Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”? - Iseult Gillespie

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    Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and possessing, let alone reading them, is forbidden.The protagonist, Montag, is a fireman responsible for destroying what remains. The story raises the question: how can you preserve your mind in a society where free will, self-expression and curiosity are under fire? Iseult Gillespie examines what makes the dystopian novel a classic.
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  • @jessicajayes8326
    @jessicajayes8326 Před 5 lety +18838

    It's ironic that this book was banned in several schools.

    • @Taiyinxingjun
      @Taiyinxingjun Před 5 lety +826

      I didnt knew about that. Do you know the exact reason?

    • @kittycat5972
      @kittycat5972 Před 5 lety +242

      Why?

    • @beatrisastefanova2032
      @beatrisastefanova2032 Před 5 lety +949

      In my school in Germany we have to read this book and we will write an exam about it

    • @YdenMk-II
      @YdenMk-II Před 5 lety +1452

      @@Taiyinxingjun I believe there were complaints about obscenity. It's been a long time since I read the book so I don't know the details on what words were used. According to wikipedia, there was also a complaint because a bible was burned early causing the parents to complain the book was about persecution of Christians based on the few pages they read.

    • @bobbsesmeralda8623
      @bobbsesmeralda8623 Před 5 lety +497

      In public schools in Texas it is mandatory to read this book.

  • @Aj11117777
    @Aj11117777 Před 5 lety +10035

    Fun fact. Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 at a rented out typewriter at the library. So not only could he not go back and edit his writing (can’t erase on old typewriters) he was hurried because he was being charged by the hour to use the typewriter and he was nearly broke at the time.

    • @noellethomas2589
      @noellethomas2589 Před 5 lety +1717

      Another fun fact: He wrote drafts by hand before going to the library. If he wanted to change something later, he'd just write another draft and re-type that. It's not like he didn't do any editing

    • @Kaseus-lq7cj
      @Kaseus-lq7cj Před 5 lety +100

      Paige Thomas lmaoo

    • @HachuOlivye
      @HachuOlivye Před 5 lety +205

      It basicly costs 9 dollars and 85 cents,by the way(thats not the price of the book in market,thats price of the making of,sorry for bad english)

    • @uzzieb9984
      @uzzieb9984 Před 5 lety +210

      Gihrutik F you don’t have to apologize. Your English is very good. Thank you for the interesting information.

    • @bkl3893
      @bkl3893 Před 5 lety +5

      @@noellethomas2589 i dont get it. Reference to r6s?

  • @grafitorecargado
    @grafitorecargado Před 3 lety +5530

    Fun Fact: Some copies of the novel were made with asbestos coating and other fire retardant materials.

  • @tornadospin9
    @tornadospin9 Před 3 lety +2391

    Ray Bradbury died in 2008, so he was able to live long enough to see many aspects of his dystopian novel become a reality

  • @damnb9338
    @damnb9338 Před 5 lety +5229

    1953: government will be able to spy on you in your house
    2019: alexa play sicko mode

    • @MapleMilk
      @MapleMilk Před 5 lety +26

      👀

    • @lyncharles4856
      @lyncharles4856 Před 5 lety +8

      Way too formal. We don't do that over here

    • @okas425
      @okas425 Před 5 lety +6

      Bot Freeman Why here everyone is nerds it’s clear you copy and paste to every video you watch hoping you would get many likes to boost your self esteem.

    • @awies.mp4
      @awies.mp4 Před 5 lety +1

      667th liker if i pressed the like button but just gon let it be like dat for fun lol

    • @memesarekeem
      @memesarekeem Před 5 lety

      @@lyncharles4856 You know I don't follow suit.

  • @DanteKG.
    @DanteKG. Před 5 lety +11769

    The 3 classics of dystopian literature:
    1) George Orwell's "1984"
    2) Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World"
    3) Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

  • @ernilopezjordan
    @ernilopezjordan Před 3 lety +2290

    I' ve recently finished it. Captain Beatty's explanation about why society was like that and why they started burning books is both interesting and spooky. It's incredible that this book is almost 70 years old and it's still so modern.

    • @doctor1750
      @doctor1750 Před 3 lety +47

      agree completely this part gave me chills and stood out as one of the most memorable parts of the book. kind of scary how smart beatty is and how much was going on in his head without montags knowledge

    • @TheSeamonkeyBrigade
      @TheSeamonkeyBrigade Před 3 lety +81

      Dude it terrifies me because it’s what we see happening with cancel culture. I don’t care if you’re left or right or a freakin moose, there’s this insane witch-burning of everyone and everything that minutely disagrees with you (though there are absolutely things that should not be said in a public sphere). It’s so scary, because it seems so out of control and so many good people and things are getting caught up in the inferno.

    • @GLASSB182
      @GLASSB182 Před 2 lety +8

      Dude, no kidding! It honestly feels timeless

    • @knightshade2654
      @knightshade2654 Před 2 lety +22

      I'm almost done with the book, and Beatty was such an amazing character. I like to think that he truly did yearn for a return to intellectualism and reading, but his desire for social conformity forced him to be a hardline fireman.

    • @neh7121
      @neh7121 Před 2 lety +3

      Someone played Alter ego :P

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 Před 3 lety +2621

    Reading this book genuinely scared me. Because it’s literally becoming a reality right now. Except it’s giant corporations doing this stuff, instead of the government. And they’re doing it through monopolies.

    • @getmine9490
      @getmine9490 Před 3 lety +247

      Giant corporations are the government, they are deeply intertwined. As long as politicians want personal benefits, giant corporations will be allowed to do as they please.

    • @loggedout8572
      @loggedout8572 Před 2 lety +20

      Yup own the book. The author was on to something

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Před 2 lety +6

      ...and the monopolies are run by who???

    • @brendenbaughman662
      @brendenbaughman662 Před 2 lety +96

      @@TucsonDude Shareholders and executives. If you’re insinuating that the corporations are run by the government then you have it exactly backwards. The government is in the pocket of big business, not the other way around.

    • @haroldb1856
      @haroldb1856 Před 2 lety +10

      Libraries and schools are banning problematic literature.

  • @lauraceae8037
    @lauraceae8037 Před 5 lety +13071

    Fun fact: Fahrenheit 451, a book about the evils of censorship and banning books, was banned because it burned the Bible. A book about how people are too sensitive was banned because people were too sensitive. Ray Bradbury was spot on.

    • @romaniangamer1
      @romaniangamer1 Před 5 lety +884

      As a Christian, I apologise in the name of these people.

