Fahrenheit 451

 Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbour, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

Firstly , I loved the writing style of this book - everything from the excruciatingly fast pace to the perspective of the modern day "firefighter" Guy made it such an engaging read. It was really interesting to read how Bradbury manages to weave this fast paced high tension story together alongside a critique of consumerism and lack of critical thinking ,al while being able to still keep the story engaging.

Personally, I found it really interesting to watch the protagonist (Guy) slowly develop thought the story and transform from a book burner to a book reader. The way that we as readers got to watch him "wake up" from the reality he was living in - with the help of his neighbour who engaged his critical thinking with childlike innocence really helped to highlight his grow as a person I how he approaches books and access to information. I found that his journey really helped me to reflect on how people are products of their society as after all "My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them"

Furthermore ,I enjoyed how the societal critique was sprinkled throughout the book rather than just slamming you in the face. Everything from the critique of a lack of critical thinking to using the "family" on the radio to point out how over consumerism dulls or thoughts and opinion came in at just the right balance.

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." ~Ray Bradbury 

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