Fahrenheit 451

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Summary: A bone-chilling man turns into a heart-warming one.
Review: I read Fahrenheit 451 in my English class, and the class is still reading it. I'm one of the few in my grade who understood it, but I'm not sure why. I thought it was a never-put-down novel, because Montag starts out loving to burn books, then a young girl (Clarisse, 17) sets him straight. He realizes all the work that has been done for the books to be written, so he starts working against the firemen, who burn the books. He gets caught with books, and his house is burnt. He is considered a fugitive, and at the end of the novel, there is a very exiting chase, to the death.

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Summary: Negative utopia in which books are burnt to achive happiness
Review: If you are younger than 16 this book is much more enjoyable when read as a group and commented for any doubts. Ray Bradbury leaves his message clear about what can happen if people keep censoring books because of upset minorities.

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Summary: Sci-fi fantasy at its best!
Review: I read this book in 8th grade as part of a requirement. I found the book to be excellently written and with an amazing plot line. You'll despise the hound while pondering Montag. I recommend this book for ANYONE who enjoys a bit of imagination.

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Summary: This book should be read in every English classroom...
Review: Fahrenheit 451 is a book that I highly recommend, particularly to today's youth,because I feel that the message is one very much needed in a society dominated by television. The book was a sort of prophesy by Bradbury in the 50's, warning Americans of what may happen to young minds today and in the future, if we allow television to blindly influence our lives and society. I view the "families" as the television, dangerous because it delivers suggestions to the brain, before one can approach it with analytical thought. Visual suggestions can alter your way of perceiving life if one doesn't approach it with question and analysis. Books, however, allow one to analyze and reason out ideas for themselves. This is a point clearly illustrated in Brabury's book, the importance of reading; the enhancers of free thought. Once again, I strongly recommend Fahrenheit 451 be read, particularly by the youth of the 90's and the millenium. This is definitely a book needed in our age of runaway technology.

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Summary: A bit on the iffy side . . .
Review: I had to read Fahrenheit 451 for class in eighth grade, and from the beginning, I knew this book would turn out be quite eloquent and philsosphical, but also extremely tedious. I almost fell asleep in some occasions. Bradbury does a good job describing sections in the story, but sometimes gets carried away and forgets about some mood. For example, when the city is bombed, there should be some line of chaos and the people inhabiting the city running for their lives. In conclusion, I struggled through the book and only read it out of coercion. I would never read this again.

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Summary: A confusing but exciting,well-written,and intellectual novel
Review: A book you have to think about, and that makes you question society and the way you think.

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Summary: THE BOOK HAD A GOOD CONCEPT BUT I COULDNT GET THE PHRASING
Review: THE BOOK WAS GREAT IN THE WAY THAT IT WARNED US OF A FUTURE THAT COULD COME SOON, BUT FOR YOUNGER READERS THEY MAY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH ALL THE METAPHORS THAT HE THROWS IN THERE.

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Summary: impressionable
Review: Overall, I liked this book. I am doing my 11th grade AP English-3 research paper on it. Overall, this book made me think. It made me think about how people of the WW 2 time period thought: that there might be another war. This book was an example of only one man's thoughts. It would be interesting to see what other people of this time period have to say about Fahrenheit 451.

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Summary: A fireman has a changeofheart about burning books.
Review: Fahrenheit 451 is a sci-fi book set in the future where books and thinking are illeagal. Fireman play an important role because if someone has books, the fireman burn them and the house which they are in. This book's protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman who has a change of heart about burning books and tries to get others from buring them.It is an awesome book and it even has a mechanical dog who sniffs out books and reports it to the firemen.

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Summary: A very interesting and origional stroy
Review: I thought it was a great book, i didn't expect the story to happen the way it did, and i thought it was pretty cool. It is also scary because it could really happen in real life.