    • @grayfear2833
      @grayfear2833 Před 5 lety +389

      I heard that newer copies of the book have been altered and the story is different and censored now somehow. I'm not completely sure if it's true, but if it is that is pretty messed up

    • @rsync9490
      @rsync9490 Před 5 lety +192

      Ironic that we haven't learned our lesson in this new pc world.

    • @Jan_9999_
      @Jan_9999_ Před 5 lety +22

      @@rsync9490 Huxley? 😏

    • @reh3884
      @reh3884 Před 5 lety +201

      Fun fact: Fahrenheit 451 is NOT about censorship. Bradbury said so himself.

  • @ralphhuzz31
    @ralphhuzz31 Před 4 lety +4612

    "It was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime"
    Hits too close to home

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Před 3 lety +169

      Nope that came later.
      It was the hurt feeling aggrieved minorities that got it going. Cancel culture.
      Each minority demanded things be erased or banned, then demanded more be banned. Every other minority made counter demands. Eventually the government, unable to satisfy everyone, erased it all.
      That is the irony of 451, written in an era of Red Scare and communist dictatorships, the reader expected Big Brother, but it wasn't. It was Civil Rights with unintended consequences.
      There was no house monitoring devices, just all citizens neighbors suspect of any snobby smart guy and turning them in for doing upsetting things like reading fiction or histories.

    • @estren4
      @estren4 Před 3 lety +16

      @@STho205 wow, that's true

    • @AndyFromBeaverton
      @AndyFromBeaverton Před 3 lety +11

      You wrote that comment a year too early.

    • @annasumner6841
      @annasumner6841 Před 3 lety +41

      @@STho205 You think that Ray Bradbury was saying that in order to have a thoughtful society, women and minorities ought to be oppressed?

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Před 3 lety +46

      @@annasumner6841 no he didn't say that in his book, and he didn't say that in the afterword interview in 2001 published in recent editions of 451.
      He objected to editors and PACs trying to get him to rewrite his original book to include an XYZ protagonist, specifically positioned to virtue signal. IOW they were trying to censor his book about media faddish censorship. Which he found ironic. They didn't think the dysutopic situation would apply to them.
      451 was an imaginative book because it turned the readers expectations upside down in the middle.
      Most readers assumed it was an Animal Farm/1984 situation of repression of civil rights. Instead it was media obsessed over giving everyone with the slightest beef a platform and megaphone. That frightened the cowardly politicians to cave in, then that emboldened the next group to demand similar capitulation, then the first group doubled down and said they didn't get enough capitulation, then the original haves screamed they were being oppressed....
      So eventually the government said... Nobody can think or have free expression because it causes problems. The public taste for media got stupider and stupider, and politicians relied more and more on the big media corporations to stay in office.
      So reality itself became scripted like the fake reality shows the public obsessed over.....
      Sound familiar.

  • @CidTheGargoyle
    @CidTheGargoyle Před 3 lety +853

    It should be required reading in schools nowadays because it’s actually scary how we’re moving towards this kind of society.

    • @tonygc6925
      @tonygc6925 Před 3 lety +31

      a lot of teachers in the high school assigned this, i live in waukegan born and raise where brad bury was born. the lit teachers in Waukegan are pushing for students to read that book. or they assigned the book.

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 2 lety +16

      My English teacher is telling me to read it. I may give it a try when the holidays come so I can buy books.
      But I have to read the latest Diary of a Wimpy kid books first lol

    • @-Subtle-
      @-Subtle- Před 2 lety +30

      It is assigned in school. Why tf is this comment on every Ted-Ed video?
      tHiS sHoUlD bE tAuGhT iN ScHoOl.
      It's like you've never heard of school before.

    • @joedatius
      @joedatius Před 2 lety +30

      we're not moving to this kind of "society" we've lived through this kind of society, our history has been this kind of society. these stories aren't about possible futures its about reflections of the past we've lived and how dangerous it is. its not a simple "uh oh scary future"

    • @domino_201
      @domino_201 Před 2 lety +2

      my school assigned this. i ended up reading it twice funnily enough, but I wasn't complaining. this is the most compelling of the famous dystopia books and really the most relevant.

  • @gagandeepsingh7789
    @gagandeepsingh7789 Před 3 lety +338

    3:44 top ten rappers eminem was afraid to diss.
    this book is really good tho.

  • @theweakestbrazilianmale3398
    @theweakestbrazilianmale3398 Před 5 lety +15853

    I actually prefer the reboot titled Celsius 233.

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever Před 4 lety +6470

    The scary part about this book is how we see the early symptoms in our society today, with the instant gratification and short attention spans.

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Před 3 lety +325

      That isn't the scary part. That's been around a long time. The scary part that causes it is being overlooked, but is raging all around us this very minute.

    • @georgesracingcar7701
      @georgesracingcar7701 Před 2 lety +85

      What’s good is that books like these remind us to take hard looks at society and see where things are wrong, preventing from ever becoming a true dystopia.

    • @sunnyside7369
      @sunnyside7369 Před 2 lety +100

      TikTok is the manifestation of what society has/will become

    • @midimusicforever
      @midimusicforever Před 2 lety +1

      @@sunnyside7369
      Dem Hoes, and China owns you?

    • @mudkip90000
      @mudkip90000 Před 2 lety +14

      Cool. Now I don't have to read the book because I've watched this

  • @bostonbravenec
    @bostonbravenec Před rokem +623

    When I finished and shut this book I had never felt so depressed in my entire life. I realized that I live in the same world as Montag. Thanks, Ray for such a gift.

    • @yuviT
      @yuviT Před rokem +25

      Now go read "1984" and "Brave New World", depression awaits!

    • @andros2950
      @andros2950 Před rokem +22

      @@yuviT yooo I can't describe the feeling that I felt when I finished 1984. It was not even depression, it was something deeper and darker. I felt empty and even scared, but definitely one of the best books I've read.

    • @yuviT
      @yuviT Před rokem +2

      @@andros2950 Yeah man, definitely in my personal top 10 books or even works of art. It totally blew and changed my mind, can't stop writing dytopias every since.
      If you enjoyed it and want a bit more, go ahead and read "Animal Farm", it was the book George Orwell wrote prior to 1984. It feels like a "kid friendly" version of 1984, in a sense. It's great and I highly recomend it.
      My recomnded reading order for these would be - Animal Farm, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and then Brave New World.
      Also, the 1984 movie is pretty solid, I enjoyed it (I watched it after reading the book).
      Very very side note, the year 1984 was a great year for film lol

    • @andros2950
      @andros2950 Před rokem

      @@yuviT I wanted to read Animal Farm and I definitely will when I get a copy, also Fahrenheit 451. I watched the movie yesterday and hence I watched this video as well. I never heard of Brave New World but I will look it up and read it if I get a copy of it. Also I have seen the trailer for the 1984 movie but never got a chance to watch it, but the trailer looks promising. Thanks for the recommendations!

