3rd Blog Post- Fahrenheit 451

I am taking a break from reading My Sister's Keeper for now because my honors English class is reading Fahrenheit 451. The book is written by Ray Bradbury and I have liked it so far. The genre is science fiction and my teacher said that it was one of the first futuristic books written but many modern authors today have modeled their own books after Bradbury's. When I started reading the first twenty pages I was a little confused because the author doesn't straight out tell you all the rules of the futuristic society but I actually liked it. Learning about how the society worked engaged me even more in the book. In the short book that Bradbury wrote in 9 days, you meet a fireman named Montag who is married to Mildred. A television addict. The reader also meets a girl named Clarisse that has a wild family and makes Montagu question his relationship along with his point of view of reality.
The houses are also fireproof but it's the fireman's job to burn down any houses with kerosene that have books in them. Books are not allowed in the United States during this time period instead television is consumed by most human beings and is the source of most information. Montag soon realizes that the lack of knowledge that his society has is threatening every aspect of life. Through this journey to revive reading he meets more characters and inspires them to help change the country. One of my favorite quotes in the one hundered eleven pages I have read is, "...and the feeling that the sky might fall upon the city and turn it to chalk dust, and the moon go up in red fire; that was how the night felt"(Bradbury 90). In my opinion, the quote gives a really cool visual to readers and also is a metaphor that is describing the night. Bradbury uses really cool techniques in his writing like illusions, parallels, diction, dramatic irony and metaphors. I am really enjoying the book so far and can't wait to finish it. It really makes me think about society today in a different perspective. Here is a link to a video about Rad Bradbury writing Fahrenheit 451: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzD0YtbViCs