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Summary: Great book that really makes you think!
Review: Reading all the comments, I just wanted to say that I am a freshman in highschool, and I found this book wonderful. It really makes you think about where our society is headed. It was written in the 1940s I believe, and if we continue to live the way we our living, censoring everything, we will end up living in a Fahrenheit 451 world. We have to stop it before we're all a bunch of Mildreds that "talk to the relatives" instead of real people. Anyway...I'm done rambling. Just read the book.
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Summary: Astonishing...not really a review
Review: When i searched for "Fahrenheit 451" I was amazed to see that they actually have cliffs notes for it...A bit confusing due to the language, but I never really got bored with it...and its got one of the most incredibly tense chase scenes towards the end, seems like something like that would attract people. Anyway, i was amazed that they had cliff's notes for it, until i read some of these reviews...its sad really. If you go into every book thinking that you are being FORCED to read it and FORCED to think about it, you won't like it. At least that's my explanation for all the one star reviews. Equally disturbing/humorous are those who say that this book should be burned. That makes me laugh. And of course there's the old story of this book being banned in some schools (!) because it has the word "damn" in it. Some people never learn, i suppose. This is the book that made Clarisse my favorite gal's name... I read it in 2 sittings I think... its the most poetic sci fi i've ever read and even the movie version of it is good (French people are cool, what can I say). Its amazing how many people don't like this book... ramble ramble ramble blah blah blah P. S. Coming from a group of people who i would expect to be literate, the fact that most of you can barely write scares me. No offense or anything.
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Summary: Awful
Review: I read this book and i hated it. Don't waste your money on it. It will ruin any respect you have for books. Three words: DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!
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Summary: Scary. . .
Review: The book is not a standard SF and it is not ment to be. The idea is VERY plausible. Written 50 years ago, the idea of TV being a national obsession was ludicrous. Who knew? The white clown is very similar to the extremely violent shows that we let be on TV. And the books. . .the censorship. This is what will happen if we let censorship go any farther. And the scene where the women are discussing their children, absolutly scary. Good book. Read it.
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Summary: Nice.
Review: The story is good, it really makes you think just where exactly our society is headed. Though Bradbury's interpretation of this possible future is exaggerated, of course, the point is made clear enough. This visage of the future is actually kind of disturbing. I probably would have never read this book if it hadn't been required of me for my English class.
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Summary: Amazing-totally breathtaking and intullectuall.
Review: This book is outstanding!! It's living standards,i.e politics,intellect, socity, are so very close to that of our own. Mr. Bradbury is a true artist and one of my influences in my career as a student and young sci-fi writer.
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Summary: Frighteningly Prophetic
Review: Farenheit 451 tells about a future United States. Keep in mind, this was written some 40 years ago, but his predictions can be alarmingly accurate. Montag's society's obsession with t.v. is frighteningly prophetic, as is the obsession with dieting. Also, has anyone ever thought of the similarities between the recently popular laser-light shows and the White Clown show? I must say that the most frightening part of this novel is how everything begins to move faster and the thoughts of the individual are lost - something I see happening in today's society.
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Summary: Please burn THIS book!!!
Review: Too bad this book wasn't included among Montag's targets during his career as a "fireman." He sure would have done us all a big favor by sparing us the agony of trying to trudge through this trash. Life is too short ... don't waste one minute with this no-brainer!
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Summary: Absolutely Marvelous!
Review: At first it takes a while for one to understand the setting, but once it gets going this book just doesn't stop! An action-packed novel with a beautiful ending. Quite possibly Ray Bradbury's greatest piece of Literatue! Hands down this is one of the best books ever written. I think siskel and ebert said it best when they said, "Two Thumbs Up!"
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Summary: A Classic of Modern American Literature
Review: In summary, this is not a plot book. It has the sole purpose of convaying a message, it's theme. Throughout the book, Bradbury says that books are made for people to think and without this ability to think, people are a mass of "happy" that care nothing of responsibility or consequence. This novel had a profound effect on me, even if I am only 16. I do not want to criticize, but there is some ignorance in the other reviews. People want this book to be exciting, like a TV show. Montag seems to prophisize this in his book. He says people like to be led and not think by a TV, rather than lead and think by a book. I guess it is sad that people think this. Montag's prophicy of a psuedo-happy world may realize. It seems to be leaning that way. If you think while you read, this book is excellent. It is a theme book, not plot. I enjoyed it greatly and it has given me a new outlook on life (as a book should). Lovely!!
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