It's ironic that this book was banned in several schools.

@Taiyinxingjun

5 жыл бұрын

I didnt knew about that. Do you know the exact reason?

@kittycat5972

5 жыл бұрын

Why?

@beatrisastefanova2032

5 жыл бұрын

In my school in Germany we have to read this book and we will write an exam about it

@YdenMk-II

5 жыл бұрын

@@Taiyinxingjun I believe there were complaints about obscenity. It's been a long time since I read the book so I don't know the details on what words were used. According to wikipedia, there was also a complaint because a bible was burned early causing the parents to complain the book was about persecution of Christians based on the few pages they read.

@bobbsesmeralda8623

5 жыл бұрын

In public schools in Texas it is mandatory to read this book.

Fun fact. Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 at a rented out typewriter at the library. So not only could he not go back and edit his writing (can’t erase on old typewriters) he was hurried because he was being charged by the hour to use the typewriter and he was nearly broke at the time.

@noellethomas2589

5 жыл бұрын

Another fun fact: He wrote drafts by hand before going to the library. If he wanted to change something later, he'd just write another draft and re-type that. It's not like he didn't do any editing

@Kaseus-lq7cj

5 жыл бұрын

Paige Thomas lmaoo

@HachuOlivye

5 жыл бұрын

It basicly costs 9 dollars and 85 cents,by the way(thats not the price of the book in market,thats price of the making of,sorry for bad english)

@uzzieb9984

5 жыл бұрын

Gihrutik F you don’t have to apologize. Your English is very good. Thank you for the interesting information.

@bkl3893

5 жыл бұрын

@@noellethomas2589 i dont get it. Reference to r6s?

Fun Fact: Some copies of the novel were made with asbestos coating and other fire retardant materials.

@toastgear2532

3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@georgia8865

3 жыл бұрын

@@toastgear2532 ...so you couldn't burn it..

@toastgear2532

3 жыл бұрын

@@georgia8865 Oh ok

@bamsuth9650

3 жыл бұрын

which one exactly?

@Sonicbro-xx6sg

3 жыл бұрын

@@bamsuth9650 The special editions I'm sure.

Ray Bradbury died in 2008, so he was able to live long enough to see many aspects of his dystopian novel become a reality

@joshogden1081

2 жыл бұрын

He died in 2012.

@coachhannah2403

2 жыл бұрын

He refused to fly. Wall-sized TVs were quite a novel idea back then.

@coachhannah2403

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacob7300 - Why would you invoke his name?

@coachhannah2403

2 жыл бұрын

@RedEyedSlimeBoi - Huh?

@murkkz1679

Жыл бұрын

@@coachhannah2403 obama

1953: government will be able to spy on you in your house 2019: alexa play sicko mode

@MapleMilk

5 жыл бұрын

👀

@lyncharles4856

5 жыл бұрын

Way too formal. We don't do that over here

@okas425

5 жыл бұрын

Bot Freeman Why here everyone is nerds it’s clear you copy and paste to every video you watch hoping you would get many likes to boost your self esteem.

@awies.mp4

5 жыл бұрын

667th liker if i pressed the like button but just gon let it be like dat for fun lol

@memesarekeem

5 жыл бұрын

@@lyncharles4856 You know I don't follow suit.

The 3 classics of dystopian literature: 1) George Orwell's "1984" 2) Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" 3) Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"

@ap4702

4 жыл бұрын

More like reality

@michaelh13

4 жыл бұрын

Player piano?

@charliesusi3439

4 жыл бұрын

giver?

@vane6748

4 жыл бұрын

David Nikolić hunger games. I know it is less important than these but it’s dystopian too

@isadoradavis6244

4 жыл бұрын

1984 destroyed me

I' ve recently finished it. Captain Beatty's explanation about why society was like that and why they started burning books is both interesting and spooky. It's incredible that this book is almost 70 years old and it's still so modern.

@doctor1750

3 жыл бұрын

agree completely this part gave me chills and stood out as one of the most memorable parts of the book. kind of scary how smart beatty is and how much was going on in his head without montags knowledge

@TheSeamonkeyBrigade

3 жыл бұрын

Dude it terrifies me because it’s what we see happening with cancel culture. I don’t care if you’re left or right or a freakin moose, there’s this insane witch-burning of everyone and everything that minutely disagrees with you (though there are absolutely things that should not be said in a public sphere). It’s so scary, because it seems so out of control and so many good people and things are getting caught up in the inferno.

@GLASSB182

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, no kidding! It honestly feels timeless

@knightshade2654

2 жыл бұрын

I'm almost done with the book, and Beatty was such an amazing character. I like to think that he truly did yearn for a return to intellectualism and reading, but his desire for social conformity forced him to be a hardline fireman.

@neh7121

2 жыл бұрын

Someone played Alter ego :P

Reading this book genuinely scared me. Because it’s literally becoming a reality right now. Except it’s giant corporations doing this stuff, instead of the government. And they’re doing it through monopolies.

@getmine9490

3 жыл бұрын

Giant corporations are the government, they are deeply intertwined. As long as politicians want personal benefits, giant corporations will be allowed to do as they please.

@loggedout8572

2 жыл бұрын

Yup own the book. The author was on to something

@TucsonDude

2 жыл бұрын

...and the monopolies are run by who???

