Sunday, August 21, 2011

Fahrenheit 451-Q. 3

I felt that Ray Bradbury had a good understanding about human nature and how we react to situations and decision making. In fact, I felt like I was learning a little something or two from him about decision making myself. He must have done his research about human nature before sitting down and writing this entire book about making decisions, because he sounded very intelligent about everything he said. When i say everything he said I really mean everything he left clues about or hinted about in the book.
When you are able to make a story that long and that correct it takes a certain skill and level of talent in the writing industry, because it takes a lot of work to make a good story come from it. The context of the book and its popularity aren't always the biggest things to be worries about when writing. If you are a truly passionate writer you don't write for the money, because unless you are extremely successful you don't make a lot. The biggest thing and most important thing about a book to an author is the overall theme of the book. Its the main point the author is trying to get across to the public. Its an easy way of showing your emotions and explaining what you are passionate about and whats important to you without boring them half to death. That is why I felt like Ray Bradbury was one of the best authors of his time. He did a perfect job of representing everything that I stated above.
In human nature we do things that we don't expect ourselves to do or we do something we have to. Take breathing for instance, we must breath in order to survive. In this book Montag's desire to read is almost like us breathing. We must have it if we want to survive. That is what interested me the most about Montag's decision.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine, 1953. Print.

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