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楼主Alvin Qiu
Mr.K.Lui
English 10
20 May 2008
Fahrenheit 451
ESSAY
Ray Bradbury
The soul
Fire can burn everything. There is a reserch which shows that everything except collapsar is gone after the fire of Fahrenheit 45100. However, In Ray Bradbury's novel Farenheit 451, every book is gone after the fires, but the souls within the books remain.
Montag burns book because he is a fireman in 451 fire brigade, he should follow this rule absolutely. However, books change his mind after he burns countless books. He finds that there are so many interesting things he wants to know in the books after he reads the books which he hides surreptitiously alone in the silent midnight, then he considers hiding some books for himself in order to get the nourishment for mind, but he is still burning books, for that is his main job.
Unexpectedly, his wife Milderd exposes him that he has hidden some books because of an unpleasant argument, so his boss Beatty is going to his house to find the forbidden books with the firemen, including Montag.
When they are arriving at Montag’s house, they find the books as usual. Of course, they find out the books and burn them. Beatty sees that proudly and asks Montag to do the job too. Montag follows his order and burns his books indifferently. Suddenly, he sees the old woman who is killed with her books firmly by the fire she lights herself within the fire , he doesn`t want to be dead like the old woman, because he thinks he is going to die if the books die as the soul of the book dies. And then he burns his bed insanely, he wants to give vent to himself. The books which he has hideen so hard are destruct, he doesn`t want to accept this fact. He turns his attention to his boss Beatty. That is him! The murder who is leading the firemen to burn the books, to do these stupid, unimaginable things. He decides to kill him with the fire which he uses to kill the books. He thinks that is fair, and Beatty deserves punishment.
However, what happens in the novel is just the epitome of the world which the rulers expect in the future. They think books are the murder who bring some unnecessary fantasies to people to influence people’s usual lives, so they must be destoryed. This is not the novel idea in the future, because Chinese rulers have done this. They are not only burning books, but also killing people who have advanced thoughts. The rulers think they can control people`s minds by this way, but with time flying, books are popular among the people. People want to derive knowledge more and more, so they need books very much. Reading books is their manifestations of thirst for knowledge. They need the book which is one important part of their lives, they really need it!
Montag, as a firemen of 451 fire brigade, he performs his duty, he burns books. He changes his mind when he finds out people`s souls are stealing confidentially by their actions and behaviors and books play a role in his diary life. His wife steals his body, but books steal his heart! So he becomes the person who they call "murder" because of hiding books, and he keeps hiding books conditionally. And his heart is burning when books are burning by his teammates or himself, so he wants to steal books when they are working as many as possible. To be more truly describable, he wants to save the books in order to save human souls. And he also konws that how much people lose once they burn a book, so we see how much he tries to save a book.
But it is not so easy to save a book, even not easy to hide a book. The 451 firemen do the ransacking ubiquitously. No matter where people hide the books, they can find out easily. They are experienced searchers who find the books in the pockets, under shoes, and anywhere that can hide, even though missing searching a tiny book in a little kid’s small pocket is not permitted. Once a suspicious man they see, the man is not allowed to leave until they finish search. Their eyes are just like the black hole that nothing has the ability to escape from, and their rights are more than polices’. In another word, they are obvious polices, nothing is paid more care than a book.
Fortunately, almost no one thinks about that a murder is also a saver. Because Montag’s duty is burning books, it is not more than a piece of cake for him to get some books. He protects books as many as he can, at the same time, he protects the souls which haven`t been burned as many as possible. He knows that the future is gone if all the books are exactly gone, so he tries to undertake the duty of saving future. The human`s fate is burning in the fire, the human`s soul is burning in the fire, and he is the fireman, he needs to stop burning and start doing something. And he struggles between the firemen`s duty and the human`s duty, it is hard to make a decision, but he has to make it. At last, the soul control his mind, his heart to choose his true choice. He ends the evil, and then he begins to read a book naturally, instead of being terror-stricken.He is not the opener, but the closer.
When the temperature reaches Fahrenheit 451, all the books which record human`s intelligence crystallization are destoryed, but the oppressive souls remain forever!
