Fahrenheit 451 - April 2019 Book Group discussion thread
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Apr 2019
12:01pm, 12 Apr 2019
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LindsD
Hm. Am a bit shocked by my complete inability to recognise how chauvinistic it is. I still liked it, though. Maybe I'm just used to there being no decent female characters. *submits self for reeducation* |
Apr 2019
12:06pm, 12 Apr 2019
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McGoohan
*Shock arrival of Thought Police from 1984*
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Apr 2019
12:41pm, 12 Apr 2019
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westmoors
But as you said Linds, 'its of its time' and unfortunately then things were more chauvinistic. Maybe we should be thankful that we live in a time where women count!
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Apr 2019
12:43pm, 12 Apr 2019
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westmoors
Agree, with Linds that it left many loose ends. I too wondered what happened to Faber. Did Montag ever see him again?
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Apr 2019
12:45pm, 12 Apr 2019
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McGoohan
"Fahrenheit 452: Hotter!" - the little-read sequel
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Apr 2019
6:44pm, 12 Apr 2019
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Wriggling Snake
Back again. I thought the chief was just a representation/embodiment of a society that might exist in the future. That it expects certain behaviours, encourages those behaviours, enforces them even, the return being a comfortable life...but at the expense of and the suppression of anything different. At the same time knowing those differences exist....I even suspect the chief has a book collection. |
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Apr 2019
9:23pm, 12 Apr 2019
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LindsD
Me too
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Apr 2019
8:28pm, 23 Apr 2019
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Bazoaxe
I liked it. Good choice. My only issue is that my reading window is usually when I go to bed and due to drowsiness setting in I don’t take it all in. I read a good chunk over the weekend when it was better. Ideally I need an extra two hours in my day for reading.
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Apr 2019
8:36pm, 23 Apr 2019
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LindsD
Me too
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Apr 2019
8:40pm, 23 Apr 2019
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postieboy
A good dystopian story should have some uncomfortable truths in it, and Farenheit 451 qualifies there. Whilst every country nuking each other and books being banned is too far fetched, most people having the attention span of a gnat and living in a world where we're constantly being bombarded by media is here and now though. Montag was a strange character, a very confused individual and it made the story difficult to follow at times.
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