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Book Fahrenheit 451

Discussion in 'Literature' started by lolaholic, Feb 19, 2014.

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  1. lolaholic

    lolaholic Active Member

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    Has anyone read this book? I'm having a lot of trouble with Captain Beatty's speech he gives to Montag when he is sick. I understand that Beatty is explaining about the past and how it turned out this way but I just can't grasp it. If you have not read this book already I strongly recommend it.
     
    #1 lolaholic, Feb 19, 2014
  2. Pegleg98

    Pegleg98 Well-Known Member

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    I read it in school last year, I remember very little of it.
     
    #2 Pegleg98, Feb 22, 2014
  3. Darkchaosknight

    Darkchaosknight Well-Known Member

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    Very good book! Great parable of what would happen in that situation. Also I do not remember the speeches meaning. :/
     
    #3 Darkchaosknight, Feb 25, 2014
  4. SheWasOnly12

    SheWasOnly12 Well-Known Member

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    I just read that last semester except I never picked up the book just used sparknotes :V
     
    #4 SheWasOnly12, Feb 25, 2014
  5. asvpbrvdv

    asvpbrvdv Well-Known Member

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    Oh yeah try sparknotes, very badass cheati--err I mean literature helper. If that don't work, Google the chapters or sentences, or yahoo answers Or Quora ( yahoo answers+real mature answers)
     
    #5 asvpbrvdv, Feb 25, 2014
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    Not sure what you don't understand, but they use to be a normal world like today's society until the government restricted them. F451 is mainly full of people doing their day to day things mindlessly. Their lives are so fast paced that they don't have time to sit down and think, nor does the government want them to.
     
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    #6 chickenputty, Feb 26, 2014
  7. lolaholic

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    Thank you
     
    #7 lolaholic, Feb 26, 2014
  8. GreySwordz

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    Read 1984, much better version of this.
     
    #8 GreySwordz, Feb 26, 2014
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    #9 chickenputty, Feb 26, 2014
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  11. Darkchaosknight

    Darkchaosknight Well-Known Member

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    Animal Farm is better ^
     
    #11 Darkchaosknight, Feb 27, 2014
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    I agree. Animal Farm is fantastic.
     
    #12 xXBearPvPXx, Mar 1, 2014
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    I read i. Beatty is explaining how people complained about books and how it created rifts between people. Knowledge is very powerful against the F451 government. The purpose was to make Montag aware of the hound.
     
    #13 Flaming_Alpaca, Mar 1, 2014
  14. lolaholic

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    Animal Farm was great, i read it in my pre-ap class last year.
     
    #14 lolaholic, Mar 1, 2014
  15. GlobalistCuck

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    Fahrenheit 451 was an OK book, but compared to other dystopian books and movies such as V for Vendetta and Equilibrium, it's nothing special.
     
    #15 GlobalistCuck, Mar 1, 2014
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