"Because it's a book about life, it's a book about death. It's a book about triumph." ~ Ray Bradbury
I'm not really sure why this book was written, BUT being the professional web surfer i am, i was able to look into a few articles and figure out what the purpose behind this story was about. I found this article that supposed to be an interview with Bradbury
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In the 9 days it took Bradbury to write the book he explained how his inspiration to write the novel came from Hitler himself, claiming at the age of 15 Hitler was burning books in the streets of Berlin and it gave him the sense that libraries would soon be in danger. By reading this article i developed the opinion that this book was more of a warning than a fortune teller. As technology increases knowledge through books decreases. We literally have the world in our hands, the internet, cellphones, computers, etc. I mean, who needs to read a book when you can find an article or a few summaries that give you all the main points about it? Who knows, a few decades from now we might not even be using books.
***Did you guys know 451 is the temperature in which books burn? That is SO cool!! ***
That's really cool Jasmine. I wouldn't have figured that Hitler was Bradbury's inspiration for the book it makes absolute sense. Thanks for the fun fact
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time trying to figure out why he wrote the book too, but this link made it more clear and and easy to understand :)
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how he wrote the book in such a few days, also, I absolutely love the way your blog looks, very nice!
ReplyDeletei love it! i love your blog too (:
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