Will DePue
7X Dowling English In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the character Captain Beatty talks about how books and many things in life are cut shorter "Books cut shorter. Condensations. Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending." (Page 52) For example many people use shortcuts on computers using faster ways to do things, it also shows how people are always hurrying and quickly read a short magazine than actually sitting down and reading a book. Another example is on the internet when looking something up takes less than seconds to find and we tend to get frustrated when it takes longer than that. We also read books that are an abridged version or a condensed version of a book that are shorter and easier to read. …show more content…
Politics? One column, two sentences, a headline! Then in mid-air all vanishes!" This quote shows how Bradbury imagined or predicted how news was shortened with quick notices than long reports on a topic. Usually the news rolls by shouting this and that and quickly moving on to a different topic. Then there is quick shouts about attacks and wars of the world. The newspapers that once gave you detailed finely written articles are now capped with headlines " Ray Bradbury Is A Communist". Just like other quick messages passing bye through your head like a flash of a strobe light, like sleight of hand by an excellent magician first it's there now it's not. Nothing stays and nothing sticks, just words only strokes of a pen and movements of the mouth, meaningless constructions of syllables jabbering from an
7X Dowling English In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the character Captain Beatty talks about how books and many things in life are cut shorter "Books cut shorter. Condensations. Digests. Tabloids. Everything boils down to the gag, the snap ending." (Page 52) For example many people use shortcuts on computers using faster ways to do things, it also shows how people are always hurrying and quickly read a short magazine than actually sitting down and reading a book. Another example is on the internet when looking something up takes less than seconds to find and we tend to get frustrated when it takes longer than that. We also read books that are an abridged version or a condensed version of a book that are shorter and easier to read. …show more content…
Politics? One column, two sentences, a headline! Then in mid-air all vanishes!" This quote shows how Bradbury imagined or predicted how news was shortened with quick notices than long reports on a topic. Usually the news rolls by shouting this and that and quickly moving on to a different topic. Then there is quick shouts about attacks and wars of the world. The newspapers that once gave you detailed finely written articles are now capped with headlines " Ray Bradbury Is A Communist". Just like other quick messages passing bye through your head like a flash of a strobe light, like sleight of hand by an excellent magician first it's there now it's not. Nothing stays and nothing sticks, just words only strokes of a pen and movements of the mouth, meaningless constructions of syllables jabbering from an