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Friday, October 15, 2004 1:55 AM
Now if I could just finish Scarlet Letter
 I just finished all of Fahrenheit 451. Total time was less than 24 hours to read the whole thing. I must say that it wasn't all that disturbing. I think people who viewed it as necessary to be banned didn't dig deep enough into the issues presented by the novel. It is pointed out in the novel that the ban on books didn't come down from on high, a decree by the government, but that the people decided to burn the books. Books challenged their views and their happiness so it was seen as easier if the books were simply burned. As one of the characters puts it, "fire makes all the problems go away". In Fahrenheit 451 the people are also addicted to their televisions, having lost all touch with reality. It's kind of scary that Bradbury wrote this in 1953, before cable and satellite TV, MTV, and the internet. On the surface it seems eerie. However, I think that the internet has definitely served to link people together, to reduce (if not eliminate) censorship, and to a broader community in which our awareness of others is heightened. Fortunately for humanity, technology served to increase freedoms, not restrict them. It does however offer a disturbing warning of what would come if we were to simply accept comfort and security over freedom and thought. Off of the topic of book reviews, I have another LotD. I would not recommend that you play Icarus unless you have a lot of free time and a lot of patience (this game is freaking hard).
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