    • @yuviT
      @yuviT Před rokem +2

      ​@@andros2950 Anytime pal! Wish I was you right now haha.
      Brave New World, is in my opinion, a reverse image to 1984.
      Whereas 1984 is a dystopia, BNW is a "utopia", but as we know, all utopis are dystopias.
      I will say it had the most, difficult, ending for me personally. Still worth the read, I'll definitely give my kids the copy my dad gave me.
      And fun fact, the name is taken from one of the very last lines from "The Tempest" by Shakspere.
      It was my first Shakespearean play, weird but funny, so another recommendation onto you my friend!

  • @prolmandabeast6192
    @prolmandabeast6192 Před rokem +104

    The way Captain Beatty describes acceleration of mass culture is surprisingly chilling, especially given the fact that something like this was written over 50 years ago

  • @mackf.249
    @mackf.249 Před 5 lety +3707

    Too bad they made me read and annotate this over summer before freshman year. It totally ruined the book for me since I was too focused filling the page with annotations to actually enjoy the book.

    • @surrealsupercell7217
      @surrealsupercell7217 Před 5 lety +225

      I hate annotating so much, even though I understand why it just doesn't allow me to actually absorb it.

    • @star5398
      @star5398 Před 5 lety +31

      It ruined "The Things They Carry" for me

    • @frisk4520
      @frisk4520 Před 5 lety +81

      Read the book at least once before you are even near close to annotating it in a classroom. No matter when the teacher says.

    • @sapphirestar22
      @sapphirestar22 Před 5 lety +164

      Schools don’t understand how you’re supposed to enjoy a book. I also had to annotate a couple of books I should’ve enjoyed, but being forced to do all this extra work really ruined the experience

    • @user-mx1tb1zm5w
      @user-mx1tb1zm5w Před 5 lety +2

      !

  • @sampletext4481
    @sampletext4481 Před 5 lety +4585

    Jokes on you
    *I’ve already read it.*

  • @theesperanzacompromisebyja9044

    “Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” ~ Ray Bradbury

  • @Kaboomboo
    @Kaboomboo Před 2 lety +171

    I remember reading a short story by Bradbury in elementary school called All Summer in a Day where the earth is covered in rain except for one hour every day. A girl from another place talked about how she saw the sun every day and eventually the other students in her school got fed up and stuffed her in a locker during the only sunshine. Since all the kids were too busy enjoying the sun, they forgot she was there until the rain came back. Interesting parallel that people want to silence what they don't want to hear.

    • @mewmew8932
      @mewmew8932 Před rokem +22

      I've also read it. I believe the story takes place on Venus, in fact.

    • @srikarbhuvanagiri1136
      @srikarbhuvanagiri1136 Před rokem +13

      We have read it too. We thought it was about how as people, we exclude differences and minorities

    • @thelosttomato4020
      @thelosttomato4020 Před rokem +5

      We had that too

    • @gamechanger6739
      @gamechanger6739 Před rokem +4

      I have read it too but I thought it was there was only sunlight every 8 years? I may be wrong

    • @Writer_Productions_Map
      @Writer_Productions_Map Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@gamechanger67391 hour every 7 years

  • @verbulent_flow6229
    @verbulent_flow6229 Před 5 lety +4016

    In my interperetation, it wasn't just about saving books, but preserving media with true quality. "It's not books you need, it's some of the things that were once in books."

    • @luischavez785
      @luischavez785 Před 4 lety +35

      Faber

    • @luischavez785
      @luischavez785 Před 4 lety +14

      The three most important things

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 Před 4 lety +90

      indeed, which is why people who blindly attack media today simply because its new and interesting miss the point.

    • @luischavez785
      @luischavez785 Před 4 lety +60

      @@forgetful9845Correct, it's not the government's causing censorship, it is the citizens fault as they remove information that could be helpful to others.

    • @normalperson2462
      @normalperson2462 Před 3 lety +29

      Well the book also preserves that notion when Montag reads the books in that he was confounded by what it was about it, and when it was made evident of their power not by being books themselves but of the quality of detail and introspection

  • @nafisahmad8645
    @nafisahmad8645 Před 5 lety +2569

    please never stop the 'why should you read' series,it's the best thing on youtube

    • @katyb3869
      @katyb3869 Před 5 lety +9

      I wanted to thumbs up this post but it had 451 likes and I didn't have the heart to change that number considering this video :P

    • @nafisahmad8645
      @nafisahmad8645 Před 5 lety +2

      @@katyb3869 but it changed anyway :3

    • @That_onekid
      @That_onekid Před 5 lety +1

      You mean besides PewDiePie's book review

    • @nafisahmad8645
      @nafisahmad8645 Před 5 lety +1

      @@That_onekid no i don't mean that :3

    • @xatoor
      @xatoor Před 5 lety +5

      when you see a comment at 998 likes and liking it and it goes to 999
      "I guide others to a treasure i can not posses"

  • @forestvvoods577
    @forestvvoods577 Před 2 lety +109

    "It was the apathy of the masses that the government capitalised on" chillingly accurate

  • @djteodoro9670
    @djteodoro9670 Před 2 lety +175

    I am a teenager who rarely reads books, but a book about burning books was the best thing I have ever read. I can't say that I will start reading for the fun of it, but this book is everything. It is thought-provoking with great characters. I am not a fan of science fiction, but here is a science fiction book which seems to have turned into reality. Ray Bradbury's creative force needed up seeming to be a visionary's predictions of future events.

    • @luisfilipegodinhofreitas8163
      @luisfilipegodinhofreitas8163 Před 2 lety +2

      I need to find a copy in Portuguese. It sounds like required reading

    • @cliftons.2722
      @cliftons.2722 Před 2 lety +6

      Good to know there are smart teenagers who are exploring classic literary works. I hope you find many more great books to read.

    • @mehulvarshney3124
      @mehulvarshney3124 Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@cliftons.2722 With all due respect, are you suggesting that teenagers who don't read classical novels are not smart? I ask this as I have met many elders who see teens who read modern novels or online books[not paper copy] are, for lack of better terms, degenerative.

