The book Fahrenheit 451 was written in 1953 by a man called Ray Bradbury. It is a futuristic, sci-fi book. It started off as a short story called 'The Fireman' written in nine days on a pay by the hour type writer at his local library. Fahrenheit 451 was Bradburys most popular book.
The story line is a man called Guy Montag is part of the fire deparment in a futuristic american city. These firemen are a wee bit different they start fires rather than put them out. There total aim is to destroy all the books. Montag goes through a faze were he wonders if the books have anything to offer. Fire cheif Beatty says that all firemen go through this faze. In the end Montag runs off to a group of people who still love books.
Overall this book was interesting at times, every now and them I got a wee bit lost. That may have something to do with it being published over fifty years ago though. In the end it was okay by my standards.
I would actually like to watch the movie. I think it would offer another view on the book.
Harry C
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