Fahrenheit 451: Opening Thoughts

Seeings as how I've analyzed the living snot out of Old Man and the Sea I figure now is a better time than any to start analyzing a new book that at first I will enjoy but slowly as I read more and more into it being to loathe with an unheard of passion. Anyway I liked Fahrenheit 451. The idea of dystopian future are always my favorite kinds. My favorite book to this day is 1984 so it makes sense that I like the idea. I would have liked the book much more had it had a bleaker more soul crushing ending but that's not up to me it's the author. For the most part I liked all of the characters and the setting and it seemed to roll along pretty smoothly keeping my attention for the better part of the novel. The one thing that I really enjoyed about the book was the idea of the mechanical hound. One of my favorite parts of the novel that really just set the tone for me was when the firemen just sat around and watched that thing just kill for the sole purpose of watching something get grotesquely massacred. That just set the tone for the novel and how bleak and anarchic the novel was. The thought that people could devolve into such terrible excuses for people is a very real and frightening threat. The idea that mass media and lack of education could turn humanity down such a dark and destructive path is an extremely real and ever-present threat which is really the sad part of the novel. The fact that more now than ever it's message is prominent is a scary thought indeed. In all actuality all a book has to do has to be dystopian in setting and will instantly have an approval rating for me. Anything having to do with such a bleak future will instantly win my approval and win my liking.