![]() ![]() ![]() "For, let's face it, digression is the soul of wit. (This passage is at the end of my copy of Fahrenheit 451) I love Bradbury's take on writing in general. Yet each time I re-read it I feel saddened as I see things in our modern life moving towards a similar stage.Ī few things I want to add, though they might be tangential, but I feel like it because I'm enjoying this discussion so much. (Actually I missed all the references to the planes the first two times I read the book.) Like you, Charles, I enjoy reading this one over and over again. Actaully I'm glad that Bradbury doesn't tell us which it is to keep the reader wondering.Īll of this wonderful life that the people seem to have but no one seems to "enjoy" and meanwhile the planes are buzzing overhead reminding the reader that there is a catastrophic war going on or about to happen. I like to try to figure out did Mildred deliberately OD or was she so used to taking her pills that she just popped then in her mouth without thinking, without remembering that she has already taken them. When Mildred overdoses and the men come out to replace her blood, the men are so nonchalant about it and point out to Montag that it happens quite frequently. Also notice Montag points out to Mildred that the "family" on the tv never really say anything but words there's no real drama to it nothing exciting and yet it's an obsession with Mildred. The first time I read the book the idea of a television screen that took up an entire wall was strictly science fiction and now. The need for excitement seems to have taken away the average person's ability to just "smell the roses" so to speak. The first thing I thought of was the way Clarice enjoys a simple rain drop and gets Montag to notice it. What isolation as compared to even 15 years ago!Ĭharles I agree with you too. We have students now who get on the school bus to go home with their earbuds stuck in their ears or busy texting away on their cell phones. When I read about the seashells in the ears, I immediately thought of i-pods. The more I read it, the more things I find starting to happen in our society today. Lets break some glass, run over pedestrians, chase down hopeless romantics, so they don't have to worry about the emptiness in their own hearts, because if your own heart and blood becomes too rotten they'll just pump it out and give you fresh blood so you're brand new and you won't have to worry about it. No one needs to stop and wonder at the night sky, they need entertainment quick and dirty to suit their fickle minds. We should kill wonder, so people do their jobs better.Īs many other people say, it is about control. For me this book means a few things, the death and ostracizing of Humanity's innocence. So what happens to stopping and enjoying the world around you? What happened to spending days lost in a book, spending time with no objective besides exploring imagination. His wife overdoses (as do many other people in the book) so they replace all her blood and get her running again. For me it captures a sense of romanticism in a world gone crazy, a world that stopped wondering and just went from one pleasure to the other. Fahrenheit 451 is the only book I've read three times. ![]()
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