po3mah apžvelgė autoriaus Ray Bradbury knygą Fahrenheit 451
why i didn't read it before
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It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
Fahrenheit 451--the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ...
mass market paperback, 179 psl.
English kalba
Publikuota 1988 m. sausio 1 d., Del Rey / Ballantine Books.
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! --back cover
Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires...
The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning...along with the houses in which they were hidden.
Guy Montag enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flames...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid.
Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think...and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! --back cover
It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
It's like it was written today. Spoiler: Protect books at all costs.
Tämä tulee kyllä nyt ihan liian lähelle. Torment Nexus kuvattiin varoitukseksi, ei tavoitteeksi.
A slog. The idea I get, but ugh. I hated the writing style, the way it progressed. I just did not like much of this book at all. Which is probably why I recall nothing about it from high school when I first read it 3x years ago.
(original com links → sol2070.in/2024/04/A-profecia-de-Fahrenheit-451 )
O livro "Fahrenheit 451" (1953), do mestre Ray Bradbury, é outra clássica ficção distópica que demonstra o poder profético de ficções especulativas de mais de 70 anos atrás.
Não sei porque demorei tanto para ler, já que alguns contos fantásticos de Bradbury me impactaram ainda na adolescência.
O futuro que ele imaginou em 1953 parece muito próximo, se já não estiver acontecendo. Os horrores de um governo hediondo são camuflados através de um embotamento generalizado das pessoas. Livros são queimados como objetos proibidos e as pessoas que os possuem são condenadas como subversivas.
Acompanhamos a trajetória de Guy Montag, um dos agentes militares responsáveis por essa incineração e perseguição — tarefas que passaram a ser responsabilidade dos bombeiros. É uma das mais poderosas histórias de conversão que já vi, concentrando todo o talento de Bradbury como um mágico contador de …
(original com links → sol2070.in/2024/04/A-profecia-de-Fahrenheit-451 )
O livro "Fahrenheit 451" (1953), do mestre Ray Bradbury, é outra clássica ficção distópica que demonstra o poder profético de ficções especulativas de mais de 70 anos atrás.
Não sei porque demorei tanto para ler, já que alguns contos fantásticos de Bradbury me impactaram ainda na adolescência.
O futuro que ele imaginou em 1953 parece muito próximo, se já não estiver acontecendo. Os horrores de um governo hediondo são camuflados através de um embotamento generalizado das pessoas. Livros são queimados como objetos proibidos e as pessoas que os possuem são condenadas como subversivas.
Acompanhamos a trajetória de Guy Montag, um dos agentes militares responsáveis por essa incineração e perseguição — tarefas que passaram a ser responsabilidade dos bombeiros. É uma das mais poderosas histórias de conversão que já vi, concentrando todo o talento de Bradbury como um mágico contador de histórias.
Apesar de o foco ser o poder dos livros, fica claro que sua extinção é apenas um dos aspectos da estupidificação geral. Alguns outros mencionados: a distração de reality shows interativos, um fone de ouvido constantemente despejando entretenimento no cérebro, a obsessão com carros, máquinas e publicidade, o fim de conversas que vão além de trivialidades óbvias e a condenação instantânea de qualquer questionamento maior.
Assim como no "Admirável Mundo Novo" de Huxley, repressão explícita é desnecessária. Basta apresentar uma confortável direção de menor esforço, sem alternativas reais, que as pessoas irão cega e voluntariamente obedecer.
Não é preciso ser nenhum velho saudosista ranzinza para perceber um padrão semelhante atualmente. Alguns exemplos inofensivos ou até bobos — mas que somados sugerem algo alarmante — que me vêm automaticamente à mente:
Ao considerar uma possível estupidificação, o ponto não é sublinhar a superioridade de determinado tipo de cultura, prática ou conhecimento. A crítica é que isso atende perfeitamente os interesses de corporações e poderosos em geral para que nada mude, como em "Fahrenheit 451". Não só atende, mas há um tipo de auto-organização da cultura sob o atual sistema político-econômico que resulta nisso.
Ou por que a extrema-direita rejeita com tanta força a obra do educador Paulo Freire ou até o mero foco em políticas de educação? Porque isso gera questionamento e pensamento crítico em relação ao modo como as coisas estão — estão assim por motivos bem particulares, não é que elas são ou têm que ser assim. Entretenimento barato e confortos da modernidade, casados com estrangulamento socioeconômico, bloqueiam esse tipo de reflexão, impedindo até a ideia da possibilidade de mudança.
Não é por acaso que essas distopias proféticas clássicas como "1984" (1949), "Admirável Mundo Novo" (1932) e "Fahrenheit 451" (1953) tenham surgido praticamente na mesma época. Foi quando o controle de massas com determinado tipo de cultura e consumo começou a se mostrar extremamente eficiente.
I had read this book a long time ago and remembered it as a difficult read - my english was not quite on the same level as it is today. When re-reading it now i was blown away. An amazing story paired with wonderful storytelling. After reading "boring" contemporary novels this was delightfully refreshing
I had read this book a long time ago and remembered it as a difficult read - my english was not quite on the same level as it is today. When re-reading it now i was blown away. An amazing story paired with wonderful storytelling. After reading "boring" contemporary novels this was delightfully refreshing
There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been …
There are so many quotes that I have taken away from this book and that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I think one of the main (or, most impactful) ones is 'if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore' - such a beautiful way of saying die doing what's right. It reminds me of the quote from Stéphane Charbonnier who stated, 'I'd rather die standing than live on my knees' (he was later killed by Islamic terrorists who did not agree with the viewpoints he published). I know that many people reading this review might argue that I should have read this book earlier in my life (and they're likely right) but I want to attempt to rebut this by saying that I think, if I were to read Fahrenheit 451 at any younger age, I might not have been able to take away as much as I did reading it this time. I'm currently 19 years old, though Fahrenheit was actually one of the first books I ever purchased. It had a beautiful animated cover and came along with Brave New World (which had 3D glasses tucked behind the first page so that you could view the cover image from a different perspective); whilst I would have been able to read both books in my youth, I'm somewhat glad I didn't as I worry I might have ruined them, spoilt them for myself. F451 made me feel so electric with every single word, page, and character. With every single location, event, and detail. It took a little time getting used to the writing style but once I was into it, I was completely in. Sidenote, the detail of the vent in Montag's house was wonderfully done and felt so suspenseful.
'Stuff your eyes with wonder.'
Una novela infantiloide. Y no me refiero a los personajes, que viven en un sistema que los quiere idiotizados, me refiero a la forma en la que está escrita, parece un libro dirigido a niños o a gente de derecha (que ya sabemos que no le da la cabeza para mucho). Si quieres una buena distopía: 1984.