@brendenbaughman662

2 жыл бұрын

@@TucsonDude Shareholders and executives. If you’re insinuating that the corporations are run by the government then you have it exactly backwards. The government is in the pocket of big business, not the other way around.

@haroldb1856

2 жыл бұрын

Libraries and schools are banning problematic literature.

Fun fact: Fahrenheit 451, a book about the evils of censorship and banning books, was banned because it burned the Bible. A book about how people are too sensitive was banned because people were too sensitive. Ray Bradbury was spot on.

@romaniangamer1

5 жыл бұрын

As a Christian, I apologise in the name of these people.

@grayfear2833

5 жыл бұрын

I heard that newer copies of the book have been altered and the story is different and censored now somehow. I'm not completely sure if it's true, but if it is that is pretty messed up

@rsync9490

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic that we haven't learned our lesson in this new pc world.

@Jan_9999_

5 жыл бұрын

@@rsync9490 Huxley? 😏

@reh3884

5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Fahrenheit 451 is NOT about censorship. Bradbury said so himself.

"It was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime" Hits too close to home

@STho205

3 жыл бұрын

Nope that came later. It was the hurt feeling aggrieved minorities that got it going. Cancel culture. Each minority demanded things be erased or banned, then demanded more be banned. Every other minority made counter demands. Eventually the government, unable to satisfy everyone, erased it all. That is the irony of 451, written in an era of Red Scare and communist dictatorships, the reader expected Big Brother, but it wasn't. It was Civil Rights with unintended consequences. There was no house monitoring devices, just all citizens neighbors suspect of any snobby smart guy and turning them in for doing upsetting things like reading fiction or histories.

@estren4

3 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 wow, that's true

@AndyFromBeaverton

3 жыл бұрын

You wrote that comment a year too early.

@annasumner6841

3 жыл бұрын

@@STho205 You think that Ray Bradbury was saying that in order to have a thoughtful society, women and minorities ought to be oppressed?

@STho205

3 жыл бұрын

@@annasumner6841 no he didn't say that in his book, and he didn't say that in the afterword interview in 2001 published in recent editions of 451. He objected to editors and PACs trying to get him to rewrite his original book to include an XYZ protagonist, specifically positioned to virtue signal. IOW they were trying to censor his book about media faddish censorship. Which he found ironic. They didn't think the dysutopic situation would apply to them. 451 was an imaginative book because it turned the readers expectations upside down in the middle. Most readers assumed it was an Animal Farm/1984 situation of repression of civil rights. Instead it was media obsessed over giving everyone with the slightest beef a platform and megaphone. That frightened the cowardly politicians to cave in, then that emboldened the next group to demand similar capitulation, then the first group doubled down and said they didn't get enough capitulation, then the original haves screamed they were being oppressed.... So eventually the government said... Nobody can think or have free expression because it causes problems. The public taste for media got stupider and stupider, and politicians relied more and more on the big media corporations to stay in office. So reality itself became scripted like the fake reality shows the public obsessed over..... Sound familiar.

It should be required reading in schools nowadays because it’s actually scary how we’re moving towards this kind of society.

@tonygc6925

3 жыл бұрын

a lot of teachers in the high school assigned this, i live in waukegan born and raise where brad bury was born. the lit teachers in Waukegan are pushing for students to read that book. or they assigned the book.

@78anurag

2 жыл бұрын

My English teacher is telling me to read it. I may give it a try when the holidays come so I can buy books. But I have to read the latest Diary of a Wimpy kid books first lol

@-Subtle-

2 жыл бұрын

It is assigned in school. Why tf is this comment on every Ted-Ed video? tHiS sHoUlD bE tAuGhT iN ScHoOl. It's like you've never heard of school before.

@joedatius

2 жыл бұрын

we're not moving to this kind of "society" we've lived through this kind of society, our history has been this kind of society. these stories aren't about possible futures its about reflections of the past we've lived and how dangerous it is. its not a simple "uh oh scary future"

@domino_201

2 жыл бұрын

my school assigned this. i ended up reading it twice funnily enough, but I wasn't complaining. this is the most compelling of the famous dystopia books and really the most relevant.

3:44 top ten rappers eminem was afraid to diss. this book is really good tho.

@jelo1360

3 жыл бұрын

no cap tho ;)

I actually prefer the reboot titled Celsius 233.

@whales0310

5 жыл бұрын

Damn

@chief_1855

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@IvanMatyushov

5 жыл бұрын

eduardo Soares what about Kelvin 506?

@bo6887

5 жыл бұрын

@Creativinyx what

@elliotttheneko

5 жыл бұрын

YES

The scary part about this book is how we see the early symptoms in our society today, with the instant gratification and short attention spans.

@STho205

3 жыл бұрын

That isn't the scary part. That's been around a long time. The scary part that causes it is being overlooked, but is raging all around us this very minute.

@georgesracingcar7701

2 жыл бұрын

What’s good is that books like these remind us to take hard looks at society and see where things are wrong, preventing from ever becoming a true dystopia.

@sunnyside7369

2 жыл бұрын

TikTok is the manifestation of what society has/will become

@midimusicforever

2 жыл бұрын

@@sunnyside7369 Dem Hoes, and China owns you?

@mudkip90000

2 жыл бұрын

Cool. Now I don't have to read the book because I've watched this

When I finished and shut this book I had never felt so depressed in my entire life. I realized that I live in the same world as Montag. Thanks, Ray for such a gift.

