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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-05 10:31:29 for Fahrenheit 451.
(Language: English)
  
I first read this book in high school while studying a lesson in irony.Firemen have a very different meaning in this disturbing vision of the future.Their job is to burn books.Knowledge is forbidden.Thinking for one's self is not encouraged.People are controlled by censorship.One fireman named Guy Montag loves to burn,but hasn't taken the time to look at what's he's burning.He begins to question things with the aid of an unusual young girl named Clarisse.Although not a dynamic read,the book touches on themes that are still relevant today.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-04 07:35:02 for Hamlet (The New Folger Library Shakespeare).
(Language: English)
I'm a huge Shakespeare fan.I read three of what I thought would be easier plays to understand before I tackled this one.Not written as a book obviously,it was enacted on stage for over four hundred years and still a major draw in both theatre and film, Hamlet embodies everything about the Elizabethan view of the classic tragic hero.He thinks when action is required of him and he acts when he should think.His response to his father's mysterious death,was he feigning madness or truly insane?The play itself is a perfect example of irony.As influential as it is enduring despite true authorship to Shakespeare being disputed even today,it will remain a classic because of it's timeless theme of the protaganist's inability to achieve his goals,which to the Elizabethan audience it simply means all the major characters die.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-04 06:57:52 for Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich.
(Language: English)
It was a book I felt I had to read.It was long and detailed with lots of footnotes,however it was a very compelling read.Well researched and informative and written by someone who lived at the time it happened.From the beginning of Hitler's life to the end of the Nuremberg trials William Shirer's exuastive account manages to keep readers on the edge of their seats as each histortical event unfolds.If you have the interest and the time it's well worth it.
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