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 Před 4 měsíci

      @@mehulvarshney3124that’s not even close to what he said…

  • @TheLifeFormulaa
    @TheLifeFormulaa Před 5 lety +2541

    Dystopian books always provide interesting insights to our world

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak Před 5 lety +12

      They are just a very far fetched extrapolation of the current situation.

    • @travislyonsgary
      @travislyonsgary Před 5 lety +29

      @@KafshakTashtak not particullary far feteched often enough

    • @c0c0nutbeans
      @c0c0nutbeans Před 5 lety +7

      WallE

    • @Gameworks1407
      @Gameworks1407 Před 5 lety +6

      Dystopia's driven into the ground. A non-extreme remnant of absurdism.

    • @stevengreen9536
      @stevengreen9536 Před 5 lety +28

      I view the dystopian works as a warning.The world's they depict could potentially become reality if we allow it to happen.

  • @SmogValley
    @SmogValley Před 5 lety +4294

    I looked up the word "Dentifrice" thinking it meant something like pleasure or something deep, only to find out it meant toothpaste XD.

    • @luischavez785
      @luischavez785 Před 4 lety +137

      It was an ad in the book

    • @metalicarus8372
      @metalicarus8372 Před 4 lety +52

      yup. french word.

    • @kpp28
      @kpp28 Před 3 lety +68

      I mean the etymology is pretty obvious. Dent for tooth in latin?

    • @SunBrohan
      @SunBrohan Před 3 lety +17

      I hear earplugs help with that when riding the subway.

    • @arisann7083
      @arisann7083 Před 3 lety +14

      Hahaha yeah, the media in the bus is blasting these comercial things to keep people from thinking

  • @evank3718
    @evank3718 Před 3 lety +486

    3:44 Math class
    3:47 Phys Ed
    3:50 English class
    3:52 Me waking up teacher slaps me
    3:56 Lunch time
    3:59 History

  • @ramonabdiel10
    @ramonabdiel10 Před 8 měsíci +20

    What’s most interesting is the fact that Fahrenheit 451 would itself be burned instantly if it existed in the dystopian world of the book

  • @fiorefiore9910
    @fiorefiore9910 Před 5 lety +714

    "It was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime. The government merely capitalized on short attention span and the appetite for mindless entertainment"
    This is too close to reality....

    • @j4u947
      @j4u947 Před 5 lety +31

      it is reality

    • @andrewkim9090
      @andrewkim9090 Před 5 lety +11

      Really close, but I don't think the masses are apathetic yet

    • @jamesklark6562
      @jamesklark6562 Před 5 lety +5

      I'M 12 AND THIS IS DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 Před 5 lety +18

      @@jamesklark6562 Because anything mildly insightful and with critical thought belongs in r/Im14andthisisdeep. No, of course it doesn't. There's a difference between some random comment with no actual meaning and a reflection about apathy and modern society.

    • @JohnSmith-ik8nt
      @JohnSmith-ik8nt Před 5 lety +3

      @@andrewkim9090 they are and history is being erased

  • @danieldeak9141
    @danieldeak9141 Před 5 lety +1755

    Fahrenheit 451
    Aka the world where firemen have a reverse role.

    • @infidelheretic923
      @infidelheretic923 Před 4 lety +62

      At one point one character says the correct word ‘arsonist’.

    • @josuepalomares6820
      @josuepalomares6820 Před 4 lety +1

      Fire men still have to burn stuff like forest from time to time

    • @natalieanimal4063
      @natalieanimal4063 Před 4 lety +22

      It's a good pun in English, I always thought 'firemen' sounds like people who are in favor fo fire rather than opposed to it. In my language it wasn't possible to use this word here, as it literally means a fire extinguishing person, so we used something like 'fire brigade member'.

    • @anonymus5637
      @anonymus5637 Před 4 lety +10

      @@natalieanimal4063 In Spanish, at least, the term used for Firemen reminds me more to explosives worshippers (It's “Bombero”, by the way)

    • @natalieanimal4063
      @natalieanimal4063 Před 4 lety +2

      @@anonymus5637 Thanks for sharing that piece of info, I'm into languages(and speak a bit of Spanish but I didn't know this word), so I'm always glad to learn about them. So yeah, one could easily think it means the same as 'bomber' in English lol. (hm, could be used for a dystopia too). Like someone in advertizing once thought 'embarrass' means the same as 'embarazar' :")

  • @zzamora3593
    @zzamora3593 Před 2 lety +49

    I’m glad I was made to read this book in high school. In a sense, NOT reading is similar to burning books - if we don’t value them they are in danger of disappearing.

  • @OPPanda96
    @OPPanda96 Před 3 lety +49

    This video introduced me to a love of reading and helped me get through this quarantine where all you could do in a congested city was look at a screen. I felt like Montag but I was never able to express these feelings into words for a long time. Thank you

  • @c0ntra605
    @c0ntra605 Před 5 lety +3021

    I don’t know who this ted guy is, but this book looks dope

  • @santoshd6613
    @santoshd6613 Před 4 lety +3773

    "Short attention spans and mindless entertainment...."
    How relevant today!!!

    • @TH3F4LC0Nx
      @TH3F4LC0Nx Před 4 lety +146

      If you haven't read the book, there's a scene in it where the fire chief explains to Montag what happens when you give people quicker gratification without being made to work for it. He uses a metaphor of how the zipper replaced the button, and...well, I'll just say that it's a VERY profound passage.

    • @noodletribunal9793
      @noodletribunal9793 Před 4 lety +25

      this is funny cause i tried reading but got dead bored.
      i do want to read it though, ill try again

    • @TheMCCraftingTable
      @TheMCCraftingTable Před 4 lety +14

      @@noodletribunal9793 some novels are slow... Try reading short stories first bruh :D Some are just a couple of pages long

    • @noodletribunal9793
      @noodletribunal9793 Před 4 lety +26

      @@TheMCCraftingTable well, i thought 100 pages was short! it's just that all the description made me lose interest. yea, idk what my deal is. i just gotta try again. all i really want to read is this and 1984. im not much of a reader lol

    • @battlesheep2552
      @battlesheep2552 Před 4 lety +6

      Every time i see someone with earbuds i think “just like Mrs. Montag”

  • @afonsop0419
    @afonsop0419 Před 2 lety +23

    I read the book and watched the movie. The detail that stuck with me from the movie is when Montag's wife threatens to leave him if he doesn't burn the books. He promises he will after he reads him. Well, Montag's wife doesn't just leave him, she turns him in to the authorities, which wasn't in her original threat to Montag. It seems like she wanted to revenge the loss of her friends and her new TV screen she would get if Montag had gotten his promotion.

