Like many others, I first read this book in 8th grade as a school assignment. I have reread it many times as well as watched the movie many times. I love the irony that this book is often listed on the lists for banned or challenged books. The story revolves around a man who is secretly hiding and reading books during a futuristic time in which books are considered evil and are therefore are illegal. Firemen do not put out fires but rather set them to burn books. A secret underground society of hobos memorize various classics to keep literature alive. I shiver to think that such cowardly ideas in regards to our freedoms are very much bantered about in our times. Why are so many afraid of words?
I also found intriguing the "modern" conveniences so like those in my favorite cartoon - The Jetsons. I think it is time to reread this one and compare these conveniences to those we have today...
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I read this post a while ago and hadn't had a chance to browse the blogs lately or comment so here's my two cents-
For some reason I really liked the excerpt from this book that we read in my sophmore high school class. After high school I borrowed it from the public library at some point, and then a few years ago you bought it for me for my birthday, at my request. Last year I chose this book for my book club. They didn't particularly like it. You'd think that women who enjoy books so much would at least like this book a little!
In what ways do you discuss books that have been chosen? Perhaps the direction of the discussion makes a difference in final opinion. Also, some like books that cause one to explore their values and others don't. I'm definitely curious as to why they didn't like it.
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