Fahrenheit 451. La temperatura a la que el papel se enciende y arde. Como 1984 de George Orwell, como Un mundo feliz de Aldous Huxley, Fahrenheit 451 describe una civilización occidental esclavizada por los media, los tranquilizantes y el conformismo.
La visión de Bradbury es asombrosamente profética: las pantallas de televisión ocupan paredes y exhiben folletines interactivos, unos auriculares transmiten a todas horas una insípida corriente de música y noticias, en las avenidas los coches corren a 150 kilómetros por hora persiguiendo a peatones; y el cuerpo de bomberos, auxiliados por el Sabueso Mecánico, rastrea y elimina a los disidentes que conservan y leen libros.
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I read this book long ago and ran across it a the library used book sale. My son was intrigued by the cover and the concept of a society that is so scared of knowledge that they burn the books and sometimes the houses they are in.
Now the language was beyond what he could grasp so as i read it out loud to him we did small chunks and i helped him pull out the concepts that was buried between all the descriptions. I am pretty sure he got the gist of what happened and hopefully will want to pick it up again when he older and read it again.
This is a classic that i think you gain new insights in each time you read it. It an older novel that really is scary in how it gives a glimpse into some of the things that are now reality. It was fun to share this classic with my child.
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