Sunday, September 20, 2009

Fahrenheit F51: The Hearth and the Salamander

When i first began reading the Fahrenheit F51, I was doubting how much I was going to enjoy the book. There were so many details, and I felt like the author was writing all over the place and I was not able to stay focused. A couple more pages in, once I was able to grasp what was going on I found it being very interesting. When Clarisse was introduced into the story I think is when it grasped my attention and it just wanted me to learn more about her and why she was the way she was.
The part in the book that really got my attention is when Mr. Beatty talks about society and his rationality to why people should not, and do not need books. He believed that if everyone was not protected from the negative, and were different society would not be well off. He thinks the less people know and read, the happier everyone will be.
I personally feel like most people would probably feel as well, that everyone deserves the right to learn and know as much as they possibly can. To take away these rights of human interest in wanting to know more, is completely absurd. He does not even show emotion to those that he kills or (burns) to death because by them wanting to learn more and know more, makes them in the wrong and they deserve it. In conclusion, I have found the book fairly interesting and curious to what is going to happen next.

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