Last week I finished Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It was quite odd but very intriguing at the same time. Ray captures the ways of living in a utopian society of sameness. In the community everything is run but strict code. And the main one is that books are outlawed. And if you were ever to be caught with a book in your house the firemen are sent to go put it on fire. Wow how does that sound for a change?! There are many twist and turn in this book, but I do have to say, in my opinion, I think the story can be off sometimes... weird if you'd want to say. But hey, that's okay cause it gives us a new perspective of what life would be like without books.
The protagonist is Montag and the antagonist in Captain Beatty (Montag's fire chief) Throughtout the book Montag is able to prove himself as a dynamic character by how he starts seeing and attempting to make a difference of how society is run. This is an awesome thing because by the end of the book there is anew beginning. This is able to give Montag to start fresh, and being able to build up a new community and bring back alllll the knowledge that books give us.
Even though at sometimes in reading Fahrenheit 451 I did get confused, overall all I thought it was a well written book on Ray Bradbury's part. It was definitely weird, but enjoyable. This novel captures how even if we fall apart we are always able to build up the next time even stronger.
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