@yuviT

Жыл бұрын

Now go read "1984" and "Brave New World", depression awaits!

@andros2950

Жыл бұрын

@@yuviT yooo I can't describe the feeling that I felt when I finished 1984. It was not even depression, it was something deeper and darker. I felt empty and even scared, but definitely one of the best books I've read.

@yuviT

Жыл бұрын

@@andros2950 Yeah man, definitely in my personal top 10 books or even works of art. It totally blew and changed my mind, can't stop writing dytopias every since. If you enjoyed it and want a bit more, go ahead and read "Animal Farm", it was the book George Orwell wrote prior to 1984. It feels like a "kid friendly" version of 1984, in a sense. It's great and I highly recomend it. My recomnded reading order for these would be - Animal Farm, 1984, Fahrenheit 451 and then Brave New World. Also, the 1984 movie is pretty solid, I enjoyed it (I watched it after reading the book). Very very side note, the year 1984 was a great year for film lol

@andros2950

Жыл бұрын

@@yuviT I wanted to read Animal Farm and I definitely will when I get a copy, also Fahrenheit 451. I watched the movie yesterday and hence I watched this video as well. I never heard of Brave New World but I will look it up and read it if I get a copy of it. Also I have seen the trailer for the 1984 movie but never got a chance to watch it, but the trailer looks promising. Thanks for the recommendations!

@yuviT

Жыл бұрын

​@@andros2950 Anytime pal! Wish I was you right now haha. Brave New World, is in my opinion, a reverse image to 1984. Whereas 1984 is a dystopia, BNW is a "utopia", but as we know, all utopis are dystopias. I will say it had the most, difficult, ending for me personally. Still worth the read, I'll definitely give my kids the copy my dad gave me. And fun fact, the name is taken from one of the very last lines from "The Tempest" by Shakspere. It was my first Shakespearean play, weird but funny, so another recommendation onto you my friend!

The way Captain Beatty describes acceleration of mass culture is surprisingly chilling, especially given the fact that something like this was written over 50 years ago

Too bad they made me read and annotate this over summer before freshman year. It totally ruined the book for me since I was too focused filling the page with annotations to actually enjoy the book.

@surrealsupercell7217

5 жыл бұрын

I hate annotating so much, even though I understand why it just doesn't allow me to actually absorb it.

@star5398

5 жыл бұрын

It ruined "The Things They Carry" for me

@frisk4520

5 жыл бұрын

Read the book at least once before you are even near close to annotating it in a classroom. No matter when the teacher says.

@sapphirestar22

5 жыл бұрын

Schools don’t understand how you’re supposed to enjoy a book. I also had to annotate a couple of books I should’ve enjoyed, but being forced to do all this extra work really ruined the experience

@user-mx1tb1zm5w

5 жыл бұрын

!

Jokes on you *I’ve already read it.*

@Munchdecruton

5 жыл бұрын

Haha me too

@inagricar7014

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@overseerofvault3265

5 жыл бұрын

Im reading it now

@nunabisness7191

5 жыл бұрын

I read it at school

@farwakhan4423

5 жыл бұрын

that's so edgy, bruh

“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” ~ Ray Bradbury

I remember reading a short story by Bradbury in elementary school called All Summer in a Day where the earth is covered in rain except for one hour every day. A girl from another place talked about how she saw the sun every day and eventually the other students in her school got fed up and stuffed her in a locker during the only sunshine. Since all the kids were too busy enjoying the sun, they forgot she was there until the rain came back. Interesting parallel that people want to silence what they don't want to hear.

@mewmew8932

Жыл бұрын

I've also read it. I believe the story takes place on Venus, in fact.

@srikarbhuvanagiri1136

Жыл бұрын

We have read it too. We thought it was about how as people, we exclude differences and minorities

@thelosttomato4020

Жыл бұрын

We had that too

@gamechanger6739

Жыл бұрын

I have read it too but I thought it was there was only sunlight every 8 years? I may be wrong

@Writer_Productions_Map

9 ай бұрын

​@@gamechanger67391 hour every 7 years

In my interperetation, it wasn't just about saving books, but preserving media with true quality. "It's not books you need, it's some of the things that were once in books."

@luischavez785

4 жыл бұрын

Faber

@luischavez785

4 жыл бұрын

The three most important things

@forgetful9845

4 жыл бұрын

indeed, which is why people who blindly attack media today simply because its new and interesting miss the point.

@luischavez785

4 жыл бұрын

@@forgetful9845Correct, it's not the government's causing censorship, it is the citizens fault as they remove information that could be helpful to others.

@normalperson2462

3 жыл бұрын

Well the book also preserves that notion when Montag reads the books in that he was confounded by what it was about it, and when it was made evident of their power not by being books themselves but of the quality of detail and introspection

please never stop the 'why should you read' series,it's the best thing on youtube

@katyb3869

5 жыл бұрын

I wanted to thumbs up this post but it had 451 likes and I didn't have the heart to change that number considering this video :P

@nafisahmad8645

5 жыл бұрын

@@katyb3869 but it changed anyway :3

@That_onekid

5 жыл бұрын

You mean besides PewDiePie's book review

@nafisahmad8645

5 жыл бұрын

@@That_onekid no i don't mean that :3

@xatoor

5 жыл бұрын

when you see a comment at 998 likes and liking it and it goes to 999 "I guide others to a treasure i can not posses"

"It was the apathy of the masses that the government capitalised on" chillingly accurate

I am a teenager who rarely reads books, but a book about burning books was the best thing I have ever read. I can't say that I will start reading for the fun of it, but this book is everything. It is thought-provoking with great characters. I am not a fan of science fiction, but here is a science fiction book which seems to have turned into reality. Ray Bradbury's creative force needed up seeming to be a visionary's predictions of future events.

