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Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

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  • Author：Ray Bradbury
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Sixty years after its publication， Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak， dystopian future。 Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before。

"Fahrenheit 451- The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns。"

Guy Montag is a fireman。 His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities， the printed book， along with the houses in which they are hidden。 Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce， returning each day to his bland life and wife， Mildred， who spends all day with her television "family。" But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor， Clarisse， who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television， Montag begins to question everything he has ever known。

The sixtieth-anniversary edition commemorates Ray Bradbury's masterpiece with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman; personal essays on the genesis of the novel by the author; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Nelson Algren， Harold Bloom， Margaret Atwood， and others; rare manuscript pages and sketches from Ray Bradbury's personal archive; and much more。 Here， at last， is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature。

--back cover

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Reviews

Enver ，

good message。 but。 there is something missing。

Christian Clark ，

Really great read with a super interesting concept。 Bradbury creates a （somewhat typical of dystopian literature） rebellious protagonist， to great emotional effect。 Plenty of room for philosophical contemplation after reading this。

Sujoud Ali ，

Firstly，this novel will make you look at books differently from the moment you finish reading it。The methods used by the regime in the book，if you look closely at them， you will find that they were and still applied in real life。 All they want is to focus people's attention only on everything that is trivial and useless so that one day， people will not become rebels against the regimes， which are originally fragile and a paper of a book can bring them down， this is why they censor knowladge。 All Firstly，this novel will make you look at books differently from the moment you finish reading it。The methods used by the regime in the book，if you look closely at them， you will find that they were and still applied in real life。 All they want is to focus people's attention only on everything that is trivial and useless so that one day， people will not become rebels against the regimes， which are originally fragile and a paper of a book can bring them down， this is why they censor knowladge。 All i could say is that Ray Bradbury is a genius for how he represented the ideas in this novel。Indeed being right is the greatest strength， and vise versa。 。。。more

Nazmus Sakib ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Book Name: Fahrenheit 451Author: Ray BradburyGenre: Dystopian， FictionGoodreads rating: 3。99/5Personal rating: 4。5/5Synopsis: In a dystopian future， possessing and reading books are banned。 There is an elite unit， called Firemen， see to it。 The people find solace in Wall Parlor（Much of like facebook today， or TVs）， gossiping and talking nonsense。 The citizens are also provided a Seashell Radio， which continuously broadcasts programs。 The people are addicted into them， follows their boring routin Book Name: Fahrenheit 451Author: Ray BradburyGenre: Dystopian， FictionGoodreads rating: 3。99/5Personal rating: 4。5/5Synopsis: In a dystopian future， possessing and reading books are banned。 There is an elite unit， called Firemen， see to it。 The people find solace in Wall Parlor（Much of like facebook today， or TVs）， gossiping and talking nonsense。 The citizens are also provided a Seashell Radio， which continuously broadcasts programs。 The people are addicted into them， follows their boring routines， and the Firemen put down anyone who tries to think， who tries to be differentThen one day， a Fireman called Guy Montag meets Clarisse， who leaves him wondering about this caged life。 Montag dares steal a book， reads it， and soon realizes that the government has been fooling people through these Parlors and Seashell and keeping them away from reality， disconcerned about the rest of the world。 Montag， and men like him， start a war against these people， and try to build a future， for the better。Personal Opinion: The book actually got me thinking， wait， is it talking about today's world， about our attraction for virtuality， and indifference to books？ Overall， it was a very enjoyable read。 。。。more

Mariyah ，

His writing style is great， but it’s hard to follow。 I find that’s the case with most dystopian novels I’ve read （though there’s very little of them）。 Also I don’t really know what he’s getting at， what the point of all his weird ideas are。 I can guess， but I can’t guarantee， and I don’t like that。 I like a solid idea， theory， something I can get out of a book that I can argue and disagree with all I want。

