Friday, December 4, 2009

Fahrenheit 451





"Do you ever read any of the books you burn?...Thats againts the law"
(p 8)

This is a quote that really stuck with me through out the whole
novel. At first it seamed ubsurd that anyone would read books. But
seeing how our society is leads one to think that this is not too far
away from possible. We already have books that are banned in some
schools, but I think that what the novel deals with is much greater than
that. The best way to control a subject is to have the subject not only
physically but mentally under control. A lot of what we read today is
already chosen for us. Even certain newspapers have an agenda and
people dont always get the real stories or true stories for that matter.
It has been said that "Knowledge is power," by riding people of that
knowledge then they will have no other choice but too confirm to what
the knowledgable people demand. It also seems that in the novel
people are kept busy, so that they dont question anything or have time
for it. I belive we have discuss this in class before and I beleive that it is
true more and more Americans are forced to be "busy" and there is
less time for thinking and relaxing.
One last thing that I really enjoyed about the novel was the language.
Starting on page 7 "The autum leaves blew over the moonlit..." to page
8 the language is so rich and poetic. It is sad to think that perhaps one
day these beautiful phrases can be lost and exist only in the past.

Here is a link that shows that we are not so far away from this.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.phpcl=16066248

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