Farenheit 451

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English language

Published Aug. 31, 1988 by Books on Tape.

ISBN:
978-0-7366-7493-5
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OCLC Number:
748780429

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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a girl who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.

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Imagino que este libro es amado o detestado. Es una obra que genera sentimientos extremos, al menos esa es la sensación que tengo. Hubo varios momentos (sobre todo en el 1/3) en que las frases parecían tener consistencia, como si fueran objetos contundentes que te golpean la cabeza para hacerte despertar. Eso es lo que le ocurre a su protagonista: despierta cuando se cruza con una chica de mente curiosa y espíritu creativo, alguien que piensa por sí mismo y no es una oveja dentro de un gran rebaño.

Las ideas en conjunto de este libro me resultan escalofriantes por dos motivos:

1) parece reflejar la situación actual en EEUU.

2) me representa a mí misma.

En el siglo veintiuno se sigue eliminando libros por medio de la censura. Como amante de la lectura eso me duele, porque yo decido si quiero leer o no un …

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.

There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …

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