Similarly, there's plenty of room in the new and changing book world for publishers and editors. The change in venue is a change in venue, not a destruction of book culture. If there is less demand for physical bookstores, there is more demand for online bookstores-something that didn't even -exist- during my first few years as a writer, yet now probably the most common way to buy books. But I -also- love online bookstores, and I'd like to see more them-not the ones we've already got (I'm so disappointed in BN.com, iBooks,, Diesel, etc.), but more GOOD ones, more that adapt and experiment and evolve into great online bookseller business models. I also love bookstores, and I love visiting them, and I hope some remain open near me and near all of you, you. Fahrenheit 451's society is set up to snuff out individuality-characters who go against the general social conformity ( Clarisse, Faber, Granger, and Montag) do so at great risk.I love libraries, and given how busy my local libraries are (and how often I have to reserve a book because others are reading it when I try to check it out), I would say the threats to their existence are all in budget cuts, not the changing book industry. She soon disappears (and is probably killed). She'd rather talk, observe the natural world firsthand, and ask questions. She has little interest in the thrill-seeking of her peers. For that reason, in the society of Fahrenheit 451 people who express their individuality find themselves social outcasts at best, and at worst in real danger.Ĭlarisse McClellan represents free thought and individuality. Their questions and actions might cause others to face the difficult questions that their culture is designed to distract them from. However, whenever individuals start to question the purpose of such a life, and begin to look for answers in books or the natural world and express misgivings, they become threats. Hedonism and mindless entertainment are the norm, and so long as the people in the society of Fahrenheit 451 stick to movies and sports and racing their cars, pursuits that require little individual thought, they're left alone by society. Although these may sound like a very self-serving set of values, the culture is not one that celebrates or even tolerates a broad range of self-expression. Pleasure-seeking and distraction are the hallmarks of the culture in which Montag lives.
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