I think that entertainment can be very addictive because there are a lot of TV shows out there that everyone would rather watch than do other important things. And in some cases it can serve the same purposes as drugs/alcohol. Like if your relationship just ending you might go and watch romantic movies or TV shows that make you happy. That would be replaced by drugs/alcohol. The only difference is, that TV is healthier than becoming an alcoholic or a drug abuser. But the consequences are very different, because you could go watch a movie and go to the store right after the movie or just drive around. But if you were to do drugs/alcohol and you thought you felt fine to go for a drive, the only thing that will happen to you if you get caught
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Bowles said that she’s always know that poetry made someone depressed. Here’s what her exact words were, “I’ve always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness: all that mush!” She said this because Mrs. Phelps started to cry when she was reading the poem, The Sea of Faith.
The connection between the quote and the section of Fahrenheit 451 is that everyone who loves poetry which was a form of entertainment, ended up with a bad consequence. Which was either someone crying, committing suicide, awful feelings, and even just sickness. All of which you can get from doing drugs or alcohol. So now I believe that the book's point of view has almost the same consequences as drugs or alcohol, but in current time the consequences are not the same. I haven’t heard of someone committing suicide or becoming ill from reading a book or poem. Only in Fahrenheit 451.
So this changes thoughts of the quote. Depending on when the quote is taking place, being in Fahrenheit 451 the consequences are the same, in current time they are not the same. But maybe in the near future, some of this will change considering that this book takes place in the future. I say this because Ray Bradbury made a few prediction in the book and some of them came true, like flat-screen Televisions, thimble radios, and even communication through a digital
Bowles said that she’s always know that poetry made someone depressed. Here’s what her exact words were, “I’ve always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness: all that mush!” She said this because Mrs. Phelps started to cry when she was reading the poem, The Sea of Faith.
The connection between the quote and the section of Fahrenheit 451 is that everyone who loves poetry which was a form of entertainment, ended up with a bad consequence. Which was either someone crying, committing suicide, awful feelings, and even just sickness. All of which you can get from doing drugs or alcohol. So now I believe that the book's point of view has almost the same consequences as drugs or alcohol, but in current time the consequences are not the same. I haven’t heard of someone committing suicide or becoming ill from reading a book or poem. Only in Fahrenheit 451.
So this changes thoughts of the quote. Depending on when the quote is taking place, being in Fahrenheit 451 the consequences are the same, in current time they are not the same. But maybe in the near future, some of this will change considering that this book takes place in the future. I say this because Ray Bradbury made a few prediction in the book and some of them came true, like flat-screen Televisions, thimble radios, and even communication through a digital