Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. He was the third son of Leonard and Esther Bradbury. When he was six years old, his family moved to Tucson, Arizona. As a young boy, Ray became very intrigued by science fiction stories as well as horror films and magic acts. Ray began developing his own stories at the age of eleven, and at twelve he experienced a life-changing event. Ray read a newspaper headline that said "The World Would End Tomorrow." This title piqued Ray's curiosity and he and his brother camped outside along a cliff to witness this event. As the night wore on with no sign of ending, Ray became disappointed and he and his brother packed up and headed home. Ray vowed to separate himself from religion because he felt discouraged, not understanding a god who would provoke his people into pseudo-terror. Due to the Depression, Ray's father lost his job in 1932 and the family was forced to move to Los Angeles, California. . At the age of fifteen, Ray began sending his stories to national publications for printing. Having no luck with his stories, Ray maintained his love and focus on his work. At eighteen, Ray graduated from Los Angeles High School. Around the same time, Ray started his own magazine called Futura Fantasia; however, this project only lasted four issues and was all about his work. After numerous attempts to get his work published, Ray finally managed to get one of his stories published in Imagination! Magazine, an amateur magazine. The story was called Hollerbochen's Dilemma and it would mark a pretty significant achievement for Ray Bradbury. During this period, Ray took a job selling newspapers on street corners in Los Angeles. Bradbury got his first paid publication in 1941 with ...... middle of paper ......s Montag and he was soon one of them. of their network of intellectuals. Their goal is to help humanity in the war that has just been declared. Soon the town is wiped out by enemy planes and Montag and his new friends set off in search of survivors and on a quest to rebuild their town. In this novel, Bradbury seems to draw inspiration from the times in which he lived, including the start of the Cold War; however, I feel like Bradbury relied heavily on his imagination. Of course, there were a lot of political injustices going on at the time Bradbury wrote this novel, including racism, war, civil rights, and more. Bradbury seems to be a modern-day visionary. Many of the details he wrote about in this novel have become modern issues related to the media's unquestionable hold on society. I enjoyed reading this novel and thought it provided great central meaning. A quote I took is: