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Fahrenheit 451

Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him...more
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few weeks ago
The premise of the book intrigued me. I mean, people burning books! That is somewhat considered blasphemous to me. I applaud the book for posing such a dark, disturbing theme and turning it into the book. The irony of it all! A book about people opposing books and burning them. It kinda makes you think, doesn't it? What if this world has no books? What if the television is heavily relied upon...more
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few weeks ago
Totally Prophetic Book About the world today...consider the following... Walls that are TVs (bigger Flatscreen TVs) Seashells for the ears to play music (IPods) Gameshows with added educational value to make you feel like you are spending your time wisely, Cars going faster, Billboards with advertising getting bigger, Family becoming the TV characters we get involved with....more
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few weeks ago
An important statement against censorship, this book presents a prophetic vision of a world where people are pre-occupied by 'popular entertainment' and distracted away from any serious thought or real knowledge (as represented by books). The disturbing similarity of this fictional world to the one we actually live in today, makes this a thought-provoking must-read. I must say, however, that I am...more
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few weeks ago
If you liked Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and George Orwell's "1984), chances are high that you also like this one. Still, I read and loved the first two and think that, in comparison them, "Fahrenheit 451" is the weakest one. Weak regarding the complexity of the story and also regarding the reader's suspense. However, the idea of future firemen...more
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few weeks ago
Wow, this book is scary. It was written back in 1953 but it feels like it's happening today. This book follows Guy Montag, a fireman, only in the future, firemen don't put out fires, they start them. This book sucks you in so that you feel like you're going through all the things Montag goes through, and he goes through some mind-bending changes as he wakes up to how dead people have become in...more
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few weeks ago
I first read this book in the 6th grade. This book single handily turned me on to reading literature for entertainment. It's a great story in a world that seems backwards from the very beginning. The main char is introduced as a fire-fighter so our expectations are set. When their job is to search residencies for books (which are banned), compile them and then burn them. Our...more
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few weeks ago
I guess the last time I read this I did not find it a little long on the metaphors. But, even considering this you cannot deny that this is a great novel. It is amazing how many details get lost in the recesses of your memories (which is probably a good reason to read the old classics over again. I recently read that Ray Bradbury was peeved that the general masses (and those that instruct...more
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few weeks ago
I think people have commonly misinterpreted this book as being about state censorship. While the firemen are in fact state-appointed censors, it is apparent that it is the people themselves that have caused the censorship to become so widespread in the first place (as Beatty alludes to). The state willingly cooperates in this censorship because it maintains that status quo and makes its citezens...more
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few weeks ago
I'm always annoyed when I think of all the great books that I wanted to read that were read in other people;s highs school classes. Even in the my high school. One semester I would here about one class reading something cool like "1984" and then in my semester, I wouldn't get to read it and I get "Who Has Seen the Wind" instead. This was one of those cool books. I've known about it for so...more
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few weeks ago
it has such a powerful message that it manages to both whisper and scream. ray bradbury does things to words that other people do with paint, or film or glass. he so masterfully portrays a time in the unspecified future but does so without any long descriptive paragraphs. he leaves so many blanks and challenges the reader to fill them in. it's engaging,...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0345342968
  • ISBN-13: 9780345342966
  • ISBN-10: 0345342968
  • ISBN-13: 9780345342966
  • ISBN-10: 0345342968
  • ISBN-13: 9780345342966
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