Tuesday, June 16

451° F


My biggest fear would be someone coming into my house and burn the very limited but selected collection of books I have. That would be my worst imaginable nightmare. Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 made me realize the future he predicted can come true very soon. Fireman, Guy Montag, lives in a world where technology has taken over human interactions, the small but meaningful everyday chats, the unadulterated laughter, and sharing one's perception has been long forgotten. People don't go discussing books, literature, philosophical whims, and arguments. In fact, collecting or reading books is beyond one's dream, and if someone is found to have any of them then the whole damn place is burned down. Literature seems to be on the brink of extinction, and the firemen have been ordered to start fires rather than put them out. Works of literature are illegal possessions: printed books, magazines, newspapers, any of those sorts. Uniquely, houses don't get burned; fire-proof you see! Interesting fact, paper catch fire and burns at 451 Fahrenheit, hence the name!
 

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