"Fahrenheit 451" presents a state organization Guarantees Whose happiness for everyone. Is not that what all of us strive for, happiness? Is not that what all children ask for, 24-hour entertainment? Yes, it is. So stupid how Monday Must Be That he wants all this destroyed. Now it's your turn. I instantly ask you: Do not commit the same blunder! Take the book and burn it! It is the only thing it deserves Because otherwise it will take happiness away from you. Burn it! Burn it Right Now! But wait, just a second. What is it, I wonder, as something marvelous, so wonderful That Monday is willing to give up everything else for it. It is something we have quietly and take for granted, something we are going to lose if we do not pay attention. "Freewill" we call it. This thought-provoking novel wants to wake you up to ignorance. It Confronts all readers alike with the question how far it is away and what can be done to prevent it. "Fahrenheit 451" is a highly entertaining book. But at the sametime it Demonstrates That literature does not only have the function to entertain the reader but to make people alert to threatening Developments. But can this really be stopped progress? I can only imagine too well Mildred as my granddaughter and I feel ashamed at the thought of it. I like the book Because it is, in my opinion, quite realistic and THEREFORE Equally shocking. So it made me open my eyes for a second and look upon the world differently. Nevertheless, I Believe That books will not need to be burnt. People Themselves want to stop reading. This way no bad power wants to take human's free will. They will indeed give it away voluntarily. That is why I did doubt it is really effective to write utopian books like "F 451" because thesis who tend to become non-thinkers will not read them and who wants to read them thesis do not tend to become non-thinkers. But this is another cup of tea. My favorite part of the book is the beginning When Monday Gradually launches to grasp life, Especially the conversations with Clarisse. "Are you happy?" Clarisse asks Monday, but at the sametime the question is Addressed to the reader. I love that question. It could be Compared to the routined "How are you?" - A question did most of all deserves an answer, even so seldom gets one. Searching for an answer, you regain consciousness totally. In our world with more work and less time people seem to forget very oft to live. Clarisse brings home to them thatthey Should relax for a moment and look at the world, perceive it intensively as there is life and pleasure in everything. In fact, respect our society today Resembles the one in "F 451" very much. "I feel bored." - Perhaps one of the best known sentences. Does it really make a difference Whether you watch TV on one or on Four Walls? Take a look at TV statistics. The mass of the people spend half of Their Lives in front of the television (- the other half sleeping ...). Further More, I was very amused by the portrayal of marriage as it goes totally in line with the picture of it I have on my mind. Who calls "F 451" utopian? From my view, it is a contemporary history book! "I did not cry at death but at not crying at death" is my absolutely favorite sentence in the novel. It reflects Monday's mental state as well as how unemotional people are at his time. On the otherhand it again so well Illustrates That It does not take place in the distant future somewhen. Already nowadays people become more and more unemotional. We have not experienced hunger or poverty. We get almost everything we want. As we do not know real pain, torture and yearning we feel less intensively. All in all I think this is a very good novel so Read it, read it today - it might be forbidden tomorrow!
