Book Review : Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Radbury
"It was a pleasure to burn" was the first sentence that opened Fahrenheit 451. A book set in a dystopian world. I read this book simply because I am going through a dystopian craze and every book of this genre that I have read has given me a new outlook on life. The concept of Dystopia is being afraid of losing something, and painting a world where what you don't want to lose doesn't exist, and the implications of its absence on the world. In this -- books were illegal. Ray Radbury saw the gradual death of reading in society and he wrote a beautiful book about it. In the eyes of Guy Montag, a fireman, in a world where firemen burned instead of putting out fire. Killing and arresting people who dared to own books He went from taking pleasure in burning in his ignorance to risking his life for what he believed books stood for. All he needed was a catalyst in a 16 year old girl who aroused his curiosity. I won't spoil the experience for anyone that plans on...