Fahrenheit 451 100 aniversario

100 aniversario

Hardcover, 304 pages

Published Sept. 22, 2020 by Minotauro, MINOTAURO.

ISBN:
978-84-450-0854-6
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Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The book's tagline explains the title as "'the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns": the autoignition temperature of paper. The lead character, Guy Montag, is a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.

The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas for change. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time (during the McCarthy era) about the threat of book burning in the United States. …

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Siempre será uno de mis favoritos

5 stars

Es un libro al que me gusta volver una y otra vez. Nunca se reflexiona lo suficiente sobre el valor de los libros, todo lo que nos aportan. Y una de las cosas más curiosas es que no hacen falta bomberos para quemarlos: una sociedad que no los valore será suficiente para verlos destruidos y olvidados.

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

5 stars

There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …

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3 stars

And with that, I finished the Holy Trinity of sci-fi dsytopias.

Fahrenheit 451 is a wartime novel in which reading is classified as an anti-state activity. The fire department does not extinguish fires, but sets them to burn down entire houses in which even one book could be found. In this vision of the future, individualism and critical thinking stand in the way of the happiness of the whole, which is why any form of entertainment is boiled down to brain cell-killing mush.
And once again, a girl is the turning point for our protagonist to realize what is wrong with today's people and for him to revolt against the machine.
Unfortunately, the story seemed very rushed in places, which made it hard for me to empathize with what was happening.

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