Fahrenheit 451
- Published in 1953
- A dystopian novel
- One of Bradbury's best works
- The time is set in the near future.
- "The Hearth and the Salamander", "The Sieve and the Sand", "Burning Bright"
- Inspiration for the book came from the fear of the future and the war
My recommendation
Main characters
- Excellent book
- Many themes
- Forces the reader to think about the current generation
- Guy Montag: intelligent, free-thinking fireman
- Mildred Montag: empty, fond of TV, dumb
- Captain Betty: head fireman, knowledgeable about books
- Clarisse McClellan: odd duck of the book, constantly tries to learn
- Granger: a mentor figure, gives the novel's important lesson about life being cyclic
- Professor Faber: a coward with a huge amount of knowledge
Ray Bradbury
- August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012
- An American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction author
- Fahrenheit 451 (1953), The Martian Chronicles (1950). The Illustrated Man (1951)
- Bradbury started writing in 1932
- Death in Los Angeles after a lenghty illness
What did I like about the book?
Plot summary
- I enjoyed how the protagonist changed his thinking from being careless to being curious and thirsty for knowledge
- I liked how the book pictured the situation today's generation is heading for
- I also enjoyed how books were a source of life
- Guy Montag, a fireman, who loves his job and never questions why he is doing it.
- Montag meets Clarisse who loves nature and think burning is stupid.
- Montag finds his wife has overdosed on sleeping pills
- Montag starts to steal books and begins reading the Bible
the temperature at which book-paper catches fire and burns
Plot summary
- Montag makes a mistake by reading a poem to his wife's friends
- Captain Beatty commands Montag to burn down his own house
- Montag, now a fugitive, runs off to the woods
- The city is bombed and everyone dies except for Montag and his few friends
- A future where books are banned and interactive TV is replacing family
- Firemen burn forbidden books
- Critical thinking is against the law
- World of strict rules where everything is ruled and organized by the government
The beginning and ending of the book
- The book begins with Montag coming back from burning down a house with forbidden books in it.
- The book ends with jet bombers bombing down the city Montag fled from
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury