The Ever Changing World

Throughout the semester in Intro to Lit. we have read various books on a futuristics society. Some were surprisingly shocking as to how they closely represented our society today. I believe that these authors were reflecting on the worlds they had witnessed and warn us for a world that could be. Could our society turn into one depicted in the books? I believe so, everyday we learn more and realize that our technology is becoming more and more important by the minute. It won't be long before we rely on technology completely, even to read our books. I can see that someday your required texts for classes being able to be downloaded off line and all kept on something similar to a kindle. It's scary to think that these books really have a true meaning behind them. Like my Physics teacher always said "From Science fiction Science is born" and I believe the same thing is true with stories.

Fahrenheit 451 and Our World

Have you ever wondered if our society would one day ban all printed writings? Well recently I've finished reading Fahrenheit 451 and it occurred to me that throughout history there have been times that books have been banned. Another thought that crossed my mind was, "Would I really care?" So I'm asking you this question too. Would you care if writing was banned? I think it is important to have books to keep the uniqueness among people. It shouldn't be perceived as offensive but instead as an opportunity to relate to one another, and express what we feel and who we are as a society. We should not let ourselves go as far as losing our emotions and own ideals. Yet we should come together and share our thoughts and ideas and even emotions on a lot of issues. This would help us live better not only as a society but as a whole world. So therefore I believe I have learned a valuable lesson from Fahrenheit 451.

The Fahrenheit of the Holocaust

Today I visited the Holocaust museum as a remembrance to those who were killed by the Nazi's and those who graciously fought to liberate the individuals whose races were being destroyed. At one part in the Museum it talked about the burning of books done by the Nazi's. This made me reflect to Fahrenheit 451 and how books were burned and outlawed in that society. The burning of books in Nazi Germany was completely different than that of Fahrenheit 451. They, the Nazi's, burned books to put a race down and turn everyone against a particular person or persons. A quote that really struck out to me was something Heinrich Heine said. Which is "Where books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too." This stuck out to me because in the book Mrs. Blake burns herself with her books. Is it possible that Ray Bradbury wrote his story from what was going on in the 1930's-1940's?