@luisfilipegodinhofreitas8163

2 жыл бұрын

I need to find a copy in Portuguese. It sounds like required reading

@cliftons.2722

2 жыл бұрын

Good to know there are smart teenagers who are exploring classic literary works. I hope you find many more great books to read.

@mehulvarshney3124

10 ай бұрын

​@cliftons.2722 With all due respect, are you suggesting that teenagers who don't read classical novels are not smart? I ask this as I have met many elders who see teens who read modern novels or online books[not paper copy] are, for lack of better terms, degenerative.

@projectc.j.j3310

4 ай бұрын

@@mehulvarshney3124that’s not even close to what he said…

Dystopian books always provide interesting insights to our world

@KafshakTashtak

5 жыл бұрын

They are just a very far fetched extrapolation of the current situation.

@travislyonsgary

5 жыл бұрын

@@KafshakTashtak not particullary far feteched often enough

@c0c0nutbeans

5 жыл бұрын

WallE

@Gameworks1407

5 жыл бұрын

Dystopia's driven into the ground. A non-extreme remnant of absurdism.

@stevengreen9536

5 жыл бұрын

I view the dystopian works as a warning.The world's they depict could potentially become reality if we allow it to happen.

I looked up the word "Dentifrice" thinking it meant something like pleasure or something deep, only to find out it meant toothpaste XD.

@luischavez785

4 жыл бұрын

It was an ad in the book

@metalicarus8372

4 жыл бұрын

yup. french word.

@kpp28

3 жыл бұрын

I mean the etymology is pretty obvious. Dent for tooth in latin?

@SunBrohan

3 жыл бұрын

I hear earplugs help with that when riding the subway.

@arisann7083

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah, the media in the bus is blasting these comercial things to keep people from thinking

3:44 Math class 3:47 Phys Ed 3:50 English class 3:52 Me waking up teacher slaps me 3:56 Lunch time 3:59 History

@deepanshu564

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@thedeccc3252

3 жыл бұрын

Wow so funny 😐

@idkwtvr4844

3 жыл бұрын

underrated

@yashvisharma8897

2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@cazinho_

2 жыл бұрын

He a little confused but he got the spirit

What’s most interesting is the fact that Fahrenheit 451 would itself be burned instantly if it existed in the dystopian world of the book

"It was the apathy of the masses that gave rise to the current regime. The government merely capitalized on short attention span and the appetite for mindless entertainment" This is too close to reality....

@j4u947

5 жыл бұрын

it is reality

@andrewkim9090

5 жыл бұрын

Really close, but I don't think the masses are apathetic yet

@jamesklark6562

5 жыл бұрын

I'M 12 AND THIS IS DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

@icameherejusttocomment550

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesklark6562 Because anything mildly insightful and with critical thought belongs in r/Im14andthisisdeep. No, of course it doesn't. There's a difference between some random comment with no actual meaning and a reflection about apathy and modern society.

@JohnSmith-ik8nt

5 жыл бұрын

@@andrewkim9090 they are and history is being erased

Fahrenheit 451 Aka the world where firemen have a reverse role.

@infidelheretic923

4 жыл бұрын

At one point one character says the correct word ‘arsonist’.

@josuepalomares6820

4 жыл бұрын

Fire men still have to burn stuff like forest from time to time

@natalieanimal4063

4 жыл бұрын

It's a good pun in English, I always thought 'firemen' sounds like people who are in favor fo fire rather than opposed to it. In my language it wasn't possible to use this word here, as it literally means a fire extinguishing person, so we used something like 'fire brigade member'.

@anonymus5637

4 жыл бұрын

@@natalieanimal4063 In Spanish, at least, the term used for Firemen reminds me more to explosives worshippers (It's “Bombero”, by the way)

@natalieanimal4063

4 жыл бұрын

@@anonymus5637 Thanks for sharing that piece of info, I'm into languages(and speak a bit of Spanish but I didn't know this word), so I'm always glad to learn about them. So yeah, one could easily think it means the same as 'bomber' in English lol. (hm, could be used for a dystopia too). Like someone in advertizing once thought 'embarrass' means the same as 'embarazar' :")

I’m glad I was made to read this book in high school. In a sense, NOT reading is similar to burning books - if we don’t value them they are in danger of disappearing.

This video introduced me to a love of reading and helped me get through this quarantine where all you could do in a congested city was look at a screen. I felt like Montag but I was never able to express these feelings into words for a long time. Thank you

I don’t know who this ted guy is, but this book looks dope

@truebobbian

5 жыл бұрын

It is amazing! Give it a read if you haven't yet!

@Galaxy_J

5 жыл бұрын

When will ted do the talk

@sodsurendunkhorol1576

5 жыл бұрын

Ted come out it is time for our battle

@mindmate0

5 жыл бұрын

@@Galaxy_J final boss

@genghiskhan4697

5 жыл бұрын

Ted is a shy boi

"Short attention spans and mindless entertainment...." How relevant today!!!

