Fahrenheit 451

By: Bradbury, Ray D

Book Overview

- Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism - Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - An introductory essay by Harold Bloom. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604131446
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

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

451 is the temperature at which book paper burns. One major difference between the book and the movie “Fahrenheit 451” (1966) -- Oskar Werner and Julie Christie-- is that in the film, the "written word" was completely removed (even from the credits). Whereas in the book, the state was opposed to “literature” and not “technical writing.” Books symbolize ideas that could also be represented on screen. There is a distinction between training and education. Additionally, in the book, a symbol is used to describe one man's superiority over another in a world of equals. I won't reveal much of the story, as the unfolding adds to the intrigue. However, now that houses are fireproof, firemen's purpose is to serve by burning books to keep a happy social order. Of course, one fireman goes astray after several emotional incidents that conflict with his role. This leads to various deviant actions, such as reading “literature”. What are you doing now?