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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury



Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is the most impressive book I’ve ever read. It’s a negative- utopia that shows a world in which humanity is stultified and dulled. The fire brigade doesn’t erase fire, they light the fire and burn books. Books are prohibited because they make people think about their lives. What shocked me most is the emotional frigidity of society, for example it’s usual that children kill each other. Furthermore the media is nearly the only purpose in life and the outbreak of a nuclear war is imminent, but no one thinks about it or cares. Guy Montag is the main character of the book and a fire fighter, but he changes during the book. First he conforms to the totalitarian system, but some events make him change his point of view and so he develops into an active resistance fighter.
In my opinion Fahrenheit 451 shows many problems and threats of our society although it was published in 1953. It made me think about the behaviour of our society and some of the aspects of society in the novel already seem to have become real.
All in all it is a very interesting book which will make you think about many things.
Daniela S. 12b