Q2. Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?
A. This is the second answer I’m writing for my reading blog. The first situation that can be compared to the situation today is the way we are attracted to the media in mass amounts and how we are always in front of the TV when there is spare time. Also, we have lost so much just watching TV and not reading books which can be more exciting than TV. Furthermore, TV forces us to just watch instead of us thinking what the story is talking about or what’s going to happen next. The second current situation that can be compared to the world right now is that more and more people are just keeping books in the book shelves. In addition, many of us are more used to just accessing information on the Internet which can’t be always true. This makes us more prone to losing our grasp on the truth and important knowledge. They relate to this novel because everyone in Fahrenheit 451 was into the “saloons” rather than living rooms which can help you find peace and entertain you peacefully. I also think that this caused the ending to be very harsh because the way the country in Fahrenheit 451 lost much of knowledge because of the brain washing treatment they got from the government. The novel sheds light on resolution only in a certain way because there can be many ways for our problem to be resolved without a war. Therefore, we can have many ways we can solve the sticky situation we are in right now unless we can fix it right now.
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