  • @dorianbrlic8632
    @dorianbrlic8632 Před rokem +23

    Our school gave us this book to read 2 weeks ago, it was so weird but reaching the end the perspective I saw and thought about the book changed so much, it feels like a revolutionary book for the mind

  • @Qlegal
    @Qlegal Před 5 lety +2425

    Fahrenheit 451 is important to read because it’s slowly occurring as we speak. Adoooooooro.

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 Před 5 lety +62

      Benosoar Thankfully the Democrats haven't taken the liberty to weaponizing the media and you'll definitely end up with this for sure.
      Edit: This will certainly happen in America since the people who live in it can kinda be half baked in the brain. Not saying that every US citizens have it but at least a majority and I ain't kidding

    • @haiironosora9714
      @haiironosora9714 Před 5 lety +30

      @Benosoar Awesome sarcasm...

    • @BruteSix
      @BruteSix Před 4 lety +2

      its ok ebooks exists

    • @ErickSoares3
      @ErickSoares3 Před 4 lety +3

      @@BruteSix Anti-piracy doesn't help.

    • @francismoore3352
      @francismoore3352 Před 4 lety +1

      Do you mean Adooooooorno?

  • @kay3346
    @kay3346 Před 5 lety +409

    I am in love with the “why should you read” series!

  • @GhostCryProductions
    @GhostCryProductions Před 3 lety +20

    Do not forget the hidden chapter. Montag is called into Beatty office. Montag isn’t in trouble, Beatty just wants to chat. Beatty has been noticing that Montag has been seemingly bothered by something. Montag dodges the questions relating to his opinions on what they do for a living and whether he has any doubts to the reasoning behind what they do. Beatty, unsatisfied with Montag’s reluctance, go over to the side of his office and removes a section of wall to reveal bookcases filled with literature. Montag is surprised and shocked by the revelation, not understanding how Beatty could be loyal to their role, yet be in possession of contraband. Beatty explains that he firmly believes in destroying books and that literature can be a dangerous tool; however, he first defends the keeping of the collection in that the crime is in the act of reading, not owning a single book or many books. And secondly, like many others, he is illiterate and has no interest in learning to read, therefore, a book left on shelf collecting dust is just as destructive and finalizing as burning it wholesale.
    By Mr. Bradbury’s explanation, the chapter was left out because he thought it was too short to dedicate a chapter, nor could he find a spot in the story where it would fit without interrupting the narrative or having a side of Beatty that did not fit his characterization as someone blindly loyal to his job.

  • @aksula-1
    @aksula-1 Před 2 lety +24

    Not to mention Ray Bradbury is a poetic genius in his writing style. This book is so masterfully crafted, not only is the story incredible, but the delivery of the wording is exhilarating, unlike anything I have ever seen.
    I seriously, highly recommend reading Fahrenheit 451. It is so incredibly relevant today, and Bradbury was SPOT on!

  • @SAli-uh3qr
    @SAli-uh3qr Před 5 lety +164

    “A portrait of independent thought on the brink of extinction and a parable about a society which is complicit in its own combustion. “

    • @scheelite7341
      @scheelite7341 Před 5 lety +2

      S Ali
      I was scrolling down the comments and read this one as the exact same text was read out loud at the video 🤣.

    • @Vortexxian
      @Vortexxian Před 2 lety

      I'm 14 and this is deep moment

  • @kirbgaming8192
    @kirbgaming8192 Před 4 lety +672

    We had a thing in our school where we had to dress up as something/someone in a book we liked
    Now my friend liked this book. And he said that he would dress up as a book. Another friend dressed up as a “Russian” with a flamethrower
    Best timing ever

    • @ballsacsincorp
      @ballsacsincorp Před 3 lety +35

      welp now that school thinks russians wield portable flamethrowers

    • @TarekMidani
      @TarekMidani Před 3 lety +12

      Rip your book friend

    • @mk-ki4ls
      @mk-ki4ls Před 2 lety +6

      @@TarekMidani " rip " lol

    • @OrangeDied
      @OrangeDied Před 2 lety

      @@ballsacsincorp wait they don't?

  • @sh00kspeared73
    @sh00kspeared73 Před 3 lety +28

    Fahrenheit 451 is one of my FAVORITE books of all time. I would give ANYTHING for a sequel, because I totally think it could have worked as a series (perks of liking a book that's so old that a sequel is literally an impossibility, amirite?). It's such a wonderfully written, powerful story.

    • @goldencreeper2551
      @goldencreeper2551 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Would kind of need a prequel. A sequel would be a nuclear wasteland

    • @caingamin2
      @caingamin2 Před 8 měsíci

      Maybe insight into what their society might become if it ever manages to change

  • @slimyduck2140
    @slimyduck2140 Před 11 měsíci +9

    One detail I loved about the book is how at the start of it it's really hard to read. Lot of punctuation, repetition, almost incoherent. But as it progress and Montag evolve, it becomes easier to read, and it expresses itself way better. I thought that was neat

  • @BoneChill8118
    @BoneChill8118 Před 5 lety +667

    Fun fact: Guy Montag’s name was not originally Guy. In the early drafts of the story, the name was Leonard Montag.

    • @darkrider1878
      @darkrider1878 Před 5 lety +29

      His actual name was Maito Guy

    • @GS-ny1ll
      @GS-ny1ll Před 4 lety +24

      Reminds me of Leonard Mead, a character in Bradbury's short story "the pedestrian". I think both the short story and F451 are set within the same universe.

    • @Caroline28483
      @Caroline28483 Před 4 lety +25

      @@GS-ny1ll I believe so, too. Clarisse mentions at one point in the book that her uncle was arrested for being a pedestrian, probably referencing the short story.

    • @Caroline28483
      @Caroline28483 Před 4 lety +1

      @S Raaj K Lol I know I was just saying how the poem connects to the book

    • @amikishimoto7680
      @amikishimoto7680 Před 3 lety +13

      I think giving the main character such a generic name was a fun way for Bradbury to show how individualism was no longer a thing.

  • @arcticfoxanimations3540
    @arcticfoxanimations3540 Před 5 lety +269

    After this recommendation, I went out, bought it, and now my mouth is dry and I'm at part 3. I absolutely love this book.

