Analysis Of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

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We recently wrapped up reading Ray Bradbury 's novel Fahrenheit 451, and looking back I can honestly say that although we are now done with the book, it is no way done with me. The topics and warnings discussed in this book are innumerable - it holds messages involving speed, technology, materialism, truth, knowledge, the importance of people, of literature, and how we can be surrounded by people and still be isolated. All of these are valuable things to reflect on, and if you are curious I highly recommend that you read the novel for yourself. It is a challenging and interesting read.

However, what I will discuss today is a topic that I created a meme on a few weeks back. The meme is shown to the right and was something I made, that I imagined might be something the government within the novel would create as a propaganda poster. You see, in Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. You cannot read them, you cannot own them, and those who do have their houses along with the books burned by this society 's version of firemen.

Now, as a bookworm myself, the thought of a society where no one owns books is horrifying, and I 'm relieved that we are not in the same position. However, that is the obvious. Fahrenheit 451 is a book filled with subtleties, and examining these makes clear messages that all of us today would do well to heed.

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The history behind the burning of books is narrated by the Fire Captain, Beatty, to Montag, the novel 's main