Response To Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury presented me with a greater understanding of what some people predicted a futuristic society would represent, and how the world differs from what Ray Bradbury depicted. The novel elucidated the fact that this community frowns upon books very harshly, and this society has made a job description to burn houses that contain books in them. The whole time I was reading this novel I was thinking that this society could be my community right now by reading the quotation, “We’ve started and won two atomic wars since 1990!” (Bradbury, 73). This excerpt proves that civilians could be living in an alternate society at this moment since the year 1990 has already passed, and this reference intrigued me while …show more content…
Throughout the novel I was able to picture the life of a child who was forced to go to a Caucasian school even though he is Chinese. At this school he was mentally and physically tortured by students named Chaz and Denny, and was tormented with harsh words like, “Hey, Tojo, you forgot to salute the flag” (Ford, 17). While reading the novel I was heartbroken by the fact that Henry was treated like this, but the interesting part of this scene is that Ford was able to have us feel like we were Henry in this situation. Not only was Ford able to do this, but he also allowed the reader to feel real emotion toward the characters. The best example of Ford doing this is when the narrator says, “The lack of communication between father and son was based on a lifetime of isolation…now Henry had used with his own father seemed to have been passed down to Marty” (Ford, 61). This situation allowed the reader to empathize Henry since he was put through pain with his father by not talking with him and not being able to have a normal father and son relationship. I enjoyed this novel for the aspects that I was able to picture the main character’s life, and the ability to feel emotion in the
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury presented me with a greater understanding of what some people predicted a futuristic society would represent, and how the world differs from what Ray Bradbury depicted. The novel elucidated the fact that this community frowns upon books very harshly, and this society has made a job description to burn houses that contain books in them. The whole time I was reading this novel I was thinking that this society could be my community right now by reading the quotation, “We’ve started and won two atomic wars since 1990!” (Bradbury, 73). This excerpt proves that civilians could be living in an alternate society at this moment since the year 1990 has already passed, and this reference intrigued me while …show more content…
Throughout the novel I was able to picture the life of a child who was forced to go to a Caucasian school even though he is Chinese. At this school he was mentally and physically tortured by students named Chaz and Denny, and was tormented with harsh words like, “Hey, Tojo, you forgot to salute the flag” (Ford, 17). While reading the novel I was heartbroken by the fact that Henry was treated like this, but the interesting part of this scene is that Ford was able to have us feel like we were Henry in this situation. Not only was Ford able to do this, but he also allowed the reader to feel real emotion toward the characters. The best example of Ford doing this is when the narrator says, “The lack of communication between father and son was based on a lifetime of isolation…now Henry had used with his own father seemed to have been passed down to Marty” (Ford, 61). This situation allowed the reader to empathize Henry since he was put through pain with his father by not talking with him and not being able to have a normal father and son relationship. I enjoyed this novel for the aspects that I was able to picture the main character’s life, and the ability to feel emotion in the