Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2013
- This is a quick book summary and analysis for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
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This is a story about a man named Guy Montag who is a fireman. He's not a fireman by today's standards though. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them by burning books, which are outlawed by the government.
After talking to his neighbor, Clarisse, Guy begins to question his work. He looks around and sees a wife who doesn't love him and an entire society caught up in technology and war. People kill each other every day and no one seems to care.
After learning that Clarisse died, Guy further begins to question whether or not he is doing the right thing by burning books. So much so, that he steals a book before burning a lady and pile of books.
His fire captain, Beatty, notices changes in Guy and watches him carefully. Guy reveals to his wife that he's had a small collection of books in their house and they try to read them together, but his wife is disinterested.
Guy meets an old English professor, Faber, and they decide to fight the government.
Meanwhile, when Guy is at work, they get an alarm that books have been discovered. Surprisingly, the firemen end up at Guy's house.
Guy is forced to burn all of his books with a flamethrower, but then kills Beatty when provoked. He grabs what books he can and runs to Faber's house for a last goodbye.
The government has a full televised search for Guy, even using a mechanical search dog to track him. Guy makes it out of the city and travels down the river, where he meets a group of runaways. There, he learns that they all have memorized books, a human library of literature.
In the end, the runaways see the city being destroyed by enemy bombs and prepare for the grim future.
So why does this society not like books? What did book ever do to people? In this society, people have chosen to not read books. It's that simple. The majority of people stopped reading and instead wanted entertainment with bite-sized portions of educational information.
From there, the government decided that books should be banned because books contained conflicting ideas that brought about arguments and conflicts. So rather than have a marketplace of ideas, the government wanted to streamline thinking so that everyone thought the same way. And what's scary is that this doesn't seem too farfetched to happen in real life.
Most importantly, this story tries to answer the question: Why are books so important? As Faber discusses with Guy, books are valuable for three reasons. The first is that books hold quality information. The second reason is that books require time to read them, a commitment. And the third reason is that we have the ability to react to our world based on what we, as readers, gain from the read material. That the words in books are not just lifeless words, but carry meaning that has real life application in our lives.
It's not just that this old dead guy wrote some things for me to have to read hundreds of years later, but how do those words apply to our society today?
Even though technology has advanced our world, we still tend to see the same human problems from the past, so it seems that technology makes our lives easier, but doesn't really solve many of our most basic problems, like war, disease, and poverty.
It is quite scary how the author could have imagined some of the technology that we find ourselves using today. In the story, the society has fast cars, mechanical dogs, large TV screens, reality TV, bluetooth, and a host of other technologies. It makes you wonder how far we are from a world without books.
Through Minute Book Reports, hopefully you can get the plot and a few relevant discussion points in just a couple of minutes.
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Minute Book Reports hi I know this is a bit late but Montage dosent learn Clorease died he learns that shes not there and her family has to move alot so it is very possible she did move
also what about when Montag reads the books to his wifes freinds
Oh and most importantly what about the city getting nuked while Montage is with the collage graduats
Who else is here because you were supposed to read this.
Yerp!
Me too
Prysmatic Eclipse I read it and enjoyed it!
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You saved me from getting a detention. Thank you!
i have a quiz today.... this comment is probably gonna bring back memories for you
i acually had a midterm on this today. and i didnt read it . so i watched this video like 10 times. and i got a 93
+DubC NiNja Wow. 93? A-?
yes a 93. best grade in my class
+SuperB AntidoTe Congrats!
its ironic because this book sounds a lot like what you're doing by providing these entertaining videos to summarize books instead of reading them...
you must be fun at parties
Actually, it's not ironic at all. You got it all wrong. This is not instead of reading, but a great summary for organizing thoughts before a book discussion or a test, and encouraging further brainstorming on one one's. The pictures used as quick symbols are very effective visual enforcement of the ideas spoken of in this video, which themselves spark up further processing in people's brains.
April Sunshine write my college essay
Just what I came here to say haha!
I just watched an entertaining video about a book that argues that books are important to read and that we should not just watch entertaining stuf with small bits of info...
I thought I didn’t understand the book but now I realized that I was understanding it perfectly the whole time, thanks for the help! Now I have to write a three page epilogue.🙄
Agreed.
I realized the irony as I was writing the script for the video. lol
It's ironic to me that my first knowledge of Fahrenheit 451's plot was on RUclips.
Nice work.
I can now go back to school with no worries about this summer reading assignment. You made this so much easier to understand, thank you!
I'm watching this because my language arts teacher said that we'll be reading this soon and I can't wait to read it.
Glad this helped.
I've been looking into dystopian books such as 1984 and reading that it was scary to see the similarities to our modern world. Reading Fahrenheit 451 gave me the same feels, but I wouldn't be surprised if the world becomes one without hard copies of books, as sad as it is to say.