@TH3F4LC0Nx

4 жыл бұрын

If you haven't read the book, there's a scene in it where the fire chief explains to Montag what happens when you give people quicker gratification without being made to work for it. He uses a metaphor of how the zipper replaced the button, and...well, I'll just say that it's a VERY profound passage.

@noodletribunal9793

4 жыл бұрын

this is funny cause i tried reading but got ｄｅａｄ bored. i do want to read it though, ill try again

@TheMCCraftingTable

4 жыл бұрын

@@noodletribunal9793 some novels are slow... Try reading short stories first bruh :D Some are just a couple of pages long

@noodletribunal9793

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMCCraftingTable well, i thought 100 pages was short! it's just that all the description made me lose interest. yea, idk what my deal is. i just gotta try again. all i really want to read is this and 1984. im not much of a reader lol

@battlesheep2552

4 жыл бұрын

Every time i see someone with earbuds i think “just like Mrs. Montag”

I read the book and watched the movie. The detail that stuck with me from the movie is when Montag's wife threatens to leave him if he doesn't burn the books. He promises he will after he reads him. Well, Montag's wife doesn't just leave him, she turns him in to the authorities, which wasn't in her original threat to Montag. It seems like she wanted to revenge the loss of her friends and her new TV screen she would get if Montag had gotten his promotion.

Our school gave us this book to read 2 weeks ago, it was so weird but reaching the end the perspective I saw and thought about the book changed so much, it feels like a revolutionary book for the mind

Fahrenheit 451 is important to read because it’s slowly occurring as we speak. Adoooooooro.

@firepower7017

5 жыл бұрын

Benosoar Thankfully the Democrats haven't taken the liberty to weaponizing the media and you'll definitely end up with this for sure. Edit: This will certainly happen in America since the people who live in it can kinda be half baked in the brain. Not saying that every US citizens have it but at least a majority and I ain't kidding

@haiironosora9714

5 жыл бұрын

@Benosoar Awesome sarcasm...

@BruteSix

4 жыл бұрын

its ok ebooks exists

@ErickSoares3

4 жыл бұрын

@@BruteSix Anti-piracy doesn't help.

@francismoore3352

4 жыл бұрын

Do you mean Adooooooorno?

I am in love with the “why should you read” series!

@munendersingh5631

5 жыл бұрын

We

@luissoto4121

5 жыл бұрын

We all are they should make more

Do not forget the hidden chapter. Montag is called into Beatty office. Montag isn’t in trouble, Beatty just wants to chat. Beatty has been noticing that Montag has been seemingly bothered by something. Montag dodges the questions relating to his opinions on what they do for a living and whether he has any doubts to the reasoning behind what they do. Beatty, unsatisfied with Montag’s reluctance, go over to the side of his office and removes a section of wall to reveal bookcases filled with literature. Montag is surprised and shocked by the revelation, not understanding how Beatty could be loyal to their role, yet be in possession of contraband. Beatty explains that he firmly believes in destroying books and that literature can be a dangerous tool; however, he first defends the keeping of the collection in that the crime is in the act of reading, not owning a single book or many books. And secondly, like many others, he is illiterate and has no interest in learning to read, therefore, a book left on shelf collecting dust is just as destructive and finalizing as burning it wholesale. By Mr. Bradbury’s explanation, the chapter was left out because he thought it was too short to dedicate a chapter, nor could he find a spot in the story where it would fit without interrupting the narrative or having a side of Beatty that did not fit his characterization as someone blindly loyal to his job.

Not to mention Ray Bradbury is a poetic genius in his writing style. This book is so masterfully crafted, not only is the story incredible, but the delivery of the wording is exhilarating, unlike anything I have ever seen. I seriously, highly recommend reading Fahrenheit 451. It is so incredibly relevant today, and Bradbury was SPOT on!

“A portrait of independent thought on the brink of extinction and a parable about a society which is complicit in its own combustion. “

@scheelite7341

5 жыл бұрын

S Ali I was scrolling down the comments and read this one as the exact same text was read out loud at the video 🤣.

@Vortexxian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and this is deep moment

We had a thing in our school where we had to dress up as something/someone in a book we liked Now my friend liked this book. And he said that he would dress up as a book. Another friend dressed up as a “Russian” with a flamethrower Best timing ever

@ballsacsincorp

3 жыл бұрын

welp now that school thinks russians wield portable flamethrowers

@TarekMidani

3 жыл бұрын

Rip your book friend

@mk-ki4ls

2 жыл бұрын

@@TarekMidani " rip " lol

@OrangeDied

2 жыл бұрын

@@ballsacsincorp wait they don't?

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my FAVORITE books of all time. I would give ANYTHING for a sequel, because I totally think it could have worked as a series (perks of liking a book that's so old that a sequel is literally an impossibility, amirite?). It's such a wonderfully written, powerful story.

@goldencreeper2551

8 ай бұрын

Would kind of need a prequel. A sequel would be a nuclear wasteland

@caingamin2

8 ай бұрын

Maybe insight into what their society might become if it ever manages to change

One detail I loved about the book is how at the start of it it's really hard to read. Lot of punctuation, repetition, almost incoherent. But as it progress and Montag evolve, it becomes easier to read, and it expresses itself way better. I thought that was neat

Fun fact: Guy Montag’s name was not originally Guy. In the early drafts of the story, the name was Leonard Montag.

