Fahrenheit 451

By: Ray Bradbury

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001QOWTYY
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Ballantine U5060
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Written in the b-a-s-e-m-e-n-t of the UCLA library.

451 the temperature at which book paper burns. One big rift between the book and the movie [Fahrenheit 451 (1966) -- Oskar Werner, Julie Christie] is that in the movie, the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits), whereas in the book, the state was against “literature” and not “technical writing.” Books are just symbols of ideas that could have been on the screen, also. There is a difference between training and education. Among other reasons, the book was a symbol of one man's superiority over another in a world of equals. I do not want to tell much of the story, as the unfolding is part of the intrigue. However, now that houses are fireproof, the purpose of firemen is to perform a service by burning books to maintain a happy social order. Naturally, one fireman goes awry after several emotional incidents that run counter to his career. This leads to all kinds of deviant things like reading “literature”. What are you doing now?