A few hours ago I finished reading Fahrenheit 451, it was hard for me because I rarely read books, but it was worth it, and oh, I felt like I read about our time, people in this novel are like people are now. People watch TV shows, movies, anime created by people and at least think a little, but it happens that people do not think at all and also watch only created by AI and their consumer soul is happy? or even better communicate with AI as a friend and not only, they are, in my opinion, similar to the wife of the main character of the novel; Maybe they will even face a similar fate?
I would say many more things, but I would be glad if you say.
I know it’s not a good idea to compare fiction with reality, but it’s hard not to compare this book with reality, don’t those who have read it agree?
Honestly, I didn’t expect this book to look like it was going to describe the future very accurately, I thought it was just about people refusing to think. I even recognized myself a little in this book.
I think English teachers love it because they hate sci-fi and 451 is a love letter to classic literature and, outside of a robotic dog, not sci-fi.
It was also sci-fi at the time to have an entire wall of a house be a screen
“What if TV but bigger?”
I mean, not radical.
A pretty on-the-nose metaphor for Guy’s wife losing her grip on reality.
The seashell radio was more prescient. And insidious.
Look at how everyone now has their particular podcast poisoning their mind. And, often, body.
Yeah Bradbury said his original intent was to focus on the dangers of mass media, even though I think his censorship theme is more prominent
they don’t teach romance and mystery books either.
because they aren’t literature. they are popular entertainment.
English teachers don’t love it, they teach it because it’s part of the standard curriculum of books they are allowed to teach. there are standard lists of books from which they get to pick, usually selected by the state or school board.
which is why pretty much every student reads the same books across the country, give or take a few different ones.