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Summary: Mostley for the teenage reader
Review: The book that I am reading is called Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and it is about a sheltered community who has banned books from the community to read. The problem is that there s always some one or people with a little bit of curiosity to find out what is out there beyond their whereabouts and what is in the outside world. In this town the fireman are paid to burn books and this keeps everyone the same, happy, and not wanting/wishing to leave their perfect town and go search new surroundings.
I think that this was a great book to read. It kept me on the edge and scared for what was going to happen next for the main character. Like when Montag's boss came to his house while he was reading a book and he hid the book but while he was talking to his boss, his wife was cleaning and almost found the book. I got really scared for him but I could help but think it was really strange that the firemen burned books to shelter the people. But what they don't know can't hurt them. Right?
I think that Fahrenheit 451 is a book mostly for the teenage mind because littler kids wouldn't understand why the people had to be blinded from the outside world and such. This would be very interesting to read for the more mature age in high school. It would go over a lot better in their minds.
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Summary: This book is not "hot."
Review: I enjoy historical fictions, so I knew "Fahrenheit 451" was not my style, but I thought I would give it a go anyway. Well, I hated it. I did not like Ray Bradbury's style and I think he needs help! Who in their right mind would think of our world becoming so controlling and horrible? There are a lot of unanswered questions and undefined terms in this book, so you better get the Cliff's Notes, because without them, you'll be lost. Do not be surprised if you do not finish this book quickly, either! I did find the subject of book banning and censorship interesting, but I think it could have been told differently. I do not recommend this book!
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Summary: Why Burn Books
Review: Fahrenheit 451 is about a man Guy, Montag who questions why he is a fireman that burns books instead of reading them. The firemen of our society put out fires and help people, but the firemen of their society are futurist cops who burn books. The main character in the book is Montag Guy who is works for the "fire department". Montag meets a women named Clarisse McClellan who changes his mind about what he does as a fireman. Montag runs into many problems after this, when he decides to change his mind to not burn books. Captain Beatty is Montag's boss of the fire department, who eventually finds out that Montag is hiding something. Montag's behavior creates problems for Montag that put his life at risk. Montag is my favorite character in the book because he is an exciting person that does a lot of interesting things. You don't know what Montag will do next while he is on the run from the law.
I compare my self to Montag because I remember when I was told what to do all the time. Just like Montag was told what to do by his society. Montag did not know that burning books is wrong because he had grown up in world that told him to it. Now that I am 18 years of age my parents can't tell me what to do anymore. It's like I am responsible more now than ever. I can start my life and do what ever I like. Montag is trying to fight for his freedom by getting out of his society so he can start a brand new society which is just and fair. This is a great science fiction book that will keep you guessing all the way through the book. My favorite part in the book is when Montag is forced to burn down his own house while Captain Beatty is waiting for him outside. After that he is arrested by Beatty. Instead of giving up, he turns the flame thrower on Captain Beatty and burns Beatty to death. I loved this part because the hand exactly symbolize what Montag's hands are doing to Captain Beatty-like they have a mind of their own. If I could change something in the novel it would be that Bradbury had more of the young women, Clarisse McClellan, because Montag talked to her a lot in the beginning of the book. I would have liked to see if there would be more of Montag and her interacting. I would recommend this book to people who like science fiction. I would also recommend this book to anyone who likes to read. This book really does get your imagination going; I give this book two thumbs up.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451
Review: The novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, is about a man named Guy Montag who is a fireman. Unlike most ordinary firemen, he starts fires instead of puts them out. He burns books. If anyone in their town is caught with even only one book in their house, he comes and set the entire house on fire and lets it all burn to the ground. After a while he meets a girl and starts to fall in love with her. However, she likes books, and she reads them. So, he tries reading a book and he loves it. Then he stops burning them and instead he reads them while they live together. One time his boss came to his house while he was reading his book and he had to hide it. While he was talking his wife was cleaning and almost found the book.
At first I thought that this was going to be a pretty good book. It might be kind of exciting, being about burning books and all. Since I personally hate reading then hearing about someone that burns books caught my attention. It turned out to be another boring book.
This book would be better suited for older adults that like to read. Books that kids are required to read should be fun and exciting books not any of these boring books. There are plenty of books out there that would be much more interesting to read than the ones that we do read.
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Summary: Ordinary
Review: I thought this book was ok. The book is about a firefighter who has to make a decision that could possibly change his life. The firemen have to burn all the books because it is illegal to read. It's interesting that in the future books would actually be banned from reading.
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Summary: Evaluative Essay
Review: Don't light a fire under this book: The novel Fahrenheit 451 starts out with a firefighter, Montag, going through life like everyone else. He is just going through the motions, as he is a puppet. One day a girl named Clarisse opens his eyes and lifts the dark cover from is head and shows him that he is not really happy even though he appears to be as content as can be. He is also not living his own life as an individual but is living like the government wants him to.
Fahrenheit 451 takes place sometime in the future in England. After Montag's eyes are opened he decides to do something about it. He sees how corrupt the government is and how it controls the people. Montag's given job, given to him by the government, is to burn books. He thought that that is how life has always been with firefighters burning books instead of putting out fires.
All this time is a quest for Montag to find out how to be happy and to make life better for himself and everyone else. I think that the novel was an excellent reading experience. The words spoken really made you think about life now and how the book applies to yourself. "Ten minutes after death a man's a speck of black dust." This is an example of the how deep the novel is.
