I read a couple of books over the summer and one of them was Fahrenheit 451. It was really confusing and I didn't understand it well. If you read this book, what was it's message?
2007-08-16 10:11:37 · 4 answers · asked by =] 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The message is essentially this:
The world is going down the toilet, and if we don't do something to stop it, all of the knowledge that was meant to be passed down to us will be lost amongst a nation of idiots.
Despite Bradbury's warnings, we are already too far down the path of idiocy to fix it. Look at all of his parallels to our actual future. The seashells in the ears-ear buds. The TV walls-big screens/projector screens. People's inability to communicate properly-text talk.
That was the message of the book. You have to read the ending twice to pick up on this, however.
2007-08-16 10:16:12 · answer #1 · answered by writersrule05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Books are essential to humanity -- essential enough to take a huge risk by living in a community in which each person dedicates his or her life to memorizing, and so keeping alive, a single book.
2007-08-16 18:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Diana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liberty. Freedom of speech.
2007-08-16 17:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by jamoca 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Censorship bad - Democracy good.
2007-08-16 17:14:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