《华氏451》想象了一个新型的乌托邦社会,这座未来都市被描述成为了焚书之城,汽车之城与拟像之城。生活于其中的人们已经不知自然为何物,终日沉迷于物质享乐和符号消费中,精神世界一片荒芜。小说主人公蒙塔格在克拉丽丝的引导下,感受到了自然的力量与美好。雷·布拉德伯里通过该小说警示世人:无深度的西方消费文化有可能带来的城市异化,同时也告诫人类对自然应有谦卑之心,敬畏之情。 Fahrenheit 451 envisions a new type of utopian society that is described as the city of burning books, the city of cars and the city of the like. The people living in them have no idea what nature is and are indulged in the material enjoyment and symbolic consumption all the time, and the spiritual world is barren. Under the guidance of Clarice, Montag, the hero of the novel, feels the power and beauty of nature. Through the book, Ray Bradbury warned the world of humankind that no depth of Western consumer culture could bring about urban alienation, and warned humans to be humble and in awe of nature.