Adrian Tymes wrote:

Because it's a book about book burning, where the
main character is a "fireman" in the sense that he
brings fire to any written material (which the state
has deemed disruptive to the social order).  Farenheit
451 is, specifically, the temperature at which paper
combusts.

Well-written as it was, the imagery would certainly
traumatize a lover of paper.  Historical records could
be forgiven because they were accounts of what did
happen, lessons in mistakes not to be repeated.
Fiction is another thing entirely.

 

I'll just respond to one of these. Yes, I know F451 is about
book burning. However, it's written as a scathing rebuttal
of the practice. The book burners are written in such a
profoundly negative manner that only an idiot would think
it anything but a condemnation. People who love books
love this book. People who hate books hate this book because
they feel it's mocking them, and it is.

I wonder what her views would have been of ticker tape
parades, where paper that carried information of
temporary use was destroyed, but in so doing at least
served a bit more purpose than it was originally
destined for?

 

That would be more likely to horrify her than F451.
Seriously. Some folks need to actually read the book.


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