Boris Sistach ，

ahead of its time， this book aged very well， the concept is really interesting and it reflects so many different aspects of the society at the time in the 50s and now。 Only great books stand the test of time。 Altho it is really short and abrupt at times， objectively （is that a word？） it is a 5 stars。

Liliana Hroncová ，

probably one of the best books i’ve ever read

wathon ，

school assigned :/

Sam Smith ，

Born a Crime， written by Trevor Noah， is a book about Trevor's experiences growing up in South Africa。 I like how Trevor turns his story of being oppressed into a funny and lighthearted version of his life。 “As a kid I understood that people were different colors， but in my head white and black were like types of chocolate。” This quote shows his innocence at the time。 I learned several things throughout the book， first being that it was illegal back then for a black and white person to be in a r Born a Crime， written by Trevor Noah， is a book about Trevor's experiences growing up in South Africa。 I like how Trevor turns his story of being oppressed into a funny and lighthearted version of his life。 “As a kid I understood that people were different colors， but in my head white and black were like types of chocolate。” This quote shows his innocence at the time。 I learned several things throughout the book， first being that it was illegal back then for a black and white person to be in a relationship。 I also did not know that his parents would have to temporarily abandon him in public settings regarding the laws that were in play at the time。 I think this entire story is very compelling now， because it gives us an inside look of what the world was like before racial segregation was abolished。 There are many themes that are thrown into this book; some being racism， abuse， and love。 The main theme of this book however， is racism。 In my opinion， Trevor’s message to the reader is that no matter what obstacles are being thrown your way you should always keep your head up because life will get better。 Trevor had to go through so many rough experiences during his childhood， but he never gave up。 At the end of the book South Africa was finally liberated and Trevor and his mom were now open to a world of opportunities。 。。。more

Ria ，

Not bad。 It wasn't too long and was interesting enough to keep going。 First Bradbury I've read。 Not bad。 It wasn't too long and was interesting enough to keep going。 First Bradbury I've read。 。。。more

Summer ，

I'm shook I'm shook 。。。more

Bee ，

2。5 StarsI wanted to like this book。 I really did， but I think I just struggle to enjoy Bradbury's writing style。 It had some enjoyable plot points and messages but overall I couldn't wait to be finished with this story。The thing about books like this is there is always too much left up to interpretation due to vague metaphors and illusions。 Some choose to interpret this book as a message against cencorship， others see it as a message against the advancements of technology and it effects on huma 2。5 StarsI wanted to like this book。 I really did， but I think I just struggle to enjoy Bradbury's writing style。 It had some enjoyable plot points and messages but overall I couldn't wait to be finished with this story。The thing about books like this is there is always too much left up to interpretation due to vague metaphors and illusions。 Some choose to interpret this book as a message against cencorship， others see it as a message against the advancements of technology and it effects on humanity。 I can see where both interpretations are pulled from， but really， like most high school English assignments， you can pull any message you want out of this book because the author intentionally fluffs the book up and leaves the underlying message indeterminate。 In quite a few aspects I just don't share the author's sentiments。 Making out that those that don't enjoy reading are initimidated by those who do， implies a lack of intelligence on a non readers behalf。 With books， as with TV's and the Radio， it comes down to what you choose to watch， listen to or read。 Some books can be absolute garbage and dribble; just because you are an avid reader does not make you inherently intelligent。 I understand not all technology is a good development for society， but there is a lot of good that has come with the advancements of technology; including medical， entertainment and the sheer access to information available。 The general theme I picked up from Farenheit 451 is that because of technology， humanity has become so stupid that they couldn't concentrate on books。 So books were simplified at first for easier understanding， then banned， then burnt。 I think due to not agreeing with Bradbury's overall themes， I struggled to properly enjoy this book。 I also had some issues with the pacing of the story。 The book is split into three parts。 The first two are much slower and uneventful than the last one， which suddenly erupts into a fast sequence of events and information in a very short amount of time and pages。Overall this would be one of my least prefferable reads of the dystopian nature。 For those that enjoy being able to pull apart a book， trying to interpret the authors underlying messages， you may get more enjoyment out of this novel than I did。 。。。more

