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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

3.86 AVERAGE

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dark reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional inspiring relaxing sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective tense medium-paced
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

he seems to convey that the concept of living forever and in some respect being human hinges upon having memories. society is portrayed as artificial, as with books. it is the actions that are prized (e.g., reading) and the thoughts held that are dangerous; the means (e.g., society or books) do not matter in the end. the fictional book mentioned "the fingers in the glove" sums up the angle of this book up for me. a struggle between being an individual whose purpose is defined in the journey that lives in a society that has an established purpose. this stage of individual vs. society has been set many times over since plato all the way to current political discourse. bradbury presents some contradictory habits for the characters in the book (they have books, but don't read them; they read books, but burn them), and the question has to be asked: which is worse? to make something and never use it or to use something then destroy it? this seems to be the question of the day.

*there is a typo for Montag's name close to the end (printed as "Montage" on p. 156).
dark reflective tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes