After reading Fahrenheit 451, it opened my eyes to many ideas. Are we going to end up like the society in Fahrenheit? Do I question everything? Do I want to learn or try to learn the truth? Am I truly happy? These are some of the questions I asked myself while reading. This book truly opened my eyes to the truth in knowledge and life.
The question of our society occurred when I was reading about the book burnings. They seemed to burn it because it held knowledge. People burn books today because it has knowledge that they don't understand. Take Hitler and his public book burnings. He wanted to destroy the ideas of one thing and replace it with another. Books will always give us knowledge but in our society we chose not to read them. Instead we have television, radio, IPhone, etc. to entertain or teach us. Ray Bradbury's fear of technology taking over is stated in this book. The robot dogs that can track and kill you scare the living daylights out of me. Will it be in the future, I am afraid about being found by a robotic monster that will never lose my scent and will never stop till it kills me? The way our technology is going, we will have something like that. In the future our future may become a place full of technology that will only lead to our demise.
The other questions about happiness, questioning, and searching for the truth are still unanswered in my opinion. The happiness shown in the book is only happiness out of ignorance. Mildred is a prime example. She is only happy with the life as what has been told to her. She doesn't know anything about the outside world. It really puts the truth in the phrase "Ignorance is Bliss". I have to ask myself if I am truly happy at what I know or do or am I only happy with what people tell me to do like Mildred? Also questioning like Clarisse did when she was questioning about the things the government has told her. She questions everything because of the knowledge she gains from books. From reading about Clarisse, I begin to think about myself. I seem to not question anything anymore in life? I accept everything at face value and I don't search for the truth anymore? Now after reading Fahrenheit, all I seem to do is question every little tiny detail.
Reading Fahrenheit 451 was surprisingly one of my favorite books because it made me question everything. All those questions are helping me make my life better. I also know that these books everlasting questions can help all of us make sure our society becomes ignorant and cruel like the one in this classic sci-fi novel.
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