#Reading log
2017-06-15: This book has the same dystopian tone as can be found in George Orwell’s 📚 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s 📚 Brave New World. In a post-literate world, the purpose of a fireman is not to put out fires but instead to start them. When there’s an alarm of any person owning a private collection of books—the firemen set out to burn them. This is the story of one of those men who starts his path to “awakening”, beginning to question what he’s done over the last 10 years. It’s fascinating to follow his journey and read about those small details that ignites his mind into thinking on its own, rather than succumbing to orders and rituals as normal. It’s a relevant story that draws lots of connection to the current state of the world.
2017-06-17: While 📚 1984 depicted the tyranny of the state, and 📚 Brave New World had the institution for happiness, 📚 Fahrenheit 451 treads in the same footsteps. But instead of having a centralized force choosing the direction for the state of things, here it just happens due to peoples natural inclinations. People don’t want to think. We want to be happy, well fed and satisfied. We don’t want to face troubles or things that makes us sad. That idea is what led to the whole dystopian universe in 📚 Fahrenheit 451. I read this for the book club.