Book review by: Lorenzo de\' Medici age: 26 Review submitted on 11/16/2001 at 13:01:11 list all 4701 reviews for this book

Story Rating 8.5 out of a possible 10.0

Lorenzo de' Medici writes the following about Farenheit 451 :

"Farenheit 451" by: Ray Bradbury "Farenheit 451," was very interesting because it had content of a very unusual nature. The main character's name is Guy Montag whose profession is burning books and the houses that store books. Having books is illegal in Guy's world and is punishable by jail. He meet people that are against the current politics and laws and teaches him to think for himself. Montag begins to think for himself and question the system. Can Guy hold on to his new beliefs and still survive his fellow "firemen"? First, the message against censorship is great. Nothing should be censored. Nothing is in its true form censored. Second, the character "Guy Montag" was so easy to be sympathetic and Mr. Bradbury writes to where you want to just smack the bad guys. Captain Beatty, Guy's boss, is so despicable and such slime it makes you hate him. Third, the setting sounded so surreal it's creepy by the saying of such things as "Go ahead and bring on your heroin," (heroin was legal in this book). And, the thought of books being illegal is a scary thought. Even with it's strange content "Farenheit 451" is still a great book.

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