Friday, February 24, 2017
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.
When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.
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So far, I like it even though, in some parts, it's confusing. I believe that the way some things are described has a big part in that.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I'm beginning to lose interest in it. Not because it's a bad book, but because of the three page parts about books and society. They may important, but I don't like them. I realize I should read through them, which I usually do, but when it's especially boring, I just skip through. Those parts also happen to be the confusing parts for me.
ReplyDeleteSo, the book took an unexpected turn. I honestly didn't think that Guy would ever murder someone, but he did anyway. I'm still relatively scrambled about what's happening and how it's happening but that's ok because I'm still skipping the most important parts. The way the characters speak is also getting to me as it's flowery...like one of my old science books. Kind of funny how many problems books can cause...
ReplyDeleteI finished it, finally. I believe that the message is that books are important and they need to be kept to pass down stories, information and morals. I also thought that the book could have been trying to tell the reader that you should fight for what you believe in, even if it gets you killed. Of course, death is not the preferred outcome but it will inspire others to join your cause and fight with you.
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