I recommend this novel to people who are over 14 years of age. Anybody who is younger might not be able to grasp the meaning of the deeper points and may not appreciate the novel as a whole. Also I recommend this book to people who like to read about the future and "what if" type of books.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451
Review: The story of Fahrenheit 451 is a complicated one that tries to explain the future in an odd way that is not often expressed. It brings you into the warped mind of a fireman, who burns books rather than puts fires out. This book proves to be very novel and is interesting at times, but at other points it just seems boring and outright ridiculous. When I read this novel it made me think of what the present day government might do behind our backs to censor certain materials, but the novel can be so confusing that it is hard to find the relationship. Despite these setbacks, it shows how a few wrong moves and decisions by humans today can end up in grave results in the future.
In this story, the main character Montag begins to run into people that alter his mind and make him think about the ethics of his job, which of course is burning books. Montag used to live his life smelling of kerosene, ravaging people's houses, and setting books aflame, but he wants to know why he is doing these deeds in the first place. It is sort of difficult to see how books could be so horrible that they should be banned and burned. You learn later in the story, if you can read inbetween the lines of difficult language, that the government has put a ban on all books to prevent them from corrupting the minds of the people living at the time. Montag learns this and begins to live two lives; one as a fireman, and the other as a madman hiding books in the vents of his house. While this is happening a war is going on that is so hard to understand and so irrelevant that it should just be ignored. The book continues to become more confusing, and the end is just unimaginable and pointless.
If you love books that are outdated and totally science fiction, then this is the novel for you. It is a great piece of work that was new and exciting when it was written, but to most people today it would just seem odd and nauseating at times. It is totally unbelievable, and it was difficult for me to sit down and read this story because it was so complex and involved. It takes a person with an extremely vivid imagination to read this novel. It was meant to show how people can not let the government get out of control because they will eventually corrupt and control the minds of every last person on the planet, but this point is lost somewhere amongst the many plots and twists. It tends to be very odd take on the subject, and I would not really recommend using your time to check it out.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451
Review: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a futuristic society where reading books, or the written word, is against the law and if you get caught all of your belongings, house and all, get burned to the ground.
Even though this book is completely unrealistic to our society and has firefighters burning down homes instead of saving them, it offers an insight to what live would really be like if there was no written word and if technology ruled our lives.
Guy Montag, the main character and our look into the firefighting world, is a man content with his life and never thought of the right and wrong of his job until one day when everything goes wrong and he feels that his freedom is being oppressed.
This novel contains some action and it better reading for an older reading audience but will be liked for years to come.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451
Review: In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, the main character is a fireman that instead of putting out fires, he starts them because reading and owning books is against the law. The book is set in the future, but we don't know when. We learn that Montag has a stash of books that he has been stealing from houses he had burned that are hidden in his air-conditioning vent. Beatty, his fire chief, tells him he has one day to decide if books are any good then bring the book to work to be burned. Montag had met a retired English professor named Faber at a park a year ago. He reads poetry to Mildred and two of her friends; they get scared and go home. Montag goes to work and hands over one of his books, then the alarm sounds, when they get to the house they realize that it is Montag's house. His wife and her friends had called in the report. Beatty forces him to burn down his own house then places him under arrest, then he turns the flame-thrower on Beatty and knocks down the other firemen. The Mechanical Hound that Beatty had set against Montag injects some anesthetic into his leg. He walks off the numbness and goes to Faber's house. Faber gives Montag some of his clothes and tells him to run out of the city. He follows an abandoned railroad until he finds a group of "Book People" that have memorized the great works of literature and philosophy.
In my opinion, Fahrenheit 451 is hard to understand and enjoy if you don't like futuristic fiction. The plot seemed like it happened too quickly and it doesn't seem realistic. This would probably never happen because people enjoy books too much. The characters don't seem disturbed about the fact that books aren't part of their lives. All they do is sit in their "parlors" watching TV on huge screens. This book is made more for people that are interested in futuristic novels and censorship. The characters are only used to not having books as a part of their lives, the government controled everything that was printed until society decided that they didn't want books anymore, as to not offend anyone. The people of this society don't think freely or spend time by themselves.
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Summary: fahrenheit review
Review: The novel Fahrenheit 451 is a great Sci-Fi written by Ray Bradbury .that is about censorship. It is revolves around a man named guy Montag he is a firemen. In that time books are illegal they are against the law to own book and more so to read them. Firemen don't stop fires they start them by burning the books that people have illegally. Liked doing his job until one day a women killed her self for the books she owned. After that Montag plays seesaw from being a fireman or a rebel reading books.
Fahrenheit 451 is one of the greatest sci-fi novels I read so far. Ray Bradbury did excellent in this book. His writing is so good that you can see what he is thinking about the pitcher is so vivid that it is like watching a real movie. He also had a great scene of the future he explained every thing well he didn't leave you guessing how the stuff worked. He is truly the greatest book that he is written .The best part of the book is how much information he gives about his character. You can image how Montag would be if he was real.
An excellent part of the book is the ending it lives you guessing what is going to happen to him. I think that the author did this so the reader makes the ending whatever you wanted to be. Over the entire book are five stars. This is the best science fiction book I ever read.
Fahrenheit is great for the kids that say that books never have anything good in them. It is also good for science fiction readers, it is a great sci-fi book. This is also good for people that believe that the government is controlling us. Or the people that don't like censorship.
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