Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Theme of Fahrenheit 451

..............<3 The theme of Farhenheit 451 is about banning an existence and people's curiosity to find the meaning, in my opinion. I think themes depend upon each readers, in how they portray the book in their minds. In this book, people were banned from books, and had no meaning in their lives. However Montag, Clarisse, and some people like who secretly loved books in Farhenheit 451, were curious about their existence, and the existence of books. They were trying to find meaning in books and their lives. Farhenheit 451 also portrayed people who did not have any meaning in their lives, like Montag's wife. Also, the theme showed that existence of important things like books are never forgotten by some people. Also, existence drives people into curiosity, to identify which kind of existence it is. The theme also shows what can happen to the world when the existence of books gets banned, which showed the dystopian society in the novel. It saddens me to think that people had to snuggle books in order to read them. I definitly think books make life more interesting, creating more knowledge in the world. I think the world would be stupid without them. It's sad that Beatty is spreading the word that books are evil, which are not! I think this theme is important to teenagers. Existence of some of the bad things in the world banned to teenagers drive teenagers into curiosity to find the existence of those certain things!! I guess you can relate the theme in many different ways, but I thought this was a major one. I think when more things are hidden and banned from people, somehow it drives more attention to these things...... For example, the existence of banned drugs are because people say it's bad. However, there are drug addicts that cannot resist from these drugs. Also, it's important for teenagers to know that books are great. Without books, everyone would be stupid, having no meaning in their lives. The theme reveals the truth about the world when books are vanished. If books were to be banned, people would not have knowledge about the past and the future, and in their lives. Societies would not have opposing ideas through books. People would not have the knowledge to make the world a better place. Even though books create controversials, it creates a better, smart world!

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