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.
Lesson by Iseult Gillespie, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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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.
As a Christian, I apologise in the name of these people.
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
Ironic that we haven't learned our lesson in this new pc world.
@@rsync9490 Huxley? 😏
Fun fact: Fahrenheit 451 is NOT about censorship. Bradbury said so himself.
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.
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
Paige Thomas lmaoo
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)
Gihrutik F you don’t have to apologize. Your English is very good. Thank you for the interesting information.
@@noellethomas2589 i dont get it. Reference to r6s?
Fun Fact: Some copies of the novel were made with asbestos coating and other fire retardant materials.
Why?
@@toastgear2532 ...so you couldn't burn it..
@@georgia8865 Oh ok
which one exactly?
@@bamsuth9650 The special editions I'm sure.
Ray Bradbury died in 2008, so he was able to live long enough to see many aspects of his dystopian novel become a reality
He died in 2012.
He refused to fly. Wall-sized TVs were quite a novel idea back then.
@@jacob7300 - Why would you invoke his name?
@RedEyedSlimeBoi - Huh?
@@coachhannah2403 obama
It's ironic that this book was banned in several schools.
I didnt knew about that. Do you know the exact reason?
Why?
In my school in Germany we have to read this book and we will write an exam about it
@@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.
In public schools in Texas it is mandatory to read this book.
1953: government will be able to spy on you in your house 2019: alexa play sicko mode
👀
Way too formal. We don't do that over here
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.
667th liker if i pressed the like button but just gon let it be like dat for fun lol
@@lyncharles4856 You know I don't follow suit.
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.
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
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.
Dude, no kidding! It honestly feels timeless
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.
Someone played Alter ego :P
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.
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.
Yup own the book. The author was on to something
...and the monopolies are run by who???
@@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.
Libraries and schools are banning problematic literature.
I actually prefer the reboot titled Celsius 233.
Damn
Lmao
eduardo Soares what about Kelvin 506?
@Creativinyx what
YES
Jokes on you *I’ve already read it.*
Haha me too
Same
Im reading it now
I read it at school
that's so edgy, bruh
It should be required reading in schools nowadays because it’s actually scary how we’re moving towards this kind of society.
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.
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
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.
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"
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.
3:44 top ten rappers eminem was afraid to diss. this book is really good tho.
no cap tho ;)
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.
I hate annotating so much, even though I understand why it just doesn't allow me to actually absorb it.
It ruined "The Things They Carry" for me
Read the book at least once before you are even near close to annotating it in a classroom. No matter when the teacher says.
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
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The 3 classics of dystopian literature: 1) George Orwell's "1984" 2) Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" 3) Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
More like reality
Player piano?
giver?
David Nikolić hunger games. I know it is less important than these but it’s dystopian too
1984 destroyed me
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
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.
Now go read "1984" and "Brave New World", depression awaits!
@@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.
@@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
@@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!
@@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!
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.
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.
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.
TikTok is the manifestation of what society has/will become
@@sunnyside7369 Dem Hoes, and China owns you?
Cool. Now I don't have to read the book because I've watched this
"It was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime" Hits too close to home
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.
@@STho205 wow, that's true
You wrote that comment a year too early.
@@STho205 You think that Ray Bradbury was saying that in order to have a thoughtful society, women and minorities ought to be oppressed?
@@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.
“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
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.
I've also read it. I believe the story takes place on Venus, in fact.
We have read it too. We thought it was about how as people, we exclude differences and minorities
We had that too
I have read it too but I thought it was there was only sunlight every 8 years? I may be wrong
@@gamechanger67391 hour every 7 years
I looked up the word "Dentifrice" thinking it meant something like pleasure or something deep, only to find out it meant toothpaste XD.
It was an ad in the book
yup. french word.
I mean the etymology is pretty obvious. Dent for tooth in latin?
I hear earplugs help with that when riding the subway.
Hahaha yeah, the media in the bus is blasting these comercial things to keep people from thinking
please never stop the 'why should you read' series,it's the best thing on youtube
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
@@katyb3869 but it changed anyway :3
You mean besides PewDiePie's book review
@@That_onekid no i don't mean that :3
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"
"It was the apathy of the masses that the government capitalised on" chillingly accurate
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
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."
