library binding, 256 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2012 by Turtleback Books.
"Kitap, biz insanların kitap yakmaya başlayıp sonunda insanlığı yakmasıyla ilgiliydi." sayfa 15
This book is really good, and has predicted some parts of the future correctly (everything getting shorter and such). The only problem I have is that the author- from what I understood- holds 'political correctness' on the same pedestal as totalitarianism, which in my opinion shouldn't be, if you know what I mean. Otherwise, it's fantastic.
I have no idea how this became a classic. It was very badly written.
"Kerosene", he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me."
Guy Montag, firefighter whose job it is to burn all books and other forms of literature.He meets a peculiar girl, Clarisse, who has a peculiar view of the world.The quotes in this book are very remarkable, like
Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.
And when the war's over, some day, some year, the books can be written again, the people will be called in, one by one, to recite what they know and we'll set it up in type until another Dark Age, when we might have to do the whole damn …
"Kerosene", he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me."
Guy Montag, firefighter whose job it is to burn all books and other forms of literature.He meets a peculiar girl, Clarisse, who has a peculiar view of the world.The quotes in this book are very remarkable, like
Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.
And when the war's over, some day, some year, the books can be written again, the people will be called in, one by one, to recite what they know and we'll set it up in type until another Dark Age, when we might have to do the whole damn thing over again. But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.'
I personally think these quotes are very inspiring, as they tell that books are just containers for knowledge, and man will never give up searching and looking for knowledge, as it is worth everything. The dystopian atmosphere is very well built, and despite the small amount of pages, Ray Bradbury has yet managed to create an inspiring and frightening world. 5/5.
This is easily the most beautiful writing I've ever had the pleasure of reading. No book has created imagery as vivid as Fahrenheit 451 did. I'm so glad this book wasn't ruined for me by being required reading in high school.
Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature book paper combusts; though other sources say it is actually 450 Celsius – is Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel about book burning, mass media censorship and the importance of books. Adapted from one of his short stories entitled The Fireman, Fahrenheit 451 is set in an unspecified time in a hedonistic anti-intellectual America (though some versions say it is the 1990’s). The fireman Guy Montag meets a girl Clarisse, a free spirit who questions everything in life. The meeting has a profound effect on Montag and after returning home to find his wife Mildred has attempted suicide, he starts to question the state of society. On a routine book burning, Montag accidently reads a line from on of the books: “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine”. Montag turns to books in attempt to find answers to life and society.
This book has some …
Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature book paper combusts; though other sources say it is actually 450 Celsius – is Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel about book burning, mass media censorship and the importance of books. Adapted from one of his short stories entitled The Fireman, Fahrenheit 451 is set in an unspecified time in a hedonistic anti-intellectual America (though some versions say it is the 1990’s). The fireman Guy Montag meets a girl Clarisse, a free spirit who questions everything in life. The meeting has a profound effect on Montag and after returning home to find his wife Mildred has attempted suicide, he starts to question the state of society. On a routine book burning, Montag accidently reads a line from on of the books: “Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine”. Montag turns to books in attempt to find answers to life and society.
This book has some very interesting themes in it, from censorship to the importance of literature. In one scene Montag meets Faber, a former English professor, who gives three key reasons why books are so critical;
• Quality – providing knowledge and giving understanding to life’s questions.
• Leisure – provides enjoyment and entertainment
• Ability to act on what you learned from the first two
The state wide censorship was having an interesting effect on society, most importantly the decline of knowledge and intellectuals, in the effort to make everyone equal.
Fahrenheit 451 is a fascinating and exceptional book with some well written characters. For example I thought Clarisse and Mildred were the complete opposites of each other, making for an interesting relationship between them and Montag. I recommend this book to everyone.