  • @AdministratorMorale
    @AdministratorMorale Před 9 měsíci +11

    It's unvelieveable how much of this novel is becoming true in todays society. Short attention spans, eyes glued to screens, lesser and lesser vocabulary, you name it. We might not even realize it, but we are slowly "burning" books essentially with everything nowadays switching over to online sources. There is no more reading from textbooks when you can find your answers with a quick search. There's no more creative thought when you can just ask an AI to write you anything you could need. Truly sad.

  • @JacF6734
    @JacF6734 Před 3 lety +82

    "It's no good Montag. We've all got to be alike; the only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal. So... we must burn the books, Montag. All the books."
    Scary how we've reached this point now.

  • @GusCraft460
    @GusCraft460 Před 5 lety +259

    I’ve heard of this book being banned and burned in some times and places, though possibly fictional, my memory isn’t too good, I can’t help but feel the pang of irony at the thought of a book about burning books being burned.

    • @JRed-jf7jn
      @JRed-jf7jn Před 5 lety +6

      GusCraft460 that’s exactly the point of the book lol

    • @mik3_exe
      @mik3_exe Před 5 lety +7

      @@JRed-jf7jn yeah he pointed out the irony of the situation, he knows that's the point of the book lmao

    • @colemair5367
      @colemair5367 Před 5 lety

      @010Lemon010 And in countries that burn bibles it was banded iorny.

    • @ben3634
      @ben3634 Před 5 lety

      010Lemon010 if im not mistaken i remember a school in one state banning it for that reason

    • @thehermit8618
      @thehermit8618 Před 4 lety

      There's an edition of the book that comes with a match and the spine is lined with match striker paper so you can burn it

  • @PaladinVII
    @PaladinVII Před 5 lety +413

    Fahrenheit 451 and George Orewell's 1984 should be required reading.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 Před 5 lety +43

      And should be warnings, not a manual on how to change our society.

    • @PaladinVII
      @PaladinVII Před 5 lety +13

      @@howardbaxter2514 Exactly! You get it!

    • @mattsmith1039
      @mattsmith1039 Před 5 lety +16

      PaladinVII animal farm too

    • @nicholasneyhart396
      @nicholasneyhart396 Před 5 lety +13

      In most schools you need to read this ,anthem, brave new world, and the giver. All the main stays of the genre.

    • @OceanAce
      @OceanAce Před 5 lety +1

      They were, in my school district.

  • @francisco.hurtado
    @francisco.hurtado Před 4 měsíci +3

    I just read the book, it was quite shoking to me the accuracy of the description of the society of that future and the similarities with our society today.

  • @guerimjj
    @guerimjj Před 2 lety +7

    Oh I'm surprised to see "Burmese" in the caption! These days we're at our worse state and I can't do anything and stuck at home watching the country falling apart. But I'm reading a lot to escape from reality for a short while... Thank you for all these recommendations.❣️

  • @noahgreer1497
    @noahgreer1497 Před 5 lety +354

    It gives me great peace and pleasure to know that book sales are higher than ever and millinials and gen Z visit public libraries at a higher rate than any other generations previously.

    • @andreaarchaeology
      @andreaarchaeology Před 5 lety +12

      I love hearing that!!! ❤👍📚📚📚

    • @BicBoi1984
      @BicBoi1984 Před 5 lety +17

      Zoomers are leagues ahead and better than millinials in almost every aspect

    • @andreaarchaeology
      @andreaarchaeology Před 5 lety +13

      @@BicBoi1984 I'm a millenial and I'm triggered by your comment.

    • @Skull-jd8ql
      @Skull-jd8ql Před 5 lety +2

      That's amazing !!

    • @richardpowell1772
      @richardpowell1772 Před 5 lety +8

      Then, they go on their college campuses and try to get speakers they don’t agree with banned.

  • @lavo-ld4wm
    @lavo-ld4wm Před 4 lety +655

    There's one important point you forgot to mention about the novel : the reading banning didn't come from any totalitarian government, but from the people itself, as they started protesting against political incorrect books, so the government simply followed so it could keep some order ; just simply read the passage when Captain Beatty goes to Montag's and tells him the story on how the firefighters like them, became to be !

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 3 lety +67

      he mentions it
      he says that the state of fahrenheit 451s world came about due to the apathy of the masses and not due to a totalitarian government

    • @lavo-ld4wm
      @lavo-ld4wm Před 3 lety +19

      @@blackswordsman2988 that apathy is merely a consequence ; read the book, Captan Beatty truly gives away the real origins of the present situation.

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 3 lety +50

      @@lavo-ld4wm yea the video forgot to mention that part that you're talking about
      it was something about "minority" groups deeming certain books to be offensive right? and then more and more of them got banned

    • @lavo-ld4wm
      @lavo-ld4wm Před 3 lety +20

      @@blackswordsman2988 exactly ! As that was part of the origins of the situation, as the general sense of the plot is, reading makes you think, therefore, prevents you of being happy... of course, there's this general feeling and also what's said during Montag and Clarisse dialogues, points out towards the Consumerist Society as the "real power" behind everything (thus making the government, just a figurehead, where the nation's president is elected because of his looks, instead of his qualities).

    • @blackswordsman2988
      @blackswordsman2988 Před 3 lety +9

      @@lavo-ld4wm yea i agree for the most part but i think it was apathy and minority groups that contributed to the problem both
      like for example faber could have spoke out against it but he didnt
      and after the government outlawed them, peoples apathy increased because like they can just watch the tv all day for instant gratification.
      its a great book man

  • @flexconnectors
    @flexconnectors Před 3 lety +11

    "12 rules for life"
    I perfectly sensible book
    Banned in Norway..

  • @bernardosantos8020
    @bernardosantos8020 Před 3 lety +26

    Honestly, this is the only book I’ve read for pleasure in a long long while. I’m infatuated with it. One day I crammed 40 pages on a work day, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but I’m a very slow reader

    • @deangreen2567
      @deangreen2567 Před 2 lety

      You need to read Aldous Huxley’s brave new world, and Orwell’s 1984.

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 2 lety +1

      Relatable

  • @mangolollipop_
    @mangolollipop_ Před 5 lety +182

    I heavily ignored this book in high school then actually read the book when I was 18. Ever since then I became a fan of Bradbury's work. I never stopped recommending his novels.

    • @yourdadsof1325
      @yourdadsof1325 Před 4 lety +1

      Is there any other specific book you would recommend that he wrote?

    • @ratherbfishing455
      @ratherbfishing455 Před 4 lety

      I read it in sixth grade.