@darkrider1878

5 жыл бұрын

His actual name was Maito Guy

@GS-ny1ll

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Leonard Mead, a character in Bradbury's short story "the pedestrian". I think both the short story and F451 are set within the same universe.

@Caroline28483

4 жыл бұрын

@@GS-ny1ll I believe so, too. Clarisse mentions at one point in the book that her uncle was arrested for being a pedestrian, probably referencing the short story.

@Caroline28483

4 жыл бұрын

@S Raaj K Lol I know I was just saying how the poem connects to the book

@amikishimoto7680

3 жыл бұрын

I think giving the main character such a generic name was a fun way for Bradbury to show how individualism was no longer a thing.

After this recommendation, I went out, bought it, and now my mouth is dry and I'm at part 3. I absolutely love this book.

@angelasibrian8680

4 жыл бұрын

How many parts?

@nicolaspinson8981

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelasibrian8680 3

@anyrarahman5481

4 жыл бұрын

YES

@marcus311

3 жыл бұрын

I finished it

@TarmaHartley

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I read this book in high school and ❤❤❤ it! One of my favourites.

It's unvelieveable how much of this novel is becoming true in todays society. Short attention spans, eyes glued to screens, lesser and lesser vocabulary, you name it. We might not even realize it, but we are slowly "burning" books essentially with everything nowadays switching over to online sources. There is no more reading from textbooks when you can find your answers with a quick search. There's no more creative thought when you can just ask an AI to write you anything you could need. Truly sad.

"It's no good Montag. We've all got to be alike; the only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal. So... we must burn the books, Montag. All the books." Scary how we've reached this point now.

I’ve heard of this book being banned and burned in some times and places, though possibly fictional, my memory isn’t too good, I can’t help but feel the pang of irony at the thought of a book about burning books being burned.

@JRed-jf7jn

5 жыл бұрын

GusCraft460 that’s exactly the point of the book lol

@mik3_exe

5 жыл бұрын

@@JRed-jf7jn yeah he pointed out the irony of the situation, he knows that's the point of the book lmao

@colemair5367

5 жыл бұрын

@010Lemon010 And in countries that burn bibles it was banded iorny.

@ben3634

5 жыл бұрын

010Lemon010 if im not mistaken i remember a school in one state banning it for that reason

@thehermit8618

4 жыл бұрын

There's an edition of the book that comes with a match and the spine is lined with match striker paper so you can burn it

Fahrenheit 451 and George Orewell's 1984 should be required reading.

@howardbaxter2514

5 жыл бұрын

And should be warnings, not a manual on how to change our society.

@PaladinVII

5 жыл бұрын

@@howardbaxter2514 Exactly! You get it!

@mattsmith1039

5 жыл бұрын

PaladinVII animal farm too

@nicholasneyhart396

5 жыл бұрын

In most schools you need to read this ,anthem, brave new world, and the giver. All the main stays of the genre.

@OceanAce

5 жыл бұрын

They were, in my school district.

I just read the book, it was quite shoking to me the accuracy of the description of the society of that future and the similarities with our society today.

Oh I'm surprised to see "Burmese" in the caption! These days we're at our worse state and I can't do anything and stuck at home watching the country falling apart. But I'm reading a lot to escape from reality for a short while... Thank you for all these recommendations.❣️

It gives me great peace and pleasure to know that book sales are higher than ever and millinials and gen Z visit public libraries at a higher rate than any other generations previously.

@andreaarchaeology

5 жыл бұрын

I love hearing that!!! ❤👍📚📚📚

@BicBoi1984

5 жыл бұрын

Zoomers are leagues ahead and better than millinials in almost every aspect

@andreaarchaeology

5 жыл бұрын

@@BicBoi1984 I'm a millenial and I'm triggered by your comment.

@Skull-jd8ql

5 жыл бұрын

That's amazing !!

@richardpowell1772

5 жыл бұрын

Then, they go on their college campuses and try to get speakers they don’t agree with banned.

There's one important point you forgot to mention about the novel : the reading banning didn't come from any totalitarian government, but from the people itself, as they started protesting against political incorrect books, so the government simply followed so it could keep some order ; just simply read the passage when Captain Beatty goes to Montag's and tells him the story on how the firefighters like them, became to be !

@blackswordsman2988

3 жыл бұрын

he mentions it he says that the state of fahrenheit 451s world came about due to the apathy of the masses and not due to a totalitarian government

@lavo-ld4wm

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackswordsman2988 that apathy is merely a consequence ; read the book, Captan Beatty truly gives away the real origins of the present situation.

@blackswordsman2988

3 жыл бұрын

@@lavo-ld4wm yea the video forgot to mention that part that you're talking about it was something about "minority" groups deeming certain books to be offensive right? and then more and more of them got banned

@lavo-ld4wm

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackswordsman2988 exactly ! As that was part of the origins of the situation, as the general sense of the plot is, reading makes you think, therefore, prevents you of being happy... of course, there's this general feeling and also what's said during Montag and Clarisse dialogues, points out towards the Consumerist Society as the "real power" behind everything (thus making the government, just a figurehead, where the nation's president is elected because of his looks, instead of his qualities).

@blackswordsman2988

3 жыл бұрын

@@lavo-ld4wm yea i agree for the most part but i think it was apathy and minority groups that contributed to the problem both like for example faber could have spoke out against it but he didnt and after the government outlawed them, peoples apathy increased because like they can just watch the tv all day for instant gratification. its a great book man

"12 rules for life" I perfectly sensible book Banned in Norway..

