Farenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury is "a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes we take what we value for granted." (Gaiman, 2013, p. 7). Writing is the possibility to imagine and create new worlds by using language, in this specualtive fiction "Ray Bradbury was writing about his present, which is our past. He was warning us about things; some of those things are obvious, and some of them, half a century later, are harder to see." (Gaiman, 2013, p. 8).
Taking into account the last brief introduction, what do you think the story is about?
After answering the question, imagine that you have been told that books will no longer be allowed to exist: anyone who will read a piece of paper will be punished! Explain how you feel about this and why. Would you like to live in a world without books? Why or why not?
Answer the questions along a well-structured comment, write at least 120 words.
I think the story tell us about a possible world without books, in which people can not read or they will be punished with something very serious, it also tries to tell us how injustice can reach such a high level of ignorance. From my point of view, book are very important for education and to learn many things and have general culture, in my case i do not read much but I know thath books are very important for the development of our lives, and to be able to know a lot in such a way if thes disappear, we would live in a very monotonous world, giving way to a place without creativity or thoughts of our own.
I feel that the book is about life, like the basic things that we should take into account or the way to value the way we live, the way we can be understanding with what we have for example, I also think it talks about language, the way the author sees it.
I think it would be impossible or something absurd not to be able to read a book since it is a way in which as humans we use it as a method to learn to read or to somehow "escape" from reality to what leads us to our imagination and creativity, apart from how interesting and informative they can be for our lives.