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... However, in the case of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, we are told by the One Book, One City L. ... People came to California to live the “Los Angeles Dream,” to be free and seek opportunity and success. ...
With the two dystopian views so oppositely mirroring each other, it is difficult to decipher which view weighs more heavily in anti-utopian texts, such as Fahrenheit 451. ... As stated by Leo Braudy when comparing the book to Los Angeles today, “In a society that seems hopelessly confused about the balance between security and freedom, the novel makes for an uncanny cautionary tale,” (Ulin, 2). ... Louise Steinman, director of literary programs at the Los Angeles Central Library stated, during the One Book One City L. ... While the book is predominantly dominated by Orwellian images in an externally imposed dystopia that seem to be telling a cautionary tale about our future, Fahrenheit 451 is best read and accurately understood when it is read with the Huxlian dystopic view in mind, as an internally generated dystopia that critiques the present time. ... Simply recognizing the problem and admitting to ourselves that books, history and culture, are just as important as television, magazines, and radio, will prove that a storybook life in Los Angeles broadens further than authors, and that society is not only made up solely “Mildreds. ... Campaign that Fahrenheit 451 has an important significance, but the only way we can make sense of the significant aspect of the book is by waiting for someone to show it to us.
Approximate Word count = 2075
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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