Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a firefighter named Guy Montag, who lives in a futuristic society, where people burn books instead of reading them. Throughout the book I have enjoyed reading about the different things Montag must go through to gain more knowledge, and how it affects him. One of the themes explained in this novel is that knowledge is power. By knowing things in life, you can achieve the goals you set, and learn things that other people can't understand. Knowledge is feared in this futuristic society, because people are taught and told not to question government, or people with more 'power'. Nobody ever questions why the firefighters burn books until Clarisse motivates Montag to question Captain Beatty, the firefighter chief. One quote from this book is, "Once, long ago, Clarisse had walked here, where [Montag] was walking now" (138). This quote shows that Montag is taking the same path to question, and to ask others why something is some way, just like he first saw with Clarisse, at the beginning of the book.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. It was very well written with a lot of great imagery and detail. It also used many examples of satire all throughout the story to make and emphasize the theme. The word choice and diction was also good, with some elevated diction, but not too hard to understand as a reader. If I had to rate this book, I would give it a four out of five stars. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good and interesting read, with lots of great detail. Overall, it was a great book and I liked reading it.
Here is a link to a review on Fahrenheit 451 from goodreads.com. From here it also receives about a 4 out of 5 stars.
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I liked the book for its descriptive writing as well, although I thought that the ending was a bit predictable. In general, I felt that it lacked an engaging plot and was more of a 'literary work' as opposed to a 'story'.
ReplyDeleteI also believe Fahrenheit 451 was a very well written book with its description, imagery, and syntax present throughout the text. The book also contained many different themes and the one of knowledge being power as you mentioned was one of the most prevalent ones. There are so many lessons and interpretations able to be taken away from the text.
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