Honestly, this is the only book I’ve read for pleasure in a long long while. I’m infatuated with it. One day I crammed 40 pages on a work day, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but I’m a very slow reader

@deangreen2567

2 жыл бұрын

You need to read Aldous Huxley’s brave new world, and Orwell’s 1984.

@78anurag

2 жыл бұрын

Relatable

I heavily ignored this book in high school then actually read the book when I was 18. Ever since then I became a fan of Bradbury's work. I never stopped recommending his novels.

@yourdadsof1325

4 жыл бұрын

Is there any other specific book you would recommend that he wrote?

@ratherbfishing455

4 жыл бұрын

I read it in sixth grade.

@ataraxisdrizz7827

Жыл бұрын

@@yourdadsof1325 not it being three years later 💀 but I hear the pedestrian by Ray Bradbury is good

*If TED says I should, I shall!*

@HollowBonezz

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic

@becharac

5 жыл бұрын

you missed the whole point man

@FunkyEspelhoCat

5 жыл бұрын

Chill out guys, this is a joke. The irony makes the joke.

@unholyharmony

5 жыл бұрын

Woosh

@diegocabello5438

5 жыл бұрын

Lisa Guerrero would have confronted Guy Montag.

I read it s assigned reading for my freshman year of high school. Ever since I read "A Sound of Thunder" the previous year, I have been a fan of Bradbury's work. He has a phenomenal way of making subjects that you may feel uncomfortable about, due to their plausibility, into works that you can't put down until you're done.

Fahrenheit 451 was a very good book and yet it’s kind of scary because it feels like that reality, is seeping in our reality. With how people refuse for people to change, or how if you’re this way then you can’t go that way. And any kind of thinking that is different is bad. I think this book is becoming more of reality than what we believe. The man who wrote the book was thinking 60 years into the future.

Here's the fun part. The book talks extensively about short attention spans. Look at us now. Playing a video that talks about short attention spans on a 1.5x speed and how KZread has recently changed its display style, feeding into this instinct Sayonara!

@veronicacameron1703

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! I literally only clicked on this video because it was 4mins...didn’t wanna watch anything longer

@alexsch2514

2 жыл бұрын

I literally can't watch a video below 1.5 speed because of my adhd😂😂😂

@domino_201

2 жыл бұрын

the rise of tiktok makes it even moreso

@Vortexxian

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexsch2514 excuses, people have lived with ADHD since the dawn of time and still survived. Your now just trying to justify the fact that your attention span is decreasing, which over time will make it decrease even more, forcing you to watch at 2x speed, then click off the video after 2 seconds. Ultimatelly, you will lose your mind and become unable to live because of negative attention span. Do something about it, if you care about your life & mental well-being.

@alexsch2514

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vortexxian I'm sorry for having problems, what else should I do about it more than I do already? I read a book a week minimum.

I thought they just had the salamander symbol on them. I dont remember them being salamander shaped

@memesarekeem

5 жыл бұрын

It would make sense either way, as in early European folk tale, it was said that salamanders were born from flames.

@christopherj2733

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, on page 37 it reads, “ They sat there looking out the front of the great Salamander as they turned a corner and went silently on. “

@christopherj2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@tormclean9657 There are other instances in the book that would substantiate their engines being of salamander shape. Of course I may be erroneous.

Just read it this month. The book scared me . The fact that it could and would become true unless we,the people, read, analyse, think and perceive. Today after so many years since it's publication, it seems to be slowly turning true. We are ourselves carving the path to our doom. Most people don't enjoy reading these days (there are some exceptions obviously) ,they prefer quick media . They are becoming as shallow as Montag's wife , Mildred. Let us be alert lest the books would get lost.

I am reading that and this just came up! My reasoning for reading it is he makes you like the characters then creates mystery about them, so there's an element of compassion

It's scary how perfectly a book published 65 years ago describes today's society

@jodirex4639

5 жыл бұрын

How is that so?

@ap4702

4 жыл бұрын

@*/ it's the concept of the limited availability of knowledge, control and keeping the masses dumbed down and complicit. In this era we habe more similarities of that book yet people still turn a blind eye to the world around us. Ironically this book is banned in many areas.

@Vortexxian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and this is deep moment

3:43 when you try to make a sentence using only your keyboard's predictions

I remember finishing this book back in April and it's so scary cause it's so accurate of what is happening now. I only buy the book cause I was curious, it was always recommend to me and gave in and buy one. This got to be one of my fav books

@Vortexxian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 14 and this is deep moment

I love dystopian novels so much, and I don't know why. . .but I just do.

@RaeWakefield

5 жыл бұрын

Raine Hilbero right?! Me too

@b1e2t

5 жыл бұрын

Raine Hilbero Same!

@R2bEEaton

5 жыл бұрын

@@b1e2t Same! Have you read Jennifer Government?

@kuykasamjoktar6191

5 жыл бұрын

Because those novels are based on real life."Big Brother is watching us."

@asielmilian38

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky you.

