"A man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that before... It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and live and then I come along in two minutes and boom! It's all over." "The things you're looking for, Montag, are in the world, but the only way the average chap will ever see ninety-nine percent of them is in a book." Hi, friends! If you read this post’s title, or I sent the link to this post directly to you, then you know I’m going to be discussing “Fahrenheit 451.” If you are in neither of those buckets, hi, I’m Olivia, and I’m going to be discussing “Fahrenheit 451.” Just so you all know, this post is going to be much shorter than Lolita’s was. You’re welcome. That one was really, really long. Why "Fahrenheit 451"? This book highlights the problems that come with a government ...
"We hasten to alienate the very fates we intend to woo." "Nowadays you have to be a scientist if you want to be a killer." "I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all." "My American sweet immortal dead love; for she is dead and immortal if you are reading this." Hello to whomever I decided to share with blog with! Welcome to the first entry. I have been itching to read Lolita for quite some time and am very happy I finally got the chance. Now I know it sounds weird - any time I told someone I was reading Lolita I was hit with a very wary "okay.... why?" This is obviously because Lolita is widely known for its pedophilic story. I wanted to read it because the book has created two different cultures - an eating disorder culture amongst young girls online, and, unsurprisingly, a culture of a bunch of men looking for their own "nymphets." Both of these cultures are terrible, both of ...