    • @ataraxisdrizz7827
      @ataraxisdrizz7827 Před rokem +2

      @@yourdadsof1325 not it being three years later 💀 but I hear the pedestrian by Ray Bradbury is good

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy Před 5 lety +1068

    *If TED says I should, I shall!*

  • @prestonbyrd8443
    @prestonbyrd8443 Před 3 lety +6

    I read it s assigned reading for my freshman year of high school. Ever since I read "A Sound of Thunder" the previous year, I have been a fan of Bradbury's work. He has a phenomenal way of making subjects that you may feel uncomfortable about, due to their plausibility, into works that you can't put down until you're done.

  • @ej2u545
    @ej2u545 Před rokem +9

    Fahrenheit 451 was a very good book and yet it’s kind of scary because it feels like that reality, is seeping in our reality. With how people refuse for people to change, or how if you’re this way then you can’t go that way. And any kind of thinking that is different is bad. I think this book is becoming more of reality than what we believe. The man who wrote the book was thinking 60 years into the future.

  • @vaishnavigupta9111
    @vaishnavigupta9111 Před 4 lety +234

    Here's the fun part. The book talks extensively about short attention spans. Look at us now. Playing a video that talks about short attention spans on a 1.5x speed and how CZcams has recently changed its display style, feeding into this instinct
    Sayonara!

    • @veronicacameron1703
      @veronicacameron1703 Před 3 lety +15

      Yep! I literally only clicked on this video because it was 4mins...didn’t wanna watch anything longer

    • @alexsch2514
      @alexsch2514 Před 2 lety +10

      I literally can't watch a video below 1.5 speed because of my adhd😂😂😂

    • @domino_201
      @domino_201 Před 2 lety +1

      the rise of tiktok makes it even moreso

    • @Vortexxian
      @Vortexxian Před 2 lety +2

      @@alexsch2514 excuses, people have lived with ADHD since the dawn of time and still survived. Your now just trying to justify the fact that your attention span is decreasing, which over time will make it decrease even more, forcing you to watch at 2x speed, then click off the video after 2 seconds. Ultimatelly, you will lose your mind and become unable to live because of negative attention span. Do something about it, if you care about your life & mental well-being.

    • @alexsch2514
      @alexsch2514 Před 2 lety

      @@Vortexxian I'm sorry for having problems, what else should I do about it more than I do already? I read a book a week minimum.

  • @supertwitchy4116
    @supertwitchy4116 Před 5 lety +223

    I thought they just had the salamander symbol on them. I dont remember them being salamander shaped

    • @memesarekeem
      @memesarekeem Před 5 lety +41

      It would make sense either way, as in early European folk tale, it was said that salamanders were born from flames.

    • @christopherj2733
      @christopherj2733 Před 3 lety +4

      Actually, on page 37 it reads, “ They sat there looking out the front of the great Salamander as they turned a corner and went silently on. “

    • @christopherj2733
      @christopherj2733 Před 3 lety

      @@tormclean9657 There are other instances in the book that would substantiate their engines being of salamander shape. Of course I may be erroneous.

  • @vaishnaviyadav4144
    @vaishnaviyadav4144 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Just read it this month. The book scared me . The fact that it could and would become true unless we,the people, read, analyse, think and perceive. Today after so many years since it's publication, it seems to be slowly turning true. We are ourselves carving the path to our doom. Most people don't enjoy reading these days (there are some exceptions obviously) ,they prefer quick media . They are becoming as shallow as Montag's wife , Mildred.
    Let us be alert lest the books would get lost.

  • @FakenameStevens
    @FakenameStevens Před rokem +9

    I am reading that and this just came up! My reasoning for reading it is he makes you like the characters then creates mystery about them, so there's an element of compassion

  • @pratikmane5064
    @pratikmane5064 Před 5 lety +168

    It's scary how perfectly a book published 65 years ago describes today's society

    • @jodirex4639
      @jodirex4639 Před 5 lety +3

      How is that so?

    • @ap4702
      @ap4702 Před 4 lety +3

      @*/ it's the concept of the limited availability of knowledge, control and keeping the masses dumbed down and complicit. In this era we habe more similarities of that book yet people still turn a blind eye to the world around us. Ironically this book is banned in many areas.

    • @Vortexxian
      @Vortexxian Před 2 lety +4

      I'm 14 and this is deep moment

  • @Opal7777
    @Opal7777 Před 3 lety +12

    3:43 when you try to make a sentence using only your keyboard's predictions

  • @_chrshcmps
    @_chrshcmps Před 3 lety +9

    I remember finishing this book back in April and it's so scary cause it's so accurate of what is happening now. I only buy the book cause I was curious, it was always recommend to me and gave in and buy one. This got to be one of my fav books

    • @Vortexxian
      @Vortexxian Před 2 lety +1

      I'm 14 and this is deep moment

  • @rainehilbero9626
    @rainehilbero9626 Před 5 lety +151

    I love dystopian novels so much, and I don't know why. . .but I just do.

    • @RaeWakefield
      @RaeWakefield Před 5 lety +2

      Raine Hilbero right?! Me too

    • @b1e2t
      @b1e2t Před 5 lety +2

      Raine Hilbero Same!

    • @R2bEEaton
      @R2bEEaton Před 5 lety +1

      @@b1e2t Same! Have you read Jennifer Government?

    • @kuykasamjoktar6191
      @kuykasamjoktar6191 Před 5 lety +6

      Because those novels are based on real life."Big Brother is watching us."

    • @asielmilian38
      @asielmilian38 Před 5 lety

      Lucky you.

  • @stylizedbasix1257
    @stylizedbasix1257 Před 5 lety +75

    I will come back to this in 2020

  • @carriesmith8600
    @carriesmith8600 Před rokem +2

    One of my favorite books. I even have a signed copy of it that my dad got me for Christmas one year. I love all of Ray Bradbury's work but this one is special because it was the first one I read by him.

  • @Peterinho
    @Peterinho Před rokem +7

    I only discovered this book today and I am beyond intrigued in reading it now. I loved George Orwell's 1984, so I'm sure this will be just as good :)

  • @Todomo
    @Todomo Před 4 lety +127

    this sounds suuuuuuuuper accurate to the world right now, i’m gonna read this

    • @notlogical4016
      @notlogical4016 Před 4 lety +10

      its based on what humanity has done to itself in the past, so i wouldn't doubt that its a lot like today too.

    • @forgetful9845
      @forgetful9845 Před 4 lety +4

      enjoy the read

    • @TheUltimateBlooper
      @TheUltimateBlooper Před 4 lety +3

      2020: "Hold my beer..."

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Před 3 lety +4

      So did you?
      If so did you get the cause this presenter completely skipped over (probably because it was uncomfortable)?

