Overall, I thought Fahrenheit 451 was a good book, but it was confusing at times and I thought our previous book, Phantom Tollbooth was much better. The base idea of the book was very good but I didn't like as much, the way it is written. It did have some interesting characters, and I think it is worthy of it its place as a sci-fi classic. I think it needs to have a certain to be defined as an actual 'classic'. There are good books nowadays which have the potential to become a classic, but for now, I think they are 'modern classics'.
I did not find the book funny, I found it quite serious. I think it teaches us the lesson of how important books are to our society. I would be interested in watching the movie, especially the scene where Montag burns Beatty.
I think this book may be a metaphor for how the Americans pictured living in a communist world. It may have been similar in Russia, getting thrown in jail for writing books about certain things, and people killing each other.
I agree, the book was to serious for my liking, but the movie would be cool. Because the book was written during the cold war, it may have meant to show how horrible communism is, without free speech or books.
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