Extended Reading
  • Maudie 2022-01-07 15:52:48

    Regret

    Ah, love, may we
    be sincere to each other! Because although the world is
    unfolding in front of us like a dream country,
    so colorful, beautiful and fresh, in
    fact there is no joy, no love and light,
    no certainty, no peace, no relief for pain;
    we are like living in a wilderness shrouded in darkness....

  • Justus 2022-01-07 15:52:48

    A city that doesn't read

    Fahrenheit 451, it happens to be the temperature at which the book will be burnt to ashes. There is a group of people called Fireman whose job is not to put out fires, but to search for books, burn them, and arrest people who read them. Therefore, this city does not read books or print books, read...

  • Luther 2022-04-21 09:02:51

    In the future world, the fire brigade has become an arson team, specializing in burning books and sometimes people https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Zt4y1U7ub

  • Barton 2022-04-22 07:01:41

    In the future world, reading is sinful. What the fire chief said is indeed believable: reading these novels, they are all about life that people have not experienced, and after reading it, it will make people feel empty, because the things described in them are impossible to achieve. In fact, books are not meant to be read in the first place, but are always kept in memory. Use mind instead of just eyes. Even if they are burned down, they will always exist.

Fahrenheit 451 quotes

  • The Captain: How long have you been with us?

    Fireman: [Eagerly] 3 years, sir.

    The Captain: [Affectionately] Yes, you're a good man. Remind me to give you one of my personal medallions. The likeness is remarkable. You'll see.

    Fireman: [Dejectedly] I... uh... you... ah... I already have one, sir.

  • Linda Montag: They won't come back. I'll be all alone. I won't be popular anymore. They won't use me in the family anymore. And you made Doris cry!

    Guy Montag: She cried because it is true!

    Linda Montag: What are you going to do now? Haven't you done enough harm already?

    Guy Montag: Leave me alone, Linda, I've got reading to do, quite a lot.

    Linda Montag: What's the matter with you? Aren't you well?

    Guy Montag: It's nothing. I've got to read! I've got to catch up with the remembrance of the past!