mystery, horror, action, fantasy, etc. And the nonfiction genre can be historically or scientifically based. Science fiction is a blend of fantasy and scientific fact without leaning too much to one side. To clarify, science fiction differs from fantasy because some of its fictional elements can be made possible because they have scientific basis. The fantasy, however, is completely made up and cannot be justified by science. For example, science fiction can be about future technology or space travel and fantasies... middle of paper... the web. June 4, 2010. Feldman, Robert S. “Learning.” Essential elements for understanding psychology. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.Fishburn, Matthew. “Books are Weapons: Wartime Responses to the Nazi Book Burnings of 1933.” History of the Book 10 (2007): 223-51. MUSE project. Network. 4 June 2010. .Myhre, Oyvind. Science fiction: a vision of freedom. London: Libertarian Alliance, 1986. Print."Panasonic develops world's largest plasma TV." PhysOrg.com - Science news, technology, physics, nanotechnology, space science, earth science, medicine. Network. June 3, 2010. “When Books Burn: University of Arizona Special Collections Exhibition.” The University Libraries of the University of Arizona. Network. 04 June 2010. .