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#29 2011-06-06 21:48:51
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Oh what a coincidence, I gotta read that book for a language arts test. 
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#30 2011-06-06 21:49:28
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
In Language Arts class last year we read it. It was kind of creepy, and the ending was strange, but it was better than most of the books we read in school.
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#32 2011-06-06 22:31:17
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
I haven't read it. SO DOWN GOES THE PERCENT > 
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#34 2011-06-06 22:39:30
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
I've read it. It was one of the more stranger books that I have read.
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#35 2011-06-07 00:09:42
Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Yeah, its a little harder to understand than other books. The first time I read it, I had to reread some of the parts multiple times until I finally understood it. Now reading it 3 years later, I realize new things that I didn't realize before. Like I used to think that Mildred had a real seashell in here ear or that they had a hair parlor connected to their house and her family was in it
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#36 2011-06-07 00:31:32
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
JJROCKER wrote:
Yeah, its a little harder to understand than other books. The first time I read it, I had to reread some of the parts multiple times until I finally understood it. Now reading it 3 years later, I realize new things that I didn't realize before. Like I used to think that Mildred had a real seashell in here ear
Well, actually, I understood the book within the first reading - I just always thought that stories placed in a dystopian setting were rather bizarre to begin with; they usually need to be considered with a lot of thought since they're an integral part of the symbolism in the story (as opposed to stories placed in a normal setting, you usually end up paying no attention to the character's location in that case).
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#37 2011-06-07 01:01:33
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Yup. Pretty cool book, but hard to understand the first time you read it.
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#38 2011-06-07 01:04:45
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
cheddargirl wrote:
JJROCKER wrote:
Yeah, its a little harder to understand than other books. The first time I read it, I had to reread some of the parts multiple times until I finally understood it. Now reading it 3 years later, I realize new things that I didn't realize before. Like I used to think that Mildred had a real seashell in here ear
Well, actually, I understood the book within the first reading - I just always thought that stories placed in a dystopian setting were rather bizarre to begin with; they usually need to be considered with a lot of thought since they're an integral part of the symbolism in the story (as opposed to stories placed in a normal setting, you usually end up paying no attention to the character's location in that case).
Mmh. I personally like dystopias WHEN WELL DONE. Like environmentally based ones or ones portraying a wold where everyone's the same (The Giver, creepiest SF book I have read, and most disturbing... but I like the writing all the same). But you do make some valid points with that.
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#41 2011-06-07 20:04:20
Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
lilacfuzz101 wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
A long time ago...I liked it a lot but I don't remember a lot of the details.
I think the idea of people memorizing books to keep them from disappearing (due to active censorship) is a bit quaint now. I suspect people would just hide them in the memory chips in their calculators nowThat could work.... lol.
Yeah, I read it a while ago (well, 3 years but i read A TON so it seems like forever ago). I liked it... and then read 1989 which was really good as well!
Wasn't it 1984?
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#43 2011-06-07 20:12:44
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Paddle2See wrote:
A long time ago...I liked it a lot but I don't remember a lot of the details.
I think the idea of people memorizing books to keep them from disappearing (due to active censorship) is a bit quaint now. I suspect people would just hide them in the memory chips in their calculators now
Is this similar to that book..... GoGH #14, EXILE, is VERY similar to this. Now I wanna read it. Unfortunately, it's rented out at my local library last I checked......
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#45 2011-06-07 20:33:38
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Read it a long time ago... forgot the details, but I remember it being good.
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#47 2011-06-07 20:38:43
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
Wickimen wrote:
lilacfuzz101 wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
A long time ago...I liked it a lot but I don't remember a lot of the details.
I think the idea of people memorizing books to keep them from disappearing (due to active censorship) is a bit quaint now. I suspect people would just hide them in the memory chips in their calculators nowThat could work.... lol.
Yeah, I read it a while ago (well, 3 years but i read A TON so it seems like forever ago). I liked it... and then read 1989 which was really good as well!Wasn't it 1984?
Oh yeah.
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#48 2011-06-07 20:40:24
Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
lilacfuzz101 wrote:
Wickimen wrote:
lilacfuzz101 wrote:
That could work.... lol.
Yeah, I read it a while ago (well, 3 years but i read A TON so it seems like forever ago). I liked it... and then read 1989 which was really good as well!Wasn't it 1984?
Oh yeah.
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#49 2011-06-07 20:44:15
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Re: I am rereading Fahrenheit 451
GarSkutherGirl wrote:
Paddle2See wrote:
A long time ago...I liked it a lot but I don't remember a lot of the details.
I think the idea of people memorizing books to keep them from disappearing (due to active censorship) is a bit quaint now. I suspect people would just hide them in the memory chips in their calculators nowIs this similar to that book..... GoGH #14, EXILE, is VERY similar to this. Now I wanna read it (Fahrenheit 451). Unfortunately, it's rented out at my local library last I checked......
Yeah..... I just finished reading Exile, and a blue Snowy Owl from the 6th kingdom is burning people's books, so a BUNCH of owls gather in a valley covered in moss, and it's called The Living Library. Books are considered vanity. I hate Striga. He's a jerk.
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