I will come back to this in 2020

@oivatoikka6116

5 жыл бұрын

STYLIZED BASIX i just gave you the 69th like

@stylizedbasix1257

5 жыл бұрын

@@oivatoikka6116 I will thank you later in 2020

@stuckinreality3928

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm

One of my favorite books. I even have a signed copy of it that my dad got me for Christmas one year. I love all of Ray Bradbury's work but this one is special because it was the first one I read by him.

I only discovered this book today and I am beyond intrigued in reading it now. I loved George Orwell's 1984, so I'm sure this will be just as good :)

this sounds suuuuuuuuper accurate to the world right now, i’m gonna read this

@notlogical4016

4 жыл бұрын

its based on what humanity has done to itself in the past, so i wouldn't doubt that its a lot like today too.

@forgetful9845

4 жыл бұрын

enjoy the read

@TheUltimateBlooper

4 жыл бұрын

2020: "Hold my beer..."

@STho205

3 жыл бұрын

So did you? If so did you get the cause this presenter completely skipped over (probably because it was uncomfortable)?

@TucsonDude

2 жыл бұрын

Just look around you and see who is directly behind censorship, today.

Always try to find the earliest edition of any book you want to read, especially when studying religion. *Controversial facts* may have been replaced with *diplomatic lies* in later versions.

@meirsolomon5626

3 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@hugo57k91

3 жыл бұрын

@@person10 as a muslim myself, Islam (and most other religions) need to change radicaly to be able tp survive

That was quite the fascinating read. I finished it in one sitting- the first book in years that's managed to make me do that, as i usually can't sit still for too long (unless I'm crafting something). The descriptions were lovely, and the message rather poignant.

After reading this book, it left me with a heavy heart. The ending was very sad yet filled with me with hope as the one's who still read congregated and talked with each other regarding their latest findings.

This channel deserves an Oscar for it’s animation

@shozter7390

5 жыл бұрын

Oscar ha? Not too sure about that. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qX2AzbeCqsuXetI.html

@bhq3860

5 жыл бұрын

No it doesn't lol

Me when I respond to my crush: 3:44

@dinohall2595

4 жыл бұрын

First like, and you're sure to get *many* more.

@Jobe-13

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@petruzzi6268

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@bernardosantos8020

3 жыл бұрын

can relate

This is is becoming dangerously a reality with the recently of banning of books

i really loved the comic version of it, the plot was amasing and it was truely one of the best books i have ever read

I read this for my lit class and I have to say, the tests and due dates and assignments that come along with the book really ruined it for so many of my classmates. I hope when I am older, I can reread it and truly enjoy it. I loved the storyline and all the messages it conveys, just not being forced to read it to save my grade!

@natalieanimal4063

4 жыл бұрын

The same happened to me with so many books. I either read and enjoyed them before or after we did them in school. When people say it should be obligatory to read a book because it's very good, I always think that's exactly why I don't want it to be an obligation.

It's scary how much our world parallels certain aspects in Bradbury's work. Constant distractions, the development of technology, and the movement away from books. But it's a double edged sword. Because now we've got so many new mediums to enjoy stories through: movies, television, video games. And they're all readily available. And to be able to go online and discuss any thoughts with nearly anybody, is... outstanding. Sure, a lot of this meaning is lost in a sea of nothingness, and some governments are cracking down on certain ideals. But our ability to share and hear stories has recently peaked. I'm sure a lot of this world would scare Bradbury, but also, some aspects would be a welcome change.

Thank you Ted-Ed. This is an amazing recommendation!❤️

Those sentences quoted from this book 3:50 gave me goosebumps.

3:39 this give me goosebump.

1:21 Why were the vehicles in salamander shape only? Why not dinosaurs....

@James_Simon

5 жыл бұрын

@LagiNaLangAko23...what's that

I listened to the audio book earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I was lucky enough to meet Ray twice in LA when I worked at a bookstore in Hollywood. He would arrive in a limo (he didn’t drive I think) and then enter the store like a kid in a candy store. He is missed.

Oh man, I'd love it if you guys did a video on the Unwind book series. Its world building is amazing, and the character development never falls flat.

You couldn’t have uploaded this video at a better time, we just started reading this at school.

an extract of this came in one of my exams. i fell in love with the book straight away. i didn't get a chance to read it yet, I hope to read it soon.

This book reminds me of some things going on in the world today, mostly on social media. A society of a simple-minded hivemind of people being judgmental towards intellectuals. I definitely gotta pick up this book now

My entire grade hated this book when it was our summer reading assignment

@mclolflick4566

3 жыл бұрын

why is your bed falling

@dudega3ing

3 жыл бұрын

What grade were you in when you got the assignment?

@jaz1967

3 жыл бұрын

@@dudega3ing i’m in 9th and i have the assignment

I read Fahrenheit 451 for an English assignment in grade 7. I think it’s impossible to fully understand it without understanding the context it was written in. (Got a B+ on the assignment though)

I read this book on Ted-eds recommendation and it was really a wonderful book. I really can't imagine how the writer builds a whole new world (what we are becoming to be honest) in such a short novel. I really liked the last part were the many eminent and book loving people carry books on their heads. But still it was disturbing because they had to wait for the world to accept them.

I just read it and omg that ending. Sooo goood, thanks for the recomendation

I just read BRAVE NEW WORLD and I'm kinda scared this showed up in my feed

I read this book when i was like 13. I loved it and its still one of my favorites.

My Highschool made us read this book, and I'm very glad they did! Great read and eerily relatable to our current societal issues.

This really made me understand the book more, thanks!