History Burnt Away
Books, the records of our past, the keys to a better more educated future for the entire world. Did you ever stop and think that not everyone has easy access to one? Some people fight wars just so their children can get an education, read books, and understand their future possibilities. In Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, people don’t know what books actually are because they are censored to the point of destruction just to appeal to the larger audience. “You weren't there, you didn't see," he said. "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.”(51). Books in are highly disliked, but hold more knowledge than most people would ever think.
Life seems great, for some, in Fahrenheit 451, a sensory overloaded and veneered world of true depression, all because of a barrage of computer screens. In the past, books were overlooked in the because they were excessively censored so they wouldn’t offend anyone. This happened for so long that people didn’t think books were necessary and Beatty explains this, “More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, …show more content…
He ends up snagging a book from the house of the woman willing to die for books to find out more. He then meets a man named Faber, who teaches him about books, “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless.” (83). This embodies the whole idea that people don’t want to know what real life could ever offer them. They only want a sanitized cookie cutter version of reality provided only by a computer
Books, the records of our past, the keys to a better more educated future for the entire world. Did you ever stop and think that not everyone has easy access to one? Some people fight wars just so their children can get an education, read books, and understand their future possibilities. In Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, people don’t know what books actually are because they are censored to the point of destruction just to appeal to the larger audience. “You weren't there, you didn't see," he said. "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing.”(51). Books in are highly disliked, but hold more knowledge than most people would ever think.
Life seems great, for some, in Fahrenheit 451, a sensory overloaded and veneered world of true depression, all because of a barrage of computer screens. In the past, books were overlooked in the because they were excessively censored so they wouldn’t offend anyone. This happened for so long that people didn’t think books were necessary and Beatty explains this, “More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, …show more content…
He ends up snagging a book from the house of the woman willing to die for books to find out more. He then meets a man named Faber, who teaches him about books, “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless.” (83). This embodies the whole idea that people don’t want to know what real life could ever offer them. They only want a sanitized cookie cutter version of reality provided only by a computer