Have you read, "Fahrenheit 451,"by Ray Bradbury, do you think our society will turn into that one in the book?

Answer 1

it already has...tv's are on the walls, army has a robot called the "mule", wars that no one cares or knows about are happening all the time, wire tappings and loss of privacy are at an all time high, books and free thinking are not allowed due to risk of being called unamerican, the only freedom that exist now is online, which is not that free.

wow, alot of people think of literally burning of books rather of the censoring of free thought, censorship is at an all time high, the media never criticized the iraq war prior to the invasion, you can't drop the f bomb anywhere, even on yahoo! answers there is severe censorship that includes the loss of your account by saying the wrong things. having read other pieces by bradbury i know he wasnt meaning the literal burning of books but instead the belittling of free thought and creativity which is all but gone now with American Idol, Top Model, Super Nanny, and other reality shows.

Answer 2

It is a great book that I have not read for years. 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper ignites/starts to burn The book is about censorship of ideas and thought, government control. The main character (whose name I have now forgotten) is a fireman who works for the government, confiscating books and burning them. He meets on a personal level someone who is involved with books, and meets the contacts of that person, and reads a book and hears books himself, and comes to the realize the error of what has been happening.

Answer 3

Will turn into that? It already has if you live in a developed country. The police chase live on TV? When I read that book in 1982 they didn't have news choppers, now you can watch CNN, Cops, Americas Scariest Police Chases, etc. You have media outlets controlled by corporations that are more powerful than governments. Burning books is symbolism for the destruction of individual thought. That is being accomplished.

Answer 4

Yes I have and no I don't think so. Books are still very much a key part or our culture and always will be. Censorship is on it's way out... anyone who says it isn't is living in a fantasy land. Look at television from 10 years ago and today.

Answer 5

Not likely. As long as we are vigilant in casting our vote, ensuring the checks and balances that our founding father so wisely instituted, we are not likely to go that route. Furthermore, it's not that easy to burn books, figuratively and literally, in this age of internet. As hard as China has tried for so many years, it has a hard time censoring and blocking access to sites that it does not approve.

Answer 6

i read that one several years ago, in high school. also saw the movie. and i am delighted to say, society will never be as it was in the book or movie. censorship has, for the most part, gone out the window.

Answer 7

I don't think we'll ever get to the point where reading books is illegal and we burn every book that we find. There's so many people who love writing books, and many more who love reading those books.

Answer 8

Well, it's 2006 and we're in 1984, so it looks like we're about 22 years behind schedule.

It's not that books have been burned literally, but many schools/libraries/groups have banned certain books. This is analagous. I hope this trend doesn't continue...but conclusion: yes, eventually.

Answer 9

OMG I had to read that book last year. I don't think our society could get that bad.

Answer 10

There are cameras every where recording our every move. There are T.V.s on walls. Books are still being banned, and some times burned. I say we are pretty much there.