Let's talk: Fahrenheit 451
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Re: Let's talk: Fahrenheit 451
I found it disturbing still. I can't wrap my mind around the idea of burning books I couldn't live in a word without books and the knowledge that comes with books.
The society described by Bradbury gives me the chills. Empty, sad people wasting their life feigning to be happy interacting with false friends on a screen.
The chilling part is that we almost have something very similar to the high tech described in the book. I can even see similarities in the behaviour of young people: behave as they were happy, showing the new smartphone, fashion clothes, caring more for their appearance than for their personality. To show off instead to be.
The end of the book always made me want to commit my favourite books to memory
If I could save a book, it would be Notre Dame De Paris by Victor Hugo.
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I would probably try to protect the Harry Potter books from the firefighters in the Fahrenheit 451 universe.
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Not only is the plot captivating on the surface, but I agree with others' sentiments that it rings very true in a more general, metaphorical sense in regards to censorship and systemic attempts at thought control.
Also, great question! I think I would end up like the lady in the book who stayed in her house and got burnt with her books; not because I want to make a statement or be nihilistic, I just wouldn't be able to decide. lol
Side note: Has anyone read Bradbury's Dandelion Wine? I started it not long after a read The Martian Chronicles a few years ago but couldn't get into it as much as the other two of his I have read. Thinking about giving it another go...
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