Message- Fahrenheit 451

I think that the reason people still read this book is because it talks about the ongoing crisis that goes on between people and their social life. People do not want to make a change, they just want to follow in other peoples footsteps. They are not willing to stand up for what they believe in. That is the point that Bradbury is trying to get across to people is that do not be afraid to make a change. Just because people think that you are doing something wrong does not mean it is wrong. The thing that makes the message timeless and it's characters is the fact that they are going through the same kind of crisis people today are going through. The social life in this book is not good at all. People decided that they are going to go with society and just watch television and do not talk meaningful conversations.

When Bradbury wrote, "Most of us can't rush around, talk to everyone, know all the cities of the world, we haven't time, money or that many friends. The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book" (Bradbury 86). This quote is saying a lot. According to this book people around this society do not get out very much. They do not have many friends, they do not go to very many places, or have much money. So Faber is telling Montag that books hold ninety-nine percent of the intellectual knowledge that people need. Books hold many different places, people, and other things that people need during anytime of the day.

Books hold a lot of things that people do not really think about. We can learn a lot of things from reading this novel. We can learn that books hold a lot of knowledge. They hold much a lot more knowledge than any person. You can learn so much just from reading than you would do from somebody just telling you things. The message and the characters in this book made it very interesting to read.

Bibliography

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.