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Fahrenheit 451 - Letter #4


Wassup Homie G?

I think it’s impossible for the members of this futuristic society to make real relationships in this type of environment. They’re encouraged by their leaders to devote all their time and energy into the technological world around them and that makes it practically impossible to create real relationships with those around them. I think this is the main reason why Guy decides to leave his life in the city. The emptiness and uselessness he feels in his current lifestyle leaves him yearning for something deeper and more real. I don’t think his departure from society really has anything to do with his love for literature or his need for justice. At the end of the day, Guy is hoping that the books will bring meaning to his life. The old professors and intellectuals he meets while running away in the wilderness kind of encourage this idea through the way they idolize literature. This makes sense because their old careers were built around books and teaching and because books do have the change to people and opinions but I don’t think they should give books this much power. The books aren’t going to give Guy’s life meaning, he needs to do that for himself. So, when Guy and the professors suggest that they should bring books back to help the people after the city is destroyed in the war, I don’t think that will be the final solution. Yes, books are an important part of society and allow people to express their ideas but are they really all the society needs? I think that this futuristic society is going to need a lot more than just books to rebuild itself after the war. What do you think? I really enjoyed this book, it helped me to view books differently and to not take the freedoms I have for granted. Hope you liked it too my home skillet, peace out to all the playas in the club.

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  1. Mrs. DisherNovember 16, 2017 at 8:10 AM

    Good focus on the implications of character relationships and development through the story. Interesting note--when Bradbury rewrote this book as a play, he actually did give Beatty a hidden personal library (which Beatty doesn't actually read, because it's only illegal if you read the books--he removes their power by owning them but ignoring them). On the are books all they need question, Faber defines what Montag really seeks as not the books themselves but the "texture" of information and depth of thought that books invite. I wonder what you two thought of the fact that Beatty almost asks Montag to kill him? With your keen character insight, I think you might have some thoughts there. In these entries, please remember to focus on analysis over plot (because you've both read the plot) and to analyze at least one quotation per entry. Thanks! Grade on Portals. (P.S. It's easier for me to read your back-and-forth if all entries are posted on one person's blog, but this way was ok.)

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