Faber
The three most important things
indeed, which is why people who blindly attack media today simply because its new and interesting miss the point.
@@forgetful9845Correct, it's not the government's causing censorship, it is the citizens fault as they remove information that could be helpful to others.
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
Dystopian books always provide interesting insights to our world
They are just a very far fetched extrapolation of the current situation.
@@KafshakTashtak not particullary far feteched often enough
WallE
Dystopia's driven into the ground. A non-extreme remnant of absurdism.
I view the dystopian works as a warning.The world's they depict could potentially become reality if we allow it to happen.
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.
I need to find a copy in Portuguese. It sounds like required reading
Good to know there are smart teenagers who are exploring classic literary works. I hope you find many more great books to read.
@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.
@@mehulvarshney3124that’s not even close to what he said…
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
😂
Wow so funny 😐
underrated
😂 😂 😂
He a little confused but he got the spirit
I don’t know who this ted guy is, but this book looks dope
It is amazing! Give it a read if you haven't yet!
When will ted do the talk
Ted come out it is time for our battle
@@Galaxy_J final boss
Ted is a shy boi
Fahrenheit 451 Aka the world where firemen have a reverse role.
At one point one character says the correct word ‘arsonist’.
Fire men still have to burn stuff like forest from time to time
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'.
@@natalieanimal4063 In Spanish, at least, the term used for Firemen reminds me more to explosives worshippers (It's “Bombero”, by the way)
@@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' :")
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.
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
"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....
it is reality
Really close, but I don't think the masses are apathetic yet
I'M 12 AND THIS IS DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
@@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.
@@andrewkim9090 they are and history is being erased
"Short attention spans and mindless entertainment...." How relevant today!!!
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.
this is funny cause i tried reading but got ｄｅａｄ bored. i do want to read it though, ill try again
@@noodletribunal9793 some novels are slow... Try reading short stories first bruh :D Some are just a couple of pages long
@@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
Every time i see someone with earbuds i think “just like Mrs. Montag”
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.
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!
Fahrenheit 451 is important to read because it’s slowly occurring as we speak. Adoooooooro.
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
@Benosoar Awesome sarcasm...
its ok ebooks exists
@@BruteSix Anti-piracy doesn't help.
Do you mean Adooooooorno?
I am in love with the “why should you read” series!
We
We all are they should make more
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
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.
“A portrait of independent thought on the brink of extinction and a parable about a society which is complicit in its own combustion. “
S Ali I was scrolling down the comments and read this one as the exact same text was read out loud at the video 🤣.
I'm 14 and this is deep moment
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
welp now that school thinks russians wield portable flamethrowers
Rip your book friend
@@TarekMidani " rip " lol
@@frost_co wait they don't?
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.
Would kind of need a prequel. A sequel would be a nuclear wasteland
Maybe insight into what their society might become if it ever manages to change
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.
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.
I love hearing that!!! ❤👍📚📚📚
Zoomers are leagues ahead and better than millinials in almost every aspect
@@BicBoi1984 I'm a millenial and I'm triggered by your comment.
That's amazing !!
Then, they go on their college campuses and try to get speakers they don’t agree with banned.
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.
GusCraft460 that’s exactly the point of the book lol
@@JRed-jf7jn yeah he pointed out the irony of the situation, he knows that's the point of the book lmao
@010Lemon010 And in countries that burn bibles it was banded iorny.
010Lemon010 if im not mistaken i remember a school in one state banning it for that reason
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
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
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.
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.
How many parts?
@@angelasibrian8680 3
YES
I finished it
Agreed! I read this book in high school and ❤❤❤ it! One of my favourites.
Fun fact: Guy Montag’s name was not originally Guy. In the early drafts of the story, the name was Leonard Montag.
His actual name was Maito Guy
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.
@@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.
@S Raaj K Lol I know I was just saying how the poem connects to the book
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.
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.
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.❣️
Fahrenheit 451 and George Orewell's 1984 should be required reading.
And should be warnings, not a manual on how to change our society.
@@howardbaxter2514 Exactly! You get it!
