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Summary: Fahrenheit 451, the Temperature at Which Books Burn.
Review: The book Fahrenheit 451 is a great book to read. It is about a futuristic world that we all fear. This is a where freedom of speech and thought are completely taken away. Guy Montag is a fireman but instead of putting fires out they set things on fire. The things that they set on fire are books and and the houses that hold the books. Later in the story they talk about Guy Montag meeting this girl named Clarisse. They engage in deep conversation and he soon learn to like the small things in life. After he met her he realizes how dull and boring his family really is. In the end of the story he escapes from the city after killing the fire-cheif and taking a couple of books with him. Guy Montag has the ability to like his job without knowing what he is actually doing to the society. He went to work and liked to watch the book get consumed by the flames. I would recommend this book to other readers. I think the book was interesting and very challenging. The book was fun to read and that is why I would recommend this book to other readers.
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Summary: Fahrenheit 451 is a creepy book
Review: This book painted a very dark and bleak future for mankind. Part of the future is firemen that don't fight fires but rather burn books. Why? Because the powers that be determined that what was in books could offend, confuse, depress, and sadden people, etc.Fahrenheit 451 depicts a society where it is best to make books illegal and burn them in order to keep society "politically correct". Just keep people happy watching television and and doing other mindless activities. I thought the book was well done in depicting the dilemna one firefighter faces and the actions he takes while living and working in such a world. The book probably deserves 3 1/2 stars.
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Summary: Sadly a disappointment
Review: Perhaps it is dated. Perhaps it was just built up too much. But this is yet another book that came highly recommended, both by other 'day-to-day' readers and critics alike, that i just could not enjoy. Bradbury's tale of a world where books is banned has a powerful and interesting premise. But it does not seem to follow through for me. Which is a shame - here is a book that is about the importance of books in our lives, but it is so boring that rather than 'get something' out of it, you just come away thinking how boring it is. Or at least i did.
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Summary: Frightening......and beautifully written
Review: This short book has been around for over forty years and I'll bet it will be around for at least another hundred because the truth of its message is a constant reminder of the value of books and priceless-ness of freedom of speech. Ray Bradbury takes a simple scenario....what would the future look like if "real" media were the only allowed form of information, and books, especially fiction, was outlawed. At first blush, there would be a few who might say, "well we don't read that much now...we get most of our information from tv, our entertainment from movies, or our computers." But it's more than that if you really stop to consider that when you choose to pick up a book of YOUR choosing your are excercising not only a basic intellectual freedom, you are also exerting your privacy, your right to choose how you'll spend your time, and how you'll choose to look at the world. Bradbury considers all of these things and the choices one man decided to make as a consequence. What was so exciting for me was to be able to contemplate these ideas within the context of a story told with beautiful language and images and a story that will grab you until the very end. I know this book is one of those that gets assigned in high school and then never sees the light of day afterward......well, as an ancient 40-year-old, I think that's a shame. It's a great read no matter what your age. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A Great Book 2 Read
Review: Did you notice that nowadays writers and filmmakers tend to make no difference between Horror and Science-Fiction? ... Real Science-Fiction plays not only in the future but in a society very different from ours and with people who have habits and a mentality which also are different from ours. Fahrenheit 451 is a very good example of that. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature that makes books burn and this is the problem we are dealing with (and no longer in the far future I'm afraid). Guy Montag is the hero of the novel. He's a fireman who burns books that are in people's houses, usually because someone denounced them at the police. It's forbidden to read books because they make you think and therefore make you unhappy. (Clothes have only zippers and no buttons; buttons take to much time so you start thinking and once again this makes you unhappy.) But Montag is a lonely person who has no contact with his wife; she only watches TV from dawn till dusk. The irony is that all the measures, which are taken by the government to protect people from being unhappy only, make them more unhappy than before. As the story unfolds, Guy Montag starts wondering what books are all about and he starts meeting people who read books (without notifying his superiors). The novel ends in a peculiar way.
I said in the beginning that the problem is maybe no longer in the far future: a psychologist I know once said that all books ought to have a happy ending. I never asked her what would become of the books that don't have a happy ending because I'm afraid what she might answer.
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Summary: I liked this book a lot
Review: This Book is very cool. I liked it a lot, because of it's seeming reality to real life. The reason this book is so freaky is that it's slowly coming true. I really liked the way it ended, also the way you struggled with Guy Montag(the hero) as he struggled with himself. This book is really cool.
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Summary: More relevent today than it was 40 years ago
Review: While 1984 has been imbedded in popular culture to the point where the 10 people who watch big brother don't know where the name comes from. Bradbury predicts political correctness 40 years before it was created and public apathy to war. In these days of Weakest Link and Cliff Notes, this should be required reading.
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Summary: 'Books ought to have a happy ending!'.
Review: Did you notice that nowadays writers and filmmakers tend to make no difference between Horror and Science-Fiction? 'Alien' is not SF but Horror, a very good horror-movie but not really SF. Real Science-Fiction plays not only in the future but in a society very different from ours and with people who have habits and a mentality which also are different from ours. Fahrenheit 451 is a very good example of that. Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature that makes books burn and this is the problem we are dealing with (and no longer in the far future I'm afraid). Guy Montag is the hero of the novel. He's a fireman who burns books that are in peoples houses, usually because someone denounced them at the police. It's forbidden to read books because they make you think and therefore make you unhappy. (Clothes have only zippers and no buttons; buttons take to much time so you start thinking and once again this makes you unhappy.) But Montag is a lonely person who has no contact with his wife; she only watches TV from dawn till dusk. The irony is that all the measures which are taken by the government to protect people from being unhappy only make them more unhappy than before. As the story unfolds, Guy Montag starts wondering what books are all about and he starts meeting people who read books (without notifying his superiors). The novel ends in a peculiar way.
A psychologist I know once said that all books ought to have a happy ending. I never asked her what would become of the books that don't have a happy ending because I'm afraid what she might answer.
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Summary: Absolutely (unfortunately) true
Review: This book is so frightening and powerful at the same time I have a hard time not asking some people if they've ever read it. Even today so much of this book rings true it's downright nightmarish to think how long ago it was written. Anyone looking for a frightening peice of satire need only read Beaty's speech while Who Wants To Be A Millionare is screaming away in the background. If this book doesn't make you want to sell your TV then nothing will.
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Summary: Very Disturbing
Review: Before I read Fahrenheit 451, our reading teacher, MR. FLEMING THE COOL, instructed us to read Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian", which can be found in "THE GIVER AND RELATED READINGS". Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a future where they burn books. Guy Montag, a Firemen, enjoys his job and the pleasure of burning pages. He meets young Clarisse McClellan, a girl who changes his view of the world and of books. He begins to think and brood. He starts to question why the Firemen burn books and what secrets lie hidden in them. Thus is the bare beginnings of one of the greatest books in modern literature. There are a cast of powerful secondary characters: Beatty, the cynical Fire Captain who tries to stifle Montag's curiosity; Faber, a Professor who sides with Montag in his crusade; and Granger, the leader of a camp of refugees of society. Also Recommended for anyone who likes this book: The Giver
The Man Who Was Thursday Read all three of the mentioned books!
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