https://blog.georgefabish.com/tags/mass_media_critique/ Recent content in Mass_media_critique on George's Blog Hugo en-US Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/fahrenheit-451/ Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:32:33 -0500 https://blog.georgefabish.com/reviews/fahrenheit-451/ <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>In the future, firemen are not necessary because, thanks to technology, houses never accidentally catch on fire. So, you might ask, when do they catch on fire? Only when these new firemen set them ablaze, naturally. Why would they do that? They would burn houses if the owners were found harboring books. &ldquo;Fahrenheit 451&rdquo; (which is the temperature at which paper combusts) opens with the character Guy Montag, a fireman who relishes watching things burn. Suddenly, a chance meeting makes him question his role as a fireman.</p>