PaladinVII animal farm too
In most schools you need to read this ,anthem, brave new world, and the giver. All the main stays of the genre.
They were, in my school district.
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.
Is there any other specific book you would recommend that he wrote?
I read it in sixth grade.
@@yourdadsof1325 not it being three years later 💀 but I hear the pedestrian by Ray Bradbury is good
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.
"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.
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 KZhead has recently changed its display style, feeding into this instinct Sayonara!
Yep! I literally only clicked on this video because it was 4mins...didn’t wanna watch anything longer
I literally can't watch a video below 1.5 speed because of my adhd😂😂😂
the rise of tiktok makes it even moreso
@@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.
@@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.
*If TED says I should, I shall!*
Ironic
you missed the whole point man
Chill out guys, this is a joke. The irony makes the joke.
Woosh
Lisa Guerrero would have confronted Guy Montag.
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.
this book is soo accurate of our current situation a government coming to power by capitalizing on the peoples short attention span
I am just here to make a record of support of your post. Society is breaking down in English speaking "democracies", and England has a near fascistic government. Like a Lich, coming to full 'dark' power.
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 !
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
@@blackswordsman2988 that apathy is merely a consequence ; read the book, Captan Beatty truly gives away the real origins of the present situation.
@@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
@@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).
@@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
I thought they just had the salamander symbol on them. I dont remember them being salamander shaped
It would make sense either way, as in early European folk tale, it was said that salamanders were born from flames.
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. “
@@tormclean9657 There are other instances in the book that would substantiate their engines being of salamander shape. Of course I may be erroneous.
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.
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 :)
I love dystopian novels so much, and I don't know why. . .but I just do.
Raine Hilbero right?! Me too
Raine Hilbero Same!
@@b1e2t Same! Have you read Jennifer Government?
Because those novels are based on real life."Big Brother is watching us."
Lucky you.
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
You need to read Aldous Huxley’s brave new world, and Orwell’s 1984.
Relatable
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
I'm 14 and this is deep moment
It's scary how perfectly a book published 65 years ago describes today's society
How is that so?
@*/ 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.
I'm 14 and this is deep moment
This channel deserves an Oscar for it’s animation
Oscar ha? Not too sure about that. kzhead.info/sun/qq2Fm7mBsZpnfac/bejne.html
No it doesn't lol
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Thank you Ted-Ed. This is an amazing recommendation!❤️
this sounds suuuuuuuuper accurate to the world right now, i’m gonna read this
its based on what humanity has done to itself in the past, so i wouldn't doubt that its a lot like today too.
enjoy the read
2020: "Hold my beer..."
So did you? If so did you get the cause this presenter completely skipped over (probably because it was uncomfortable)?
Just look around you and see who is directly behind censorship, today.
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.
Very true.
@@person10 as a muslim myself, Islam (and most other religions) need to change radicaly to be able tp survive
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
I just read it and omg that ending. Sooo goood, thanks for the recomendation
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.
I will come back to this in 2020
STYLIZED BASIX i just gave you the 69th like
@@oivatoikka6116 I will thank you later in 2020
Hmm
This is is becoming dangerously a reality with the recently of banning of books
"12 rules for life" I perfectly sensible book Banned in Norway..
3:39 this give me goosebump.
Me when I respond to my crush: 3:44
First like, and you're sure to get *many* more.
Indeed
Underrated
can relate
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.
I listened to the audio book earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it.
You couldn’t have uploaded this video at a better time, we just started reading this at school.
This books sounds inspiring and enlightening, I'd love to read it sometime :D
My Highschool made us read this book, and I'm very glad they did! Great read and eerily relatable to our current societal issues.
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.
I read this book when i was like 13. I loved it and its still one of my favorites.
Its awesome how you explain this
Those sentences quoted from this book 3:50 gave me goosebumps.
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
1:21 Why were the vehicles in salamander shape only? Why not dinosaurs....
@LagiNaLangAko23...what's that
I read this back in highschool, along with all his books in our library. I forgot what it was about, thank you for reminding me, now I don't have to waste my time re-reading it lol.
This really made me understand the book more, thanks!
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.