Saturday, April 28, 2007
Why couldn't 451 be in Chapter format?
I was just thinking about it, I wonder why Fahrenheit 451 wasn't written in Chapter form. I haven't looked into the author's other books, maybe it's a style of his, but I could definitely see the book written in Chapter form with no problems. Just wondering what everyone thinks, and their ideas to why he wouldn't put it in chapter form.
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I think Ray Bradbury chose to write this book in these certain sections to illustrate the three main conflicts the character Montag will go through during the story. In the Hearth and the Salamander he is introduced and faced with his first major issue, whether or not he is truly happy. In the Sieve and the Sand Montag must figure out his true feelings towards Mildred. And in the final section, Burning Bright, he must risk everything to keep himself alive. By splitting up the story in this way I think Bradbury kept the reader's interest peaked throughout the story.
I agree with Sean and also think that this format is different from the norm of other novels which is appropraite for this book becasue it is different form other novels in itself. Talking about censorship was and still is a sensitive subject so Bradbury used this format fo three sections to make it standout from other books of its kind such as BNW.
Kerth
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