"FAHRENHEIT 451" By Ray Bradbury

To tell you the truth, I am not a person who likes reading very much. The only time I read a book is when I have an assignment or a project at school. When I was looking for a book to read for a project at school, I saw my sister reading this book and I asked her if she liked it. She told me that it was very good and that I should read it.

When I first read the title I thought that it was just one of those weird books. When I started reading the book, I found out that the meaning of the title is the temperature at which paper burns. The setting of the book took place some time on the future. All civilizations were banned from reading books. “Fire Men” burn the books that are found and the house that they were found in. The owner of the book was either put in jail or put to death. The ironic thing is that instead of putting out fires, “Fire Men” start fires.

In the story there is a fire man named Montag. Montag meets a teenage girl who shows him that what he is doing is wrong. Montag starts reflecting about himself and his life, but that ends up causing every thing to fall apart.

In this story, I think the author is trying to show us that in the future everyone will be wasting their time doing useless things. This brought to my attention how I should manage my time. I mostly waste my time doing things that do not benefit me, when I could be reading a book or learning something new.

People always recommend all types of books to me, but this one really got to me. I really like how the author uses the story as a metaphor to point out the problems in our society today. I regret not finding this book sooner and not trying to find books with the same idea as this one. Schools all over the world should introduce this book to every student. I think there should be more books like these, books that people can learn from.

Written and published by Youcef.