Fahrenheit 451 Review
In the past couple of weeks I have been reading a book called Fahrenheit 451. Some of you well recognize that the temperature is the temperature that paper burns. As I read the book I made some connections to it. Ray Bradbury wrote the book in the 1950s. But he predicted some of the things we use now.
The book's main character or protagonist is called Montag. Montag is a fireman in the book. But, the firemen are not the same as we have in our world. These firemen set fires instead of putting them out. In Montag's world books are prohibited. When someone is in possession or suspected of having a book their home is sent on fire. Montag just does what he is told and burns down houses when told to. He then gets his mind thinking when a little girl questions everything he does. This girl always talked to him at the same place at the same time. Then one day she no longer went there. After that event occurred Montag started to question things in his life. He then did one thing that he is not allowed to do. He read a book while he was on a call to burn a house down. Montag turned from a person that does what is told to him, to a open thinking and minded person. He starts to do the thing he never has done. He starts to think.
One of the themes of the book is the control of authorities to people. This is shown throughout the book. The authorities are trying to make a society that is made up of people that do what they are told. As a high school student I can relate to this. In school they want to control you as if you are in a prison. In school you are told what to do, when to go somewhere, and when to eat.
Overall the book is full of different types of things. It is told of a character that changes throughout the book. It talks about things we have today that were not thought about un the past. Bradbury predicted ear buds, high school and college education. people may say that Fahrenheit 451 is about censorship but the book has other elements in it. I read this book a year before I read it again, and I noticed a lot of different things. In one year I can say that I'm a better reader. I can just say one thing about the book and that it is interesting in many ways. You need to read the book to find out what I'm talking about.
The book's main character or protagonist is called Montag. Montag is a fireman in the book. But, the firemen are not the same as we have in our world. These firemen set fires instead of putting them out. In Montag's world books are prohibited. When someone is in possession or suspected of having a book their home is sent on fire. Montag just does what he is told and burns down houses when told to. He then gets his mind thinking when a little girl questions everything he does. This girl always talked to him at the same place at the same time. Then one day she no longer went there. After that event occurred Montag started to question things in his life. He then did one thing that he is not allowed to do. He read a book while he was on a call to burn a house down. Montag turned from a person that does what is told to him, to a open thinking and minded person. He starts to do the thing he never has done. He starts to think.
One of the themes of the book is the control of authorities to people. This is shown throughout the book. The authorities are trying to make a society that is made up of people that do what they are told. As a high school student I can relate to this. In school they want to control you as if you are in a prison. In school you are told what to do, when to go somewhere, and when to eat.
Overall the book is full of different types of things. It is told of a character that changes throughout the book. It talks about things we have today that were not thought about un the past. Bradbury predicted ear buds, high school and college education. people may say that Fahrenheit 451 is about censorship but the book has other elements in it. I read this book a year before I read it again, and I noticed a lot of different things. In one year I can say that I'm a better reader. I can just say one thing about the book and that it is interesting in many ways. You need to read the book to find out what I'm talking about.
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