Carlyn ，

I believe this book changed me。 Before reading this book I wasn’t really into the whole reading thing。 I had read two other books before this one for a summer assignment so as you can imagine， i did not enjoy them。 when I came across Fahrenheit 451 I fell in love with reading again。 This book really gave me a wake up call to the real world and has made me realize how much different our world is today。 Overall highly recommend if you want to get back into reading！！

Anna Sullivan ，

I loved the tone created from the voice common in old classics mixed with talking about futuristic or modern technology。I don't like the implications that minorities ruined society however。 I loved the tone created from the voice common in old classics mixed with talking about futuristic or modern technology。I don't like the implications that minorities ruined society however。 。。。more

Elisabeth Dudziak ，

This was a very thought provoking book with such creative ideas that were displayed in an interesting way。 It was one of those books that even when I wasn't reading it， I found myself thinking about it。 What does this mirror in our life？ Is technology a big 'evil' in our lives？ Where is that line where the absorption one can feel on social media becomes a dangerous thing？ How brain-washed are we？ These and more are all questions I experienced when I was reading。 Now， call me a Zoomer for the opi This was a very thought provoking book with such creative ideas that were displayed in an interesting way。 It was one of those books that even when I wasn't reading it， I found myself thinking about it。 What does this mirror in our life？ Is technology a big 'evil' in our lives？ Where is that line where the absorption one can feel on social media becomes a dangerous thing？ How brain-washed are we？ These and more are all questions I experienced when I was reading。 Now， call me a Zoomer for the opinion I am about to give， but I honestly think this book went too hard on technology。 Yes， I do understand that this was written in 1953 and the book was obviously targeting television and not 2021 technology， but that feeds into my point even more。 While I do understand the side the book took on technology being soul-less and soul-sucking， I don't think it is accurate to portray the whole books=good， technology=bad scenario。 I think the real issue is a loss of critical thinking that can come about while viewing whatever entertainment you are looking at or listening to。 There are phenomenal movies and tv shows out there that have caused me to change my perspective and understand more about the world or the mind， and I really appreciate the ability to watch them。 There are also terrible books out there that didn't teach me anything。 I think that this book was close to the issue， but not quite there。 and that annoyed me as I was reading。 The argument didn't totally feel like it held up。Despite this， I still enjoyed the story and the characters。 I understand why it is a classic and why it was so popular for students to read for book reports when I was younger。 It was fast paced and flashy， easy to read and exciting， and yeah。。。 which 13 year old wouldn't pick this book over The Grapes of Wrath lol。 。。。more

victoria ，

No fue lo peor por eso le doy una estrella 5mentarios

Lisha Carruth ，

Was good。 Very handmaids tale

Jon Ander ，

"Mucho antes de Cristo， hubo un pajarraco estúpido llamado Fénix。 Cada pocos siglos encendía una hoguera y se quemaba en ella。 Debió de ser el primer primo hermano del hombre。 Pero， cada vez que se quemaba， resurgía de las cenizas， resurgía de la vida。 Y parece que nosotros hacemos lo mismo， una y otra vez; sin embargo， tenemos una maldita ventaja sobre él。 Sabemos la maldita estupidez que acabamos de cometer。 Conocemos todas las barbaridades que hemos llevado a cabo durante miles de años， y mie "Mucho antes de Cristo， hubo un pajarraco estúpido llamado Fénix。 Cada pocos siglos encendía una hoguera y se quemaba en ella。 Debió de ser el primer primo hermano del hombre。 Pero， cada vez que se quemaba， resurgía de las cenizas， resurgía de la vida。 Y parece que nosotros hacemos lo mismo， una y otra vez; sin embargo， tenemos una maldita ventaja sobre él。 Sabemos la maldita estupidez que acabamos de cometer。 Conocemos todas las barbaridades que hemos llevado a cabo durante miles de años， y mientras recordemos eso y lo conservemos donde podamos verlo， algún dia dejaremos de levantar esas malditas piras funerarias y de arrojarnos a ellas。" 。。。more

