Guy Montag is a fireman; not a fireman that extinguishes fires, but one that ignites them. He lives in a time (somewhere in the future) when having books is illegal. When the people who own them are found out, the fire brigade is being called to burn down the house together with the books. Guy is happy with his job until on one call a woman refuses to leave her books and burns together with them. On that occasion Guy grabs a book with him; there must be something in books if people don’t want to leave them even when that means their death. From that moment on his entire life turns upside down and he has to make some difficult choices and decisions.
This is one of those books that you can’t put down the moment you pick it up for the first time. It is also a book that leaves a mark. Even when you finished the book the story stays in your system. You just have to think about it. It’s the kind of book Guy Montag definitely had to burn. It is a compelling story with a clear message: a true classic.
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I can’t be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don’t have anything to say recently.
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ok sorry i just have one question.
well let me explain i have this list of books that i have to pick from for a class so i decided to look them up and see which one seems interesting to me. well this book is on the list, but someone who has actually read it can you explain more to me please?
Hi Beth,
Sorry for the delay, but I have been on vacation.
The book is not real science fiction in the sense of out-of-space activity or UFO’s. The story is set in the future of our own world, where books are considered dangerous. The government wants the people to be happy without any worries and ideas of their own. The people have to ‘digest’ everyhting they see on big tv-walls without questions. Books give people ideas and rease questions so they are considered dangerous. Working among the firemen, who instead of killing fires, burn houses in which they know books are is one fireman who starts to think about his work and why books are so bad. Are they really? Then the chase for him begins.
It is really a good book, with a social criticical story. What happens when the government gets too much control, when people have no privacy at all anymore?
Hope this helps,
EB
P.S. It is also a very short book, if that is one of your criteria.
It’s a wonderful book, and you’re right, it has a lot of impact.
This is one of those books that’s a classic for a reason!
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