This is a book written in 1951. It is a futuristic novel of a time when having your own thoughts is discouraged and having an idea was illegal. In the this book the firemen where no longer needed to extinguish fires but to set them. They would burn the houses of the ones who contained books. This fireman named Montag realized that books are flesh and blood ideas and silently scream out when put to the torch. On one day he smuggles home the books he would burn and with the help of a neighbor and the printed word he discovers that true freedom lies in the imagination.

I liked how the book almost turned the pages for you. I imagined myself as Montag and I thought how hard it would be to take the writings of others and set fire to them just because it was expected of me.




I also liked, even though this book is over 50 years old, how some of the thoughts communicated are true even today.

I can honestly say that there wasn't anything I didn't like about. I guess reading on my own made this book more enjoyable.

I wanted to read another book by Ray Bradbury.

This book made me glad that I have a place to enter my writing without the fear of having my house burnt doing so.

The author of this book is Ray Bradbury. He has also wrote:

I recommend this book because it captivates you and 190 pages you can read it in a matter of hours.

According to the author remarks this book was written in nine days in a basement library typewritter.

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