Mia ，

3。5

Avery ，

I read this book in pre-comp II last year and it killed me。 It was so much dialogue and no detail。 When I read I like to picture a scene in my head and read through the book like I'm in it。 But it was impossible to do that with this book because there was zero description。 What are the houses suppose too look like？ Futuristic？ Retro？ Modern？ I don't understand how the parlor walls were suppose to work。 I was lost when he was running away， one second he's about to be hit by a car and the next thi I read this book in pre-comp II last year and it killed me。 It was so much dialogue and no detail。 When I read I like to picture a scene in my head and read through the book like I'm in it。 But it was impossible to do that with this book because there was zero description。 What are the houses suppose too look like？ Futuristic？ Retro？ Modern？ I don't understand how the parlor walls were suppose to work。 I was lost when he was running away， one second he's about to be hit by a car and the next thing you know he's in a river。 The message was good but I just could not read it because there was no detail。 。。。more

Emaan ，

TV bad books good blah blah

Chloe Goodwin ，

I thought this book was very confusing and boring。 The timeline didn't make much sense and the old text didn't help。 The whole point of the book， the "dystopian" world wasn't expressed in a way that I understood it thoroughly。 I thought this book was very confusing and boring。 The timeline didn't make much sense and the old text didn't help。 The whole point of the book， the "dystopian" world wasn't expressed in a way that I understood it thoroughly。 。。。more

Antonio ，

Uno dei miei libri preferiti， merita molto。

Rael。 ，

In the monochromatic predicament at which books ought to be burnt and for that matter， the only possible entertainment those people are holding onto have roots in their pursuit of libertine pleasure。 Controlled by， if any， games and habitual televisions watching; the four dimensions parlour family among others， people are eventually coming to be entrenched by the structures and influences; their critical thinking to trace their very own heavenly body isn’t moving forward in leaps and bounds。 The In the monochromatic predicament at which books ought to be burnt and for that matter， the only possible entertainment those people are holding onto have roots in their pursuit of libertine pleasure。 Controlled by， if any， games and habitual televisions watching; the four dimensions parlour family among others， people are eventually coming to be entrenched by the structures and influences; their critical thinking to trace their very own heavenly body isn’t moving forward in leaps and bounds。 There lives causal agents which block their thought process behind a veil of beguilement。 An evincive instance may be seen from their lack of proficiency to conduct an enquiry──to observe， to examine──otherwise the firemen of this job had done the damage control and had not ignited a fire for reducing the books to ashes on the trails where they came across with those feathery， light wings。 The society wants to be astoundingly happiness-blinded， to be vacuous， to strip off all tangential， time-wasting， conflicting thoughts engulfing mankind， to be given gazillions of ebullience and titillation。 For them books， the academics， and the doubting Thomas are no more than a detrimental catalyst for their post-societal culture。Yet undeterred by this stumbling millstone; deriving out of his gripping sorrow， arising out of his guilty conscience， Montag sets out a knocking down rebellion against his less-illuminated world。 The world which articulates lifelong alternative fact to its people that on cloud nine do they stand。 But are they？ Montag inquisitioned this。 He ever inwardly in a state of integrated existential quandary──was for so long drowned out and forsaken as he felt his， forsooth， subliminal self faded into a blistering void of endless nihility。 Thence， in literature they’ve in hand he sought his remedy。 He didn’t let anything finish what is left of him。 His eyes haven’t lost their yearning to discern more tomorrows。 It essentially has the odds of ill-favoured conclusions but … it will be a talk for another time。 He badly wants a renewal for this despairing reality of his， a liberation from its incarceration for good measure。At all events I may as well say a personal outlook by my reckoning: This dystopian speculative fiction was embedded in a future the author was trying to give an inkling for us。 Moreover the word “intellectual”， of course， did shift as a swear word we all paradoxically au courant with there。 Reading it again today feels like I’ve been looking back to a past I somewhat missed in my history class。 Perhaps the world is changing swifter。 Perhaps we will feel vaguely eliminated from life and in that future perhaps we will become lost without actually thinking。 Perhaps our sense of self will be made， our very own carbon copy of a pariah。 。。。more

