On Tuesday, October 19th I attended a free showing of the futuristic movie Fahrenheit 451. The movie was about a society where everything is controlled by the government. They provide you with pills certain pills to make you feel certain ways, they monitor everything that is on the television, and they burn all books. The "book burners" are known as firefighters and if they suspect any type of book in your possession they have every right to search you or your house and burn it. The reason they titled the movie Fahrenheit 451 is because 451 is the degree that the books have to be to burn.
The main character of the story, Montag, is a firefighter. When he meets his new and free spirited neighbor, Clarise, she asks him his profession and he responds. She then proceeds to ask him, "Do you ever read the books you burn?". Montag then begins to think about this and one day picks up a book and begins to read. After reading this book he begins to realize that how they are living is not okay. At the end of the book Montag ends up running away from the craziness of his town and begins to trek on. He finds himself meeting up with a group of people who have done the same and have whole books memorized. I thought this movie was very intriguing but I did not understand what it had to do with the apocalyptic theme.
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