People of the Book

you have ever worked for is all gone. It’s is all because you had a little book. In the society Ray Bradbury wrote about in Fahrenheit 451 having books was outlawed. If you had a book and people would find out, “firemen” would come and burn all your belongings and you would go to jail. Mr. Bradbury most likely wrote this to warn us what would happen if we got rid of books. In this society there is no individuality, books are gone, Chaos is everywhere… The world has gone to Hell. At the…

Fahrenheit 451 is an impeccable book written by Ray Bradbury. This novel contains a government that banned books and a tightly controlled society. The characters live under laws that influences the civilization to be ignorant and only depend on technology. Creativity and being considered different is rare in the dystopian society. Books and ideas are burned, books are burned physically, whereas knowledge burns in the mind. Fahrenheit 451 creates an image of a “perfect” culture that in the end…

Banning books because of what? “Never take a learning opportunity away from a student”, this was said by a character on the hit show, How To Get Away With Murder. Should we, as students, have the right to learn what what information books provide us, or should all questionable books be locked away from the world where no student can ever learn from them. Books are wonderful sources of information, but everyday, books get banned from schools for strange, and sometimes ridiculous reasons.…

to burn books but he doesn’t know why he has to burn the books. He doesn’t start asking questions until his encounter with the neighbor girl named Clarissa. Montag is curious about what is in the books and why they are so bad and so he stole a book from their last “job” and took it home with him. His captain figures out what he has done and gives Montag a chance to burn the book himself or return it to him. Montag partners up with an older guy named Faber, and they make a copy of the book to try…

Fahrenheit 451 Throughout the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury creates a character named Guy Montag, who contradicts the idea of being a hero. Despite his flaws, and his selfish ways, however he always strives towards what is right. During this time, technology is taking over the peoples innocent minds and the way they think of the world. Courageous Montag, wants to bring back the idea of reading books even though that it is illegal. Creating a social controversy on everyday lives. Montag was…

girl knows as well as many more people. He writes books that center around high school romances, whether they are easy to believe, or out of this world. Through his books, he can show the love and loss that high schoolers could experience and explains the high school way of mind. In addition, these books contain themes of friendship and the connection between people. This makes many people like his books, but many of his books contain large similarities. Among these books are Looking for Alaska…

Americans. When the book was released, it was in the midst of the civil rights movement. I believe that is why the book was so popular and became a best seller. Unintentionally, “To kill a mockingbird” was related to the civil rights movement. So basically, that’s saying not only were black people treated unfairly in the 1930s but also in the 60s. Even though the book was set in the 1930’s, it reflected on the 1960 civil rights movement and racial issues. How? Treating people equally was a big…

The Book That Chose Me. Given that I’m not much of a reader I must first say that my book choice was not initial nor was it a simple “eeny, meenie, miny, moe” pick. When I first looked at the list of books I had no clue as to which book to choose for this assignment, so I decided to look up the ratings for each and narrow the list of books to those that interested me. To my surprise there were three book which caught my interest and had good reviews: The Coke Machine, The Race Myth, and Gang…

Books impacted the 20th century by introducing new genres into society. Books like, The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, and Winnie-the-Pooh, where known as the golden age of children books. The Virginian and Riders of the Purple Sage made westerns a new unique American genres. Also, genres like science fiction, horror, mystery, and romance started spring up in the dime novels, these were stories that cost a dime to buy. Pulp stories were coming about too, they were sordid…

religiously motivated and involved, which makes them very bias towards their own beliefs and practices. The book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury contains many religion affiliated crimes. The book starts off in a futuristic, dystopian community where owning anything close to a book is illegal. Since this is made a new law, the fire fighters are required to start fires, to burn the books. One unique firefighter meets a girl who changes his life. He starts to realize how the world has…