Iduard ，

stupendo， consigliato a tutti quelli che dicono che i libri sono inutili。

pgdimension ，

*3。5

Maddie Rayner ，

It felt very 1984; the message was similarly salient and heavy handed。

Luisa Fernanda ，

«Fahrenheit 451: la temperatura a la que el papel de los libros se inflama y arde» con este postulado se explica el mundo distópico creado por el estadounidense Ray Bradbury， el ganador de nada más y nada menos que el Premio Hugo， con esta obra。En esta novela， el protagonista Guy Montag tiene un empleo de «bombero»， no obstante en el mundo de Bradbury los bomberos no apagan incendios sino que los crean al echarle fuego a los libros e inclusive a toda aquella persona que los posea y se rehúse a s «Fahrenheit 451: la temperatura a la que el papel de los libros se inflama y arde» con este postulado se explica el mundo distópico creado por el estadounidense Ray Bradbury， el ganador de nada más y nada menos que el Premio Hugo， con esta obra。En esta novela， el protagonista Guy Montag tiene un empleo de «bombero»， no obstante en el mundo de Bradbury los bomberos no apagan incendios sino que los crean al echarle fuego a los libros e inclusive a toda aquella persona que los posea y se rehúse a su destrucción。Resulta que nuestro protagonista se vuelve un disidente del sistema， pues， comete el peor de los pecados: leer los libros， disfrutarlos y guardarlos en su casa a escondidas。Yo confieso que ya me había visto la adaptación en el cine que hizo François Truffaut en 1966， razón por la cual， comprendí de forma más clara el contexto de esta obra， que de igual forma， lleva al lector a sentir el terror， el miedo y la angustia que posee siempre nuestro protagonista disidente。Perdonarán que la modelo del libro vuelve a ser la misma， pero esta vez ella decide aferrarse a un libro que a su vez narra que a los libros los queman。 。。。more

Amy Ingalls ，

As relevant today as it ever was。 I read this back in Jr。 High School， and I found the thought of living in a society like this to be chilling。 Now it downright scares me。 When I read it back then， I didn't get all the nuances that Bradbury so skillfully weaves into this short novel。 He also has a wonderful way with words-- the symbolism he uses in this story is brilliant。 I was going to insert a good quote， but there are so many that I couldn't choose。The 60th anniversary edition has a wonderfu As relevant today as it ever was。 I read this back in Jr。 High School， and I found the thought of living in a society like this to be chilling。 Now it downright scares me。 When I read it back then， I didn't get all the nuances that Bradbury so skillfully weaves into this short novel。 He also has a wonderful way with words-- the symbolism he uses in this story is brilliant。 I was going to insert a good quote， but there are so many that I couldn't choose。The 60th anniversary edition has a wonderful forward by Neil Gaiman and lots of interesting commentary at the end， including excerpts from early versions of this story。 。。。more

Simone Kealy ，

This was a fantastic and scarily relevant book that made me consider more deeply the importance of book， as well as made me want to consume more books。 I would have given it 5 stars but unfortunately they was some underlying sexism within the novel。 For example， Bradbury didn't even mention a female author once！ Nevertheless， it was a great book that over 50 years later still remains relevant today。 This was a fantastic and scarily relevant book that made me consider more deeply the importance of book， as well as made me want to consume more books。 I would have given it 5 stars but unfortunately they was some underlying sexism within the novel。 For example， Bradbury didn't even mention a female author once！ Nevertheless， it was a great book that over 50 years later still remains relevant today。 。。。more

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