Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Fahrenheit 451 Campbell

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopia novel written in 1952.  It was written by Ray Bradbury and is about censorship.

The main character Guy Montag is a fireman who instead of putting out fires starts them.  At the start of the book he is happy with this job but once he meets a girl called Clarisse he starts to review this.  At the end  of the book he is on the run because he has openly opposed government and society.  When he is on the run he witnesses the biggest war of mankind which obliterates a whole city in a second.

This book is most probably written because at that time it was the height of communism and the cold war.  Many other books from that time are referring to communism and its flaws.

This was a very interesting book and I would like to watch the movie if I could.

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