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Před 2 lety

      Just look around you and see who is directly behind censorship, today.

  • @Mephitinae
    @Mephitinae Před 5 lety +106

    Always try to find the earliest edition of any book you want to read, especially when studying religion. *Controversial facts* may have been replaced with *diplomatic lies* in later versions.

    • @meirsolomon5626
      @meirsolomon5626 Před 3 lety

      Very true.

    • @hugo57k91
      @hugo57k91 Před 3 lety +2

      @@person10 as a muslim myself, Islam (and most other religions) need to change radicaly to be able tp survive

  • @intravenous6327
    @intravenous6327 Před 11 měsíci +2

    That was quite the fascinating read. I finished it in one sitting- the first book in years that's managed to make me do that, as i usually can't sit still for too long (unless I'm crafting something). The descriptions were lovely, and the message rather poignant.

  • @teentraveler1790
    @teentraveler1790 Před rokem +2

    After reading this book, it left me with a heavy heart.
    The ending was very sad yet filled with me with hope as the one's who still read congregated and talked with each other regarding their latest findings.

  • @suntzu2102
    @suntzu2102 Před 5 lety +135

    This channel deserves an Oscar for it’s animation

    • @shozter7390
      @shozter7390 Před 5 lety +1

      Oscar ha? Not too sure about that.
      czcams.com/video/wILkUIzh1Jo/video.html

    • @bhq3860
      @bhq3860 Před 5 lety +1

      No it doesn't lol

  • @zacharyallen5663
    @zacharyallen5663 Před 4 lety +90

    Me when I respond to my crush: 3:44

  • @jessejames8901
    @jessejames8901 Před 2 lety +3

    This is is becoming dangerously a reality with the recently of banning of books

  • @cookeychef
    @cookeychef Před rokem +3

    i really loved the comic version of it, the plot was amasing and it was truely one of the best books i have ever read

  • @mina-hs1qv
    @mina-hs1qv Před 5 lety +7

    I read this for my lit class and I have to say, the tests and due dates and assignments that come along with the book really ruined it for so many of my classmates. I hope when I am older, I can reread it and truly enjoy it. I loved the storyline and all the messages it conveys, just not being forced to read it to save my grade!

    • @natalieanimal4063
      @natalieanimal4063 Před 4 lety +1

      The same happened to me with so many books. I either read and enjoyed them before or after we did them in school. When people say it should be obligatory to read a book because it's very good, I always think that's exactly why I don't want it to be an obligation.

  • @thecheck968
    @thecheck968 Před 5 lety +8

    It's scary how much our world parallels certain aspects in Bradbury's work. Constant distractions, the development of technology, and the movement away from books. But it's a double edged sword. Because now we've got so many new mediums to enjoy stories through: movies, television, video games. And they're all readily available. And to be able to go online and discuss any thoughts with nearly anybody, is... outstanding. Sure, a lot of this meaning is lost in a sea of nothingness, and some governments are cracking down on certain ideals. But our ability to share and hear stories has recently peaked. I'm sure a lot of this world would scare Bradbury, but also, some aspects would be a welcome change.

  • @BhaskarMitrasherlock_holmes94

    Thank you Ted-Ed. This is an amazing recommendation!❤️

  • @SV42165
    @SV42165 Před 2 lety +1

    Those sentences quoted from this book 3:50 gave me goosebumps.

  • @moisesremusmajan6225
    @moisesremusmajan6225 Před 5 lety +4

    3:39 this give me goosebump.

  • @BumanHeing
    @BumanHeing Před 5 lety +21

    1:21
    Why were the vehicles in salamander shape only?
    Why not dinosaurs....

  • @wifeoftim
    @wifeoftim Před rokem

    I listened to the audio book earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @Jmasley1
    @Jmasley1 Před 3 lety +2

    I was lucky enough to meet Ray twice in LA when I worked at a bookstore in Hollywood. He would arrive in a limo (he didn’t drive I think) and then enter the store like a kid in a candy store. He is missed.

  • @dinolover8558
    @dinolover8558 Před 5 lety +13

    Oh man, I'd love it if you guys did a video on the Unwind book series. Its world building is amazing, and the character development never falls flat.

  • @wuznab5109
    @wuznab5109 Před 5 lety +7

    You couldn’t have uploaded this video at a better time, we just started reading this at school.

  • @misan2002
    @misan2002 Před 3 lety

    an extract of this came in one of my exams. i fell in love with the book straight away. i didn't get a chance to read it yet, I hope to read it soon.

  • @indumathikr7774
    @indumathikr7774 Před 3 lety +2

    I read this book on Ted-eds recommendation and it was really a wonderful book. I really can't imagine how the writer builds a whole new world (what we are becoming to be honest) in such a short novel. I really liked the last part were the many eminent and book loving people carry books on their heads. But still it was disturbing because they had to wait for the world to accept them.

  • @fallingbed1
    @fallingbed1 Před 5 lety +42

    My entire grade hated this book when it was our summer reading assignment

    • @mclolflick4566
      @mclolflick4566 Před 3 lety +1

      why is your bed falling

    • @dudega3ing
      @dudega3ing Před 3 lety

      What grade were you in when you got the assignment?

    • @jaz1967
      @jaz1967 Před 3 lety

      @@dudega3ing i’m in 9th and i have the assignment

  • @ghostpepperwine
    @ghostpepperwine Před 4 lety +13

    I read Fahrenheit 451 for an English assignment in grade 7. I think it’s impossible to fully understand it without understanding the context it was written in. (Got a B+ on the assignment though)

  • @MrPonytron
    @MrPonytron Před 2 lety +3

    This book reminds me of some things going on in the world today, mostly on social media. A society of a simple-minded hivemind of people being judgmental towards intellectuals. I definitely gotta pick up this book now

  • @De4dPoo1
    @De4dPoo1 Před 3 lety +1

    I just read it and omg that ending. Sooo goood, thanks for the recomendation

  • @pratibhabansod6024
    @pratibhabansod6024 Před 5 lety +14

    I just read BRAVE NEW WORLD and I'm kinda scared this showed up in my feed

  • @caboosethevehicledestroyer2393

    I read this book when i was like 13. I loved it and its still one of my favorites.

  • @Gooddoggo4
    @Gooddoggo4 Před 2 lety +2

    My Highschool made us read this book, and I'm very glad they did! Great read and eerily relatable to our current societal issues.

  • @lucasraisbeck5693
    @lucasraisbeck5693 Před 3 lety

    This really made me understand the book more, thanks!