Fahrenheit 451 was a very interesting book to me, although I didn't like the forecast it had for our future. I hope and also believe that the people of our planet are smarter than to allow the government to take over and take all of our books away, to take away basically all of our knowledge. Yes, it's true that we have alot more technology today than many years ago, but it is also true that many more people are going to college and achieving degrees than in previous years, which is one of the ways the book is innacurate.
I believe that one of the main plots of the book was the idea that ignorance is not bliss. In Fahrenheit 451 most of the people are very ignorant about the fact that the government is taking away any chance they have of ever learning anything or broadening their view of life. Because the ignorant people know nothing but what they have always known, they do not understand that their is more to life than what they have. Like Guy in the beginning of the book, many realize that they are not happy but they have convinced themselves that they are. Clarisse on the other hand is not at all ignorant and is an extremely happy person.
Kayla,
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you when you said that the book is not very accurate. I think that the book is very far-fetched, but then again so is Bradbury in the interviews. I also liked the point that you made about more people earning degrees and going to college. I think that technology can be bad, but I also think it can be very good depending on how people use it. You and I definitely had the same perspective on this book!
Always,
-Brandd.
Kayla,
ReplyDeleteI liked your blog, yet I kind of disagreed. I think it's a little overdramatic to say that our government today is going to take our books away. Of course people, today would not let that happen like you said. Yet, I don't feel that was what the novel or insight Ray Bradbury was trying to get out. What he was trying to get us as the readers to see was that we needed to control our society. We have to control it before we are controlled by the technology developing today in our society. Yes, people are going to college and getting degrees, but how are we getting the degrees. We are not fully depending on books and novels alone. We look for help through technology, like the internet. So, I feel that in this circumstance the book was sort of accurate in showing this. Great insights and thoughts!
-Angie