I heard the book was actually banned. Why?
2007-03-05 12:31:59 · 8 answers · asked by Class of '09 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ray Bradbury!!!!!! One of my favorite authors!
Fahrenheit 451 is the temp that bound books burn at. It's, basically, about a society whose government has banned books of any kind and a fireman's role is to start fires to burn the books. It follows the life of one fireman who snitches a book during a burning, reads it, meets up with others who have given up personal identities and are known only by the book's title that they've memorized.
Quite thought provoking. Great read. I hadn't heard it was banned, but it wouldn't surprise me. Why it would be banned I have no idea.
2007-03-05 12:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wonderful book, and movie. (Just the idea, and story - not the acting/movie stuff,I'm not a critic.)
Important idea about censorship. What's important in life.
What society wants from citizen and visa versa.
You ask why books are banned. I do not know other than leadership is scared of some ideas and try to censor them.
Every time a book or movie or idea is censored I remember the characters in this book, and get scared for a time, then others back the idea maker and authors and society grows. Change scares people, and yet we are in constant change.
I'd suggest going to a used book store - and looking at the idea makers of the past. Interesting to see what scared people in the past.
Early on many believed nuclear war was winnable, but through books and movies it was proved not to be true. Bad example, but look up the good ones. Socal interaction does scare people, why I do not know.
Peace.
2007-03-05 14:44:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is set in a society that is atheistic and believes more in psychology... using psychology instead of religion to manipulate and control the masses.... Circa 1960's... (not the same as Fahrenheit 911)...
2007-03-05 12:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2014-07-21 10:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about a futurist society that forbids people
to have books. Any that are found are
burned.
2007-03-05 12:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by Kerilyn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is the temperature paper burns
2007-03-05 12:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because of more lies!!!
That ****** should be sued!
Or is he playing off of Fahrenheit 9/11s popularity to get attention? You know word familiararity?
2007-03-05 12:35:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
yep. cuz it showed how the us government was controling and is controlling our minds.
2007-03-05 13:04:49 · answer #8 · answered by Tom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