Have you read Brave New World a Sci-Fi dystopian Alex Huxely Novel on the dangers of distraction, pleasure, and industrialization. It is year 2542 AD aka year 632 AF (After Henry Ford's Model T car). The state religion is Fordism a secular (No God like Confusion-ism [Real life ancient China] but worshiped reverently in a church with clergy hierarchy, music, and oaths ).
1) Pregnancy has been eliminated because all babies are made in factories. Each factory made baby is given a Caste Alpha (The ruling class) Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon (The lowest class). Each Caste has a certain set of characteristics Alphas are genetically intelligent and tall but Epsilons are short and stupid. To reinforce the Genetic 2) Engineering Caste System all children are psychologically conditioned to do the jobs of their caste. Through both audio sleep learning, violent mandatory torture, pleasurable reinforcement, and school learning.
3) People get legally high on Soma. A drug that gets rid of all negative emotions with no hang over
4) People are encouraged to buy lots of products for the economy. Excessive mindless entertainment is considered positive for the state. With Feelies replacing movies. And lots of music in the air.
5) No one has close friendships but pleasant acquaintances made for fun. Marriage and pregnancy is illegal and considered obscene. People are young throughout their lives until they die.
6) The world is ruled by 9 world controllers and who ever deviate from this society's norms is sent to an island
Omg you are the biggest life saver known to man. I'm reading this book for school and when I'm reading it, it doesn't make any sense with the way they form the sentences. I didn't understand the book so THANK YOU
I read this for school at the beginning of summer and I’m watching it now before the first day of school as a refresher😂😂
Great video this has inspired me to read more often. Please make new videos because I have read all the ones you reviewed.
Glad you want to read more.
Tomorrow we’re going to have a test about this book and I haven’t read it yet so thank youuu 😅
btw I actually like it
I read the book for my English class. My teacher read to us a bit then told us to take out copies home and read the rest of part 1. I did and by the end of part 1 I was hooked. I wanted to continue reading but chose not to. Than the next day the teacher decided to put on an audiobook rather than her read it herself. We listened to the audio book and then after a bit she told us to finish part 2 on our own. This time however was different because part 2 got me hooked into the story. By the end of it I couldn't stop myself and by the time I got to school the next day I had already read 3/4 into part 3 much to my teachers delight. I finished the book later and was like "That book was really cool". It might just be my love for dystopian novels but honestly this book was one of the best I've ever read
@Kat Harman I've always enjoyed a good book. Its really difficult to get my ADD brain to focus on reading in one sitting so just saying I wanted to read the entire thing just goes to show how much I enjoyed it.
woah, this is such an efficient summary! so much packed into so few words. awesome
It is only a summary and no review. Well done besides that, it is really clear, good to follow and helpful. Thankyou very much
thank you for helping me understand what i read dude! I appreciate it :) (Don't worry i didn't copy from you directly)
+K and M Productions Thanks. Glad the video helped. :)
i'm really sorry but i really need help my group members just told me to find a quote using logos in this book! and i would so read it if i can but i don't have enough time! can someone help me? please!!
Someone replied to my comment I put 5 years ago and I remember I was supposed to do this but I never read the book 🤣
Awesome. Clear and concise
Good point. I just gravitate towards the original story rather than the retelling. Not that there is anything wrong with the retelling of stories, but originals seem the most genuine and interesting.
I would say that originals are also less diluted, but that's not always the case. Some retellings, like Star Wars, are amazing as well (Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey).
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The absolute irony.
Pretty accurate but left out the detail about him montag reading pomes to his wife's friends, and the group he meats, some memorize parts of books like books of the bible i.e., Mathew, mark, John or Luke. I'm not sure what one it was but, yah u get the point.
Great interpretation!
im fucked
Excellent! Thanks. Great supplement to book.
This video was well done! It cleared up some confusion I had 😅 (tbh this book wasn’t as good as I expected but this video describes the book in a way that sounds amazing)
very good review to one of my favorite books.
Thanks so!!!!!!!!! I had no idea what the book was saying soooo thank you!!!
Thank you for making this vid, I have a test on part three tomorrow
This fr saved my butt I needed a good summary
Awesome!
Well this has given me a slightly different perspective although my conclusion was actually pretty similar!
Im happy I found this, since this is my culminating project book.
God bless you for doing this
This was an excellent video. I can't help but find it ironic that this video is simplifying a book that is about destroying books
Amazing.. Thank you very much
Thank You So Much!
I love these videos so much, I also saw your number the starts one, i read that book in 5th grade and it was nice to hear it again. Ok so I almost got caught with plagiarism on this but I actually checked a million times with grammarly and it told me what i wrote wasn't plagiarized so i swear if i get caught cheating im suing grammarly lol
Glad you enjoyed it.
