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Fahrenheit 451


Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a true science-fiction classic where the importance of books and individual thought is at stake and fought for. This blog's purpose is to fight for books' importance in the minds and hearts of young women; thus, this book is a must read for readers of this blog and all. 

Summary
Guy Montag is a fireman. In Montag's society, firemen burn books so that citizens cannot think for themselves. Instead of bookshelves dominating rooms, television walls close in residents. No one is ever alone. 24 hour programs and radio runs all the time. In order to sleep, people take sleeping pill after sleeping pill until their heart goes to sleep and their blood must be re-pumped, except "It's routine." and "It happens all the time." The truth is never told. People dance around the facts. Suicides are common and often overlooked, deemed as coincidences. Every house looks the same. All of Montag's days run together, as he gets up, goes to work, goes on fire calls where he ruins people's lives and sends them to jail for learning, goes home, and goes to bed. After an encounter with a young woman named Clarisse who dies days later, Montag is left disturbed and thinking, possibly for the first time. From his fire chief, Captain Beatty's orders, Montag goes to a fire and sees a woman burn with her books. This experience changes him forever, He decides he is in. He runs from the mechanical hound who chases him for doing what is right. Guy Montag realizes how valuable things that burn at 451 degrees are. 

Review
Ray Bradbury wrote a true classic. His use of identity performance in Montag is astounding. Descriptions of settings, especially the gadgets of the future, are impeccable. This book is a great class, book club, and summer read. It is chocked full of symbols, motifs, and discussion potential. The fact that the integrity of books is realized by Guy demonstrates what this blog is all about: the realization of the value of literature. 
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