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The books that are chosen for English curriculum in Pomperaug High School must be strongly written books with something to say. They must get their point across effectively and most importantly they must have a point. These books are hard to come by. Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 fulfills all of the criteria. Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 belongs in the English curriculum because it talks about why people hate our country, why the family unit is breaking apart and it also gives us three things that are important in the process of being able to fix all of these problems. The first thing that makes Bradbury such a good writer is how he explains why people hate our country. People are lazy and might forget about the rest of the world completely. We have lost respect or concern for anyone else but ourselves. “How the hell did those bombers get up there every single second of our lives? Why doesn’t someone want to talk about it! We’ve started and won 2 atomics wars since 1990! Is it because we are having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the world?”(73). Bradbury’s talk about how unconscious the world is to surrounding events. In the 451 society people do not even realize or question anything anymore. As long as the people are happy they are not concerned. The bombers just circle around them without anyone knowing if they are in danger, they are not aloud to justify any of this information. The people in the 451 society just have to deal with surrounding events and because they are not aloud to read they do not even have the knowledge to question all of these events. “Is it because we’re so rich and the rest of the world’s so poor and we just don’t care if they are? I’ve heard rumors; the world is starving, but we’re well fed” (73). The 451 society has forgotten about the rest of the world and all of its problems.
Approximate Word count = 1283
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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