In Ray Bradbury’s suspenseful novel Farenheit 451, the world is in a dystopian future. Whether the book takes place in a parallel dimension or in the next generation of humanity is never revealed. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman. His job is to start fires. In his world, everyone who is different is punished. Books are illegal, since they can never agree with each other. One day, Montag meets his next door neighbor, Clarisse. Clarisse, who is 17, teaches Montag about what the world used to be like.Sometime afterward, he meets an old man who tells him of a possible future. At the end of the book, Montag is left with a choice: Risk nothing or everything. "Me? My house? I deserve everything [that has happened]," says Montag as he is running for his life. This book progresses rather slowly and is hard to understand, but at the same time it makes the reader think.
Casey
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This sounds like a really interesting book, your review sounds really suspenseful
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds really good! I want to read it now.
ReplyDeleteI read Fahrenheit 451 over the summer after 8th grade. I thought it was a REALLY meaningful book that sent a clear, important message/theme to the reader about how our world is getting more lazy and corrupted. I especially admire how the author (who wrote this in the 1900's) can completely PREDICT what our world will be like. He came very close to the reality, in fact.
ReplyDeleteYes, it can be confusing at places, but if you read between the lines carefully, it can really mean something.