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Summary: Dark vision , tainted lite
Review: Being one of the first Anti- Utopian stories I've read, it was very formative on how I look at life. The facts that society can have it's way with us, and we sometimes miss what it did to us in the first place. Going along with the what everyone does , seems to be another point here, and that the ones that stick out, are the ones with open minds, and not set patterns. This book is crucial reading material...
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Summary: This book was an eye opener!
Review: The theory of censorship destroying the humanity we posess is an awesome idea. The technology used in the the book is amazing, considering that Bradbury wrote it in 1953. Yet I wonder why he didn't use computers in the story. . . If anyone has any ideas, please e-mail me. Anyway, at first I hated the fact that nothing had a definite conclusion. Also, you never know if the "book people's" goal was successful. What happens? Even before the book begins, there are several questions that remain unanswered. At first I hated this, but I enjoy the lack of conclusion now because of the oppurtunity to imagine.Overall, it was a great book, even for a 10th grader who hates most science fiction! P.S.--When exactly did it take place?
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Summary: am i the only british reader ?
Review: Faranheit 451 is a frightening version of the future . we now live in a time which reflects on the past and considers the future , 2000< . bradburys novel is a bible that will see us through a time when books may be illegal and firemen will be the burners . alltogether a book that must be read even if forced , this book is the safety manuel!!!!!!!!! recommended to free thinkers.
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Summary: Dope. If you don't like readin`, read this baybee! ;)
Review: Okay you guys, I have to admit I actually liked this book. Ehh... and I really don't admire reading that much. I can compare this futuristic story with that of Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984, both of which I read right before this one. I kind of think that this one was totally more interesting that the other two, no doubt about it. It's primarily about a fireman, Montag, who works for a book-burning fire deparment. One day the thought of reading those books that he burns crosses his minds. As a result, he steals some and hides them in his home. His wife, Mildred, reports him and all of a sudden he becomes a wanted fugitive. You wanna know how to the book ends? I suggest you read it. =P It makes you actually wonder about what the near future will bring us. Kinda spooky, eh? When you're not allowed to voice ur opinions like I'm doing now. Anyways, to make a long story short... just go read it and quit wasting ur time here looking for some good summarys. Ok, not to be rude or anything. =o) L8rz.
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Summary: A true modern American masterpiece
Review: Where to begin? I find truly disturbing the sheer number of young people who have sent in reviews describing the book as "boring, unfulfilling, poorly written, confusing", etc. Of all the "dystopian" books in the lexicon, I find this work to be the most straightforward and unambiguous(sp?). Judging from some of the vitriolic reaction above, it seems Bradbury's predictions are well on their way to coming true. The fact that so many find the book "confusing", points out the failure of an American education system that emphasizes self-esteem over actual achievement, learning by rote as opposed to the actual accumulation of knowledge, and crowd control over teacher-student interaction. The book is challenging, but hardly the murky horror described by so many above. To close with a Bradbury quote "If my jawbreaker sentences shatter the teeth of the weak minded(small liberty with text), let them eat stale cake dunked in weak tea of their own ungodly manufacture". A true modern masterpiece
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Summary: great
Review: This here is one of the finest books writen for the scifi category. The constrast of characters of Montag and his wife. The bleak picture of the future world is execlent. If you like 1984 you'll love this book.
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Summary: New take on the technology's influence on our lives.
Review: If I had not been required to read this book for one of my college courses, I probably never would have picked it up. But now after having read it I see the importance of it. It forces the reader to look at the effect that technology has on our lives and what direction this increasing technolgy could lead us. The plot is interesting and mind opening. The story would have had a stronger impact had Bradbury left the main character, Guy Montag, mentally stable at the end of the novel. I felt,as the reader, that his craziness led to a unreliablity in his character and his actions. This unreliablity in his character left the novel with a weak ending, instead of a strong one.
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Summary: A good book for some people may be a bad book for others
Review: When I started to read this book I thought it was terrible. When I was halfway through I was warming to it. I thought about how a lot of Ray Bradbury's predictions have come true, and I geared myself up for a spectacular ending. Well, that ending never came. Bradbury finishes his book by leaving his main character, Montag, wandering aimlessly through the country, reciting books with some other men. Besides being terribly sexist, this book doesn't have much of a plot, and it leaves what little it has hanging at the end. For instance, my favorite character, Clarisse, disappears. Why doesn't Bradbury have something definite happen to her? It is hinted that she has been run over by a car, but the reader knows nothing specific. This book drove em nuts in its vagueness. You can't tell what are actual happenings in Montag's life, what are metaphors for other happenings, and what are simply Montag's imaginings. This book could be a well-loved book by some readers or a hated book by others. Or it could not have any definite spot in a reader's heart. I, personally, don't love it, but I don't hate it, either. I just don't care either way.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I am 26 years old and, although I have read hundreds of books, I have never read this book before. I loved it. It was an interesting read and its message is timeless and frightening. This is a perfect book to be assigned to a high school english class, but no matter how old you are, if you havn't read it yet, read it now. F451 could be placed on the high book shelf next to Ayn Rand, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley.
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Summary: A great bppl which opens your eyes on the truth.
Review: I have read this book for my Grade 10 English class and decided to search the net for some further information and came upon this site. I would like to say that this book is the best book I have read so far. It opens your eyes on the truth that technology is taking over us. Even though this book is written about the far future we are getting there and its only the matter of years. To me books are everything, you learn by reading and sharing your opinions with others and from what I can see not a lot of people can actualy talk about a book. I think that Ray Bradbury wrote a book which is meant to be read by absolutely everyone.
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