EXCELLENT
I remember reading this, It was so strange I had many thoughts about It and it turn into one of my favorite books along with The Hunger Games and Harry Potter
Thanks.
Thanks
Thank you! coming in clutch
You're welcome. :)
thanks this helped so much
Glad this helped.
Great video! One thing though. We don't know if Clarisse died so I wouldn't say she did.
Thanks. Hope this helped.
Muchas gracias
I'm doing my last minute final essay on this good looks my man👌
Thanks. I enjoyed it. It's an interesting look at what the future could be. Plus, there's fire. ;)
I'm using Paper on the iPad and Reflection to mirror the image on my computer.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!
+Tree Gleek You're welcome! :)
Thanks so much. I can't thank you enough :)
I always read my summer reading books, but then forget everything because I have english class the second semester. And I hate rereading lol so I just watch these videos.
I couldn't survive in a world without books °-°
Thnx m8
amazing
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank u Saw this vid 3-4 times and took my test got a B+
Glad it helped.
No need for praise. Just a thanks is enough. ;)
Hey Minute... I just want to say that Battle Royale is the first book to ever have the idea of children killing each other. They even accused Suzanne Collins for copying.
TheMinecartWhisperer I'm familiar with the film, but not the book. Children fighting children can also be traced to Lord of the Flies. Thanks.
Thx too for your info!
Lord of the Flies was "Children kill children because man is evil"
Battle Royale was "Children kill Children because the government is afraid of Children" or, rather, "The government is afraid of Adolescents"
i praise you
Thank ya, had to read this book's entirety & only got through 75 pages.
Woulda been screwed pretty hard
david Swenson01 bro I have a test on it tomorrow and I get like .1% of the 83 pages I read and it’s over the book so imma just watch this a few times
I've read 12 pages and I have a five min presentation of it tomorrow hahaha im fucked.
Wow. Spirit led me to this most clarifying video. 🙏 I intend to make effort to get it out to the other hypnotised addicted people as food for thought. Thankyou. Btw, I have a speaking time temp bubble that I always mimic bc of the way he says "farenheit". Isn't it ironic. 🤔🙃🤗
Don't feel guilty. These videos aren't meant to replace books. Just as review material. When videos start replacing books, then it's time to get worried. ;)
thanks! I read part 1 and it was so lame so i wathed this vid :)
You just saved my life
Thank god I found this
thank you thank you thank you very much !!!!!!!!!! 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
Me too. Unfortunately, a lot of people live in a world without books, as they hardly read.
That was great
+xUN5TOPA8LEx Gaming Thanks. :)
Summer Reading?
Thanks the book itself is pretty confusing nice vid I dropped a like
So is this all three chptrs?
I felt a very paradoxical feeling, watching this video.
Marshall McCluen understood that we live in a print Level Society, an indirect World🌎 where "knowledge" is handed to US by indirect experience of books, yet the 3D World of direct experience goes WAY beyond books. Living Life 🎯 Now, in the Present instead of the Past or looking forward to what the print will considers a Future World 🌎.
Got a podcast tomorrow on the beginning of the book. RIP
What app did you use to draw this??
I use Paper. It's free on the App Store.
Okay Thanks!
Now time for the essay...
#NoLife if ur done with ur essay help me
Hey! So I am making a video on the books I most recommend, do you mind If I put the link to this video on my video so that viewers interested in knowing more about the book can learn more before reading?
Sure, you can post the link this video. Thanks for asking.
I know I'm late, but thanks.
Amazing, truly helped me grasp it. I have a man crush on you
lol. Glad it helped.
Thank you so much I had to do a stupid ass book report for english and I didn't feel like reading a single page of this (doesn't sound like an awful book though)
who else has a quiz today ?😂
I feel guilty watching this now! XD
IF YOUR STILL POSTING VIDEOS OF THIS, POST ONE OF "ANTHEN BY AYN RAND" ASAP PLEASE
APOC FANATIC no
Wow, you hav eno life to come back tot his
+APOC FANATIC Wow, you can tell that person that they have no life based on one comment they made?
I still haven't read the Hunger Games series. I guess I prefer the original, Battle Royale, which I'm sure is based on something else.
I'm only here because Jim supposed to be reading this for summer reading but instead I'm reading harry potter instead😂
Now everybody actually go read this book!!!!
I just *had* to set the vid speed to 0.75.
The movie was so different
This is slightly ironic, as i am relying on online summaries instead of reading the book itself hahah.
Who snitched tho
WHO ELSE HAS A TEST TOMORROW AND AINT READ SHI
3:09 ) very far mah dude, very far
No more summer rwding
I wish we had a world without books :/
Then I wouldn't have to read this one for school lol
+PixlPlayer Ayy I feel you, I was just like you. When you get a little older you realize that books are amazing.
It's ironic because if you actually read this book, you would want books to exist