Monday, May 14, 2007
My First Impression
My first impression of "Fahrenheit 451" is one of curiosity and wonder. In the future, will our society be mindlessly controlled by government? Will we still possess the right to carry out the daily activities and interests that we do today? The futuristic dystopia displayed in Fahrenheit 451 portrays a day and age where government rules over its people using the tools of ignorance and fear. The fireman, Montag (who is ironically a firestarter), holds the position of a "book-burner" and destroys the source of the common man's knowledge, the book. In my opinion, this "book-burning" is the government's way of subduing its people's curiosity and forcing them into an ignorance-driven submission. I'm very interested in how this story of the future will unfold...
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matt, I like your first impression. I was thinking some of the same things as I first read the book. Will our society be like this one day? I kept wondering if we would one day be controlled by a higher power and have no say in what we do. I totally agree that book burning is the governments way of subdueing its people's curiousity. If people read those books and turned it into knowledge their society would not be like that right now. I am also very interested in how this book will turn out. If montag will be the one to unfold this society.
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