Why do we still read this book? What is so timeless about its message and characters? What can we learn from reading this novel? All of those questions prove very good points. Why do we still read any pieces of literature from the past? What makes them so important that we must keep reanalyzing them over and over again? Some books are just very well written while others are fun to reread multiple times or some may teach us an important lesson.This particular book has a lesson to it. It is telling us that technology is consuming our lives and we need to stop and think about what we are doing sometimes. In Fahrenheit 451 they burn books so people will not think for themselves as much. In their setting being unique was wrong and discouraged. Last year in English 232 we read a novel called 1984 by George Orwell. These books are similar in the fact that both settings discourage thinking on your own and no one tries to stop the government! Then comes along Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 and Winston Smith from 1984. They think differently than everyone else around them. They are the heroes of the story because they try to make a change in society. Their plans might not have been fully executed to how they wanted them to end but they tried to make the change they wished to see in the world (See what I did there with that famous quote and stuff? Eh? Eh? Ok...) People love to read about dramatic changes and heroes! It inspires them to do more with their lives which is what was not allowed in Fahrenheit 451. People also are getting caught up with technology in today's society which leads me to believe that Ray Bradbury could see the future... This book is good for teenagers to read today so that they can put down their phones for two seconds and maybe stop to smell the roses.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Del Rey Books, 1991. Print.
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