A reissue of the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury has climbed up the Barnes & Nobles best sellers book of 2017 list, at number 46. According to Barnes & Nobles, the book consists of a futuristic, dystopian society that is rather dull and bleak, instead of the active, and lively futuristic society on experiences on movies today. The main character of the book, Guy Montag, is a fireman in this society, however, unlike the usual firemen who put out fires and save people‘s lives, Montag’s duty as a fireman was to burn people’s house down with these hoses that spit out fire instead of water, whenever books were discovered in these people’s homes, Within this society the most illegal thing was “the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden” .
The overview goes on to explain how the main character never questioned the course of his actions as a fireman, or the meaning of his duty; he was never even curious as to what were in the books, and why they were being burned. Montag apparently lives a dull life within his bleak society, with his wife Mildred, who wastes every hour of the day in front of a futuristic version of today’s television. However, everything takes a turn for the interesting when Montag ends up meeting an odd neighbor girl, 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”. The discussions Montag has with Clarisse, as well as other small factors in his life, triggers his curiosity for books and how the world use to be, I would like to read this book for many reasons One of the first being that it reminds me of another book thatl have read, and which continues to have a strong influence on me.
Brave New World was another book that focused on a futuristic society where everything was closely controlled, and within this society no one read books, and reading of books was shunned down upon. Only in these savage reservations, where people lived in conditions as we do today, people read books. However, they were viewed as savages. Thus, it’s interesting to see yet another plot focused on how books’ effects are greatly diminishing within society due to other forms of entertainment and expression. Whenever I read the Brave New World, I couldn’t help but think that the author foresaw the future that we are living in today; a future where parents have to bribe their kids to read, a future where movies and documentaries can be watched to learn information instead of reading, and ultimately, a future where more and more people are losing their individuality.
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The existence of books allows for people to explore matters and subjects interesting to them in their own means Although the production of movies is amazing, they‘re merely the depiction of someone’s imagination, When one reads a book, although descriptions of characters are given, it’s still up to that person’s imagination to come up with their own personal movie The experience of books is like nothing else. In the Brave New World, without the existence of books, people in the society lacked individuality, their own opinions, and any common sense to see the corrupted society they live in, I believe with reading of Fahrenheit 451, I’ll be able to experience yet another possible world that humans can place themselves in with further distancing of themselves of books and good literature. Fahrenheit 451 can be a great read, as well as another possible book that gives me insight and stays as an influential backburner, What captivated me the most in the overview was Montag‘s wake-up call when he had his conversation with Clarissa Many people in society, just like Montag, need a wake-up call to see that they need to educate themselves in order to live the lives they should as reasonable and rational individuals, not a horde of brain- washed, and unproductive creatures.