Mr.K.Lui
English 10
20 May 2008
Fahrenheit 451
ESSAY
Ray Bradbury
The soul
Fire can burn everything. There is a reserch which shows that everything except collapsar is gone after the fire of Fahrenheit 45100. However, In Ray Bradbury's novel Farenheit 451, every book is gone after the fires, but the souls within the books remain.
Montag burns book because he is a fireman in 451 fire brigade, he should follow this rule absolutely. However, books change his mind after he burns countless books. He finds that there are so many interesting things he wants to know in the books after he reads the books which he hides surreptitiously alone in the silent midnight, then he considers hiding some books for himself in order to get the nourishment for mind, but he is still burning books, for that is his main job.
Unexpectedly, his wife Milderd exposes him that he has hidden some books because of an unpleasant argument, so his boss Beatty is going to his house to find the forbidden books with the firemen, including Montag.
When they are arriving at Montag’s house, they find the books as usual. Of course, they find out the books and burn them. Beatty sees that proudly and asks Montag to do the job too. Montag follows his order and burns his books indifferently. Suddenly, he sees the old woman who is killed with her books firmly by the fire she lights herself within the fire , he doesn`t want to be dead like the old woman, because he thinks he is going to die if the books die as the soul of the book dies. And then he burns his bed insanely, he wants to give vent to himself. The books which he has hideen so hard are destruct, he doesn`t want to accept this fact. He turns his attention to his boss Beatty. That is him! The murder who is leading the firemen to burn the books, to do these stupid, unimaginable things. He decides to kill him with the fire which he uses to kill the books. He thinks that is fair, and Beatty deserves punishment.
However, what happens in the novel is just the epitome of the world which the rulers expect in the future. They think books are the murder who bring some unnecessary fantasies to people to influence people’s usual lives, so they must be destoryed. This is not the novel idea in the future, because Chinese rulers have done this. They are not only burning books, but also killing people who have advanced thoughts. The rulers think they can control people`s minds by this way, but with time flying, books are popular among the people. People want to derive knowledge more and more, so they need books very much. Reading books is their manifestations of thirst for knowledge. They need the book which is one important part of their lives, they really need it!
Montag, as a firemen of 451 fire brigade, he performs his duty, he burns books. He changes his mind when he finds out people`s souls are stealing confidentially by their actions and behaviors and books play a role in his diary life. His wife steals his body, but books steal his heart! So he becomes the person who they call "murder" because of hiding books, and he keeps hiding books conditionally. And his heart is burning when books are burning by his teammates or himself, so he wants to steal books when they are working as many as possible. To be more truly describable, he wants to save the books in order to save human souls. And he also konws that how much people lose once they burn a book, so we see how much he tries to save a book.
But it is not so easy to save a book, even not easy to hide a book. The 451 firemen do the ransacking ubiquitously. No matter where people hide the books, they can find out easily. They are experienced searchers who find the books in the pockets, under shoes, and anywhere that can hide, even though missing searching a tiny book in a little kid’s small pocket is not permitted. Once a suspicious man they see, the man is not allowed to leave until they finish search. Their eyes are just like the black hole that nothing has the ability to escape from, and their rights are more than polices’. In another word, they are obvious polices, nothing is paid more care than a book.
Fortunately, almost no one thinks about that a murder is also a saver. Because Montag’s duty is burning books, it is not more than a piece of cake for him to get some books. He protects books as many as he can, at the same time, he protects the souls which haven`t been burned as many as possible. He knows that the future is gone if all the books are exactly gone, so he tries to undertake the duty of saving future. The human`s fate is burning in the fire, the human`s soul is burning in the fire, and he is the fireman, he needs to stop burning and start doing something. And he struggles between the firemen`s duty and the human`s duty, it is hard to make a decision, but he has to make it. At last, the soul control his mind, his heart to choose his true choice. He ends the evil, and then he begins to read a book naturally, instead of being terror-stricken.He is not the opener, but the closer.
When the temperature reaches Fahrenheit 451, all the books which record human`s intelligence crystallization are destoryed, but the oppressive souls remain forever!
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