I did not read this book, but from the comments I have the idea that most readers did not get the real meaning of it. But Juliabevaqua got the essence of it, I am sure, because the best books are often allegorical and have higher meanings. Seems to me that this book tells us that technolgy will lead us into slavery and we will be out of control as we'll be totally dependent on it. This is actually the real purpose of constant technolgical development - it leads us toward a well-planned future of slavery. E.g. people love wireless, not thinking of the fact that it broadcast on radio waves everything they do, and giant computers analyze that information to find "rebels" and keep files on individuals. The ear-clip phone is none other than dog-training for the acceptance of the brainchip. Today you carry the tiny thing in yr ear, tomorrow it will be implanted into yr brain and not only broadcast yr vital signs (heartbeat, etc), but also it will receive waves from a central computer and carry them into yr brain to turn you into a robot. I don't use the library's downloadable e-books or audios, beause in the end the material library will disappear and you will have no hard copy of anything - you will depend on the i-net only, which is under surveillance and yr every move is watched and controlled. If you are cut off the net, you are toast. We are going toward a virtual reality and a computer-controlled robot future. We earn this with our today selfishness and competition and lack of cooperation with each other. We'll be led on the peaceful path by force. The man of the future will have no selse of (selfish) self, it will be like the Biblical "sheep."

luved it!!!!!

I thought that this was a very bad book. It had a bad plot and uninteresting characters. Several things in the story made no sense. It's a 165 page book, but because it was so uninteresting and hard to understand, it felt like an 800 page book. I normally don't judge books very hard but I found this book horrible. I would not recommend this to most people.

It was confusing in the beginning, and it still was in the end. However, I loved the descriptions, the dialogues, the themes, and the characters! I really like how the ending seems vague, and although I was disappointed of the sudden death of Clarisse, I believe it was necessary for the story to go on. My personally favourite character was Beatty - I loved his contradicting statements like quoting from books. The irony when Montag realizes Beatty had "wanted to kill himself" was amazing.

Reads like a good Twilight Zone episode. At first, I thought the story was outdated for our time. Books? You don't need to burn 'em; they're on their way out anyway. But actually, it's about media over-saturation and the quality of thought conveyed by mass media and you know what? That's exactly the age we live in.

A short novel set in the future about a dystopian civilization that forbids their citizens from reading books. Firemen enforce the laws by setting ablaze any house suspected of not conforming. Very fast paced however lacks depth and leaves the reader with many unanswered questions.

Small tight book Small print Not engaging

I had to read this book for a novel study at school and I hated the book. I was surprised to find out that this book had won any awards. I think this book would appeal to older people not teens. I had a hard time concentrating while reading and I didn't find the plot very interesting. The book takes place in the future and it's the idea that firemen start fires and reading books are illegal to do. It was very confusing.

The concept of this book was entertaining, but I found it confusing at times. The plot kind of jumps around in some parts. A quick read though.

Fahrenheit 451 is a classic book that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime. It is a fairly quick, thought-provoking read that emphasizes the hold that technology and electronics such as television have on our everyday lives. I would reccomend it to anyone solely for the incredibly accurate depiction of the future (or today). Bradbury writes about the burning of books which is a concept that seems far-fetched but the support he provides for the things that happen in the "future" is mind-boggling and even quite convincing. The book is a brilliant metaphor for the evolution of technology and human response to it. I HIGHLY reccomend this book. "If you drown, at least die knowing that you were headed for shore"