Book Burning
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Did you know that the temperature to burn books into dust is 451 Degrees Fahrenheit? This is the theme of Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece that involves a dystopia(reverse of utopia) where books are burnt because the government sees them as a tool to disunite society. As you can see, it is a really engaging plot to begin with and I actually bought the book from an online recommendation a few years ago. However, what I want to write about is its conclusion, Bradbury gives readers hope by creating a small society that memorizes books to preserves its ideas before it is burnt. My brain was really tickled by the concept and started thinking about books I would remember for the sake of humanity. My top three would Don Quixote by Cervantes, Roald Dahl’s short stories, and C.S Lewis’s The Last Battle. I have more in mind but I am eager to see what are the books you the reader would save in your memory for the sake of the future.
If you want to know more about Fahrenheit 451, click the link below:
http://www.raybradbury.com/books/fahrenheit451.html
2 Comments
I read this book in my English class this year. It was appauling to not only me but my whole class that people would ban books because it was a “real downer” or they “just didn’t like it”. some reasons were things that no one in my class even thought would be considered offensive. this book is a great read and makes you think about life today and how we are tuning into a 451 society.
Yup! You gotta love those dystopian novels… I just love saying word dystopia. Makes me sound so intellectual.