Fahrenheit 451- A Novel by Ray Bradbury
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This was one of my favorite books in high school
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i need a good movie adaptation
i need this book injected into my veins 😞
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Definitely a good read. 🔥🔥
One of the most important books to read in modern times.
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I am in love with this book
I read this for class and from the first few pages I was sucked in, I couldn't put it down. I finished reading it before my class did and I plan on rereading it at some point in the very near future, 100% recommend.
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Do not let the status quo win
Guy Montag is a fireman. Not like we know firemen. He burns books since houses are now fireproof and it is illegal to own books or even to read them. However, Guy has been stealing books and hiding them in his house. When they go to a house to burn the books hidden there and someone dies, Guy starts to question why they are burning books. What is wrong with books? What happens to him when he reads one? Can he live with the answers? Can he live as a fugitive from society? This is so timely. Bradbury was writing of a dystopian society, but I see so many parallels with today's headlines. Politicians want certain books banned. School boards are getting into the battle on censoring books. There are publishers who want to make books politically correct before children read them. I find all this so wrong. Montag may lose everything with his behavior and thoughts, but he has woken up to see what he and society has lost because of the censorship and people not reading. When he meets a neighbor who is a teen, and she talks to him about so many things that no one talks of he realizes how much of living he has missed. With his wife so absorbed into her "wall family" and how hard she tries so hard to be happy, he realizes this is no life for him anymore. He wants her to join him, but she wants the status quo. Seeing their marriage fall apart is sad. Seeing Montag free himself gave me hope that the "everyman" can be the rebel in his own quiet way. In his own way, Montag wins. He shows that we need some event to wake us up to the status quo and have us start questioning what is happening around us and if it is right. For us who are readers, we can best be like Montag by reading everything--banned books, censored books, politically incorrect books that are products of their times--then have them available in our homes for our children and others. Use them to teach. Use them to learn. Use them to grow. Use them to promote discussion. Do not let the status quo win.
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Captivating as a Flame
I could NOT set this book down! I read it in less than 8 hours, and was truly captivated the entire time. Whether it’s for personal enjoyment or school, you’ll love it.
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Mediocre
If I had to say one word to describe this book I would say it's mediocre. Everything about the book is mediocre in my opinion the book moves very slow, and the characters are not well developed. Although it has a couple of great chapters it has many drawbacks throughout the novel which makes reading it very challenging. Even though I think it is mediocre I still think everyone should read it since it is a classic great novel, and since I was forced to read this in 8th grade.
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Great read! Powerful book.
As you take a dive into one of Ray Bradbury’s classic book, Fahrenheit 451, you are surrounded with a semi-futuristic, dystopian society. is this world that Guy Montag lives in technology has become the thrill in life and seems to be the only thing that people partake in. Because of all of this new technology people then started rejecting books. This now renovates an old profession and uses it under a different name, fighter fighters. Instead of stopping fire the light it partially to books to stop the spread of knowledge and thought. Overall this books was great and brought a lot to the table. I particularly enjoyed all of the messages hidden inside the letters of the page. These lessons taught the reader to not let anyone control you. In the first 5 pages of the book you see this line quote talking about writing against the lined paper given to you. Guy Montog explores this lesson throughout the book and this journey takes him on multiple eye opening experiences. Another tool that Bradbury uses to add depth and meaning to his book was all of the figurative language that he uses. While hard to understand at first, you get used to it and the books start to make more sense. Bradbury’s idea to add tons of figurative language really adds to the story and helps connect the reader to what is happening in the scene. Something else special about the format of the figurative language used is that how Bradbury might combine two completely different items or thoughts and combine them to expand the perception of the reader's thoughts on what is happening in the book. Seeing that other people find Fahrenheit 451 to be a terrible book because of the figurative language is sad becaue if you take the time and think about what you are reading you can truly enjoy this book and be left with great lessons to share with others. This book really can change your perspective on the world and force you to look deeper into what is around you, and the way that Bradbury does this is motivational and underrated. Looking at the reviews on of this book while some saying that it’s great and others disliking it. I still think that this book is a classic read and was very influential with the lessons that it provided, the realistic characters that you see in the book and all of the figurative language used to convey different emotions.
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