Reading: Fahrenheit 451

I didn’ read before this class, but I read Fahrenheit 451 after I saw the movie in the class. In the story, the main character’s job is going to burn the books because are not allowed to own the book. Maybe the main theme in the story in this story is about the TV and the reading. They prohibit the book because thinking makes people unhappy. The thing really makes me read this story is the main character’s job- a firefighter. In this story, the firefighters are not saving fire but burning the books. This reminds me curtain generation of China and Taiwan.

In the earlier generation of Taiwan, people don’t have the freedom to talk or publish whatever they want. The government will watch over the people and control their thinking. All the publication is under control by the government. In this case, people only know what the government wants them to know. They are not allowed to get information from other countries because the government is afraid people start thinking. The government thinks the people will start to resist or judge the government after they start to think. They confiscate most of the book and stop people get information. They even control the textbook and brainwashing the student. A lot of students realized the history they learned in the school is fake after they studied abroad. The government tries to hide the mistake they made by erasing or polishing curtain event to make the history looks perfect. Bad things will happen if you start to think or have knowledge. This is what makes me interesting to read this story. Not a good thing, but make me related to my country.