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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Start date: November 1, 2020

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Aug 20, 2014 Michelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014, reviewed, dystopian

Imagine a world where books are outlawed. The government dictates what you know. You receive information through television and radio. Technology is everywhere, and free thinking is suppressed. Fireman no longer put out fires, instead they start them, sent out on calls to burn the homes of people who have books.

Guy Montag is a fireman. He burns books for a living. His wife, Millie, lives in a world of television and sleeping pills, and can't (or won't) break away from her technology to really c ...more

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Apr 16, 2021 Midu Hadi rated it it was ok

Shelves: 100-200-pages, reviewed, read-in-april, classics, dystopian, singles, read-for-src, futuristic, read-in-2021, 1953

Here is what I was thinking as I read this classic:

The premise of the book is problematic. Whether it's the overuse of technology that the author warns against or hoarding of knowledge, it's a sound one. However, in many places, it comes across as elitist. Like the author's saying people who don't read are stupid or numb to the truth.

The casual misogyny and objectification of women. Women are either shallow and stupid -- like the protagonist's wife -- or they are sexualized -- like the neighbor ...more

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