The Buckets by Greg Cravens for July 12, 2013
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July 13, 2013
Transcript:
Toby's reading Fahrenheit 451. He thought it was about wiping out books so people would never have to read again. Didn't you think something similar when you read it in school? Well, yeah. Years ago, before everybody knew what the book was about.
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x_Tech almost 11 years ago
I read that book in HS. I decided I was all against book burning cus I sure as heck didn’t to spend my time memorizing The Great Gatsby (which would have been near the top of my list of books to burn).
celeconecca almost 11 years ago
Had to read it in HS. But I re-read it 2 years ago, after 30+ years of RL, and it reverberated more in my heart and head.
sottwell almost 11 years ago
The fear was that ignorance would be enforced from the top. I guess they never figured that the people themselves would prefer ignorance.
sbchamp almost 11 years ago
Happening as we speakThey’re just not burning them…
Allan CB Premium Member almost 11 years ago
As a Canadian, I was not forced to read that book.However, a movie I was forced to watch (and wish I could find…) was Voyage of the Mimi. Le Sigh
Allan CB Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Well I’ll eat my hat … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvz1Ey2JipI
ChessPirate almost 11 years ago
Your point being, Larry?
bryan42 almost 11 years ago
Odd that so many folks say they were “forced” to read it in H.S. I was a fan of Bradbury since Junior High and had read F451 when I was 13 or 14. Read it again about a decade later.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Agreed Larry.
Number Three almost 11 years ago
LOL LOL… Excellent!
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patlaborvi almost 11 years ago
A few years ago there was a Ray Bradbury collection that came out (I think it was one more for the Road) and the cover of the collection showed a hitch-hiking skeloten and in the background was a highway sign that said 451.
patlaborvi almost 11 years ago
I just found the cover I was talking about, check it out.
patlaborvi almost 11 years ago
Okay, I admit it, I don’t know how to add a picture to my comment but I found the cover by going to Amazon and searching Ray Bradbury one more for the road.
Hunter7 almost 11 years ago
Never had to read F451 in HS. Instead, we had “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”. sigh. Would have been nice to have had some good sci-fic offered in HS. .Imagine reading all of John Wyndham’s short novels for Social Studies (and History) A very colonial view point of the world..One movie made me head to the bookstore…. The HandMaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. (yes… that Atwood… only thing of hers that I have read)