Ray Bradbury was motivated to write Fahrenheit 451, when he started learning about Hitler and the Nazis. They would burn books so people couldn't read, so as a result wouldn't as smart as those who had already read the books. Bradbury began reading when he was three. He fell in love with comics and cartoons. I think that the combination of this and his knowledge of the Hitler situation created Fahrenheit. In the intervews Bradbury seems very imaginative and creative. The futuristic technology in Fahrenheit is sparked by the imagination and creativity.
Bradbury could be accurate but his literature affected people so much that fiction became a reality. It could be accurate because Hitler burned books and doesn't history repeat itself? Bradbury's imagination was advanced for the 1950s. In the 50s few people were watching tv and if they were it was on tiny screen in black and white. That right there already makes me think that people who read this book were amazed at thinking what the future could hold. If burning books to hide history was the future, then one would think people would also be scared for future.
All in all, I feel that Fahrenheit 451 really makes you think what the future has in store for us.
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I totally agree with you. F451 is all about the way future. It was very hard to comprehend it all, because it's not relevant to the times right now.
ReplyDeleteAnd his imagination. That is what drives him without it he would have stories about cowboys and indians because he didn't know anything else. Anyway I guess I didn' catch the comment about the Nazis or I did and I forgot, but I have to say that sounds pretty accurate. Also his love of writting allowing him to finish the book in 18 days is amazing. Like Mr. Seay says, history dosen't repeat itself, people do. Maybe the book will give us a hint to what might happen now or was the book in the present or future
ReplyDeleteI too think that Hitler and the Nazi's influenced his view on literature.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Abby - it's not relevant to the times right now, but might it be relevant in coming times? Or, have its times of relevance already passed? Brings to mind a whole new perspective, and depending on the view, it might even be relevant now.
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