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[quote=CA4Now;50899337]It was put in that category well after it was written, not because he intended to write about it.
What?
It's dystopian fiction. It was put into that category well after it was written because people hadn't come up with a name for this type of fiction at the time of Brave New World, 1984 or Lord of the Flies.
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"Bradbury too rejected the idea that a good author writes with an intended purpose. Instead, he has an idea, something precious and magical, and he follows it, plays with it, and seeks its essence. In the end, good art will reveal a truth, but not always the truth an author originally desired to convey. Yet, when asked what the truth was that emerged from Fahrenheit 451, he admitted he wrote it in response to “Hitler and Stalin and China, where they burned God knows how many books, killed God knows how many teachers.”3 Add to this, he feared, the disaster of Joseph McCarthy in the early 1950s, and free thought and free expression would collapse.4 As Bradbury explained decades after the book’s publication, he hoped to prevent the future more than to predict it."
So your argument is that Farenheit 451 isn't a dystopia because he didn't mean to write a dystopia when he got the idea for the book and wound up writing one anyway?
I loved the Time Traveler's Wife, and I was so excited when Audrey Niffenegger's next book, Her Fearful Symmetry, came out. And I HATED it. Absolutely could not stand it. I felt personally betrayed. Probably the most visceral negative reaction I've ever had to a book.
I got halfway through The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, and realized I did not care for any of the characters. I simply didn't like them or was indifferent to them, and I did not care what happened to them. I bailed.
That book was tremendously popular.
I don't care what happened to the painting. Don't bother to tell me. I don't care.
I got halfway through The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, and realized I did not care for any of the characters. I simply didn't like them or was indifferent to them, and I did not care what happened to them. I bailed.
Another writer that I thought was as overrated as Hemingway was F. Scott Fitzgerald. I read the Great Gatsby in high school and thought it was duller than dishwater. If it hadn't been an assignment I would have thrown in the towel after 20 pages.
I have actually enjoyed all of the Hemingway books that I read especially A Farewell to Arms.
I agree with you on F. Scott Fitzgerald. I hated The Great Gatsby and also all of the movie versions. Another book I hated reading is The Catcher in the Rye. The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye are two of the most popular books read in high school English classes. I could never understand why.
I have actually enjoyed all of the Hemingway books that I read especially A Farewell to Arms.
I agree with you on F. Scott Fitzgerald. I hated The Great Gatsby and also all of the movie versions. Another book I hated reading is The Catcher in the Rye.The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye are two of the most popular books read in high school English classes. I could never understand why.
I enjoyed Catcher in the Rye but think it's much overrated.
I tried to read it twice, now I'm trying on audio book.... it just won't stick.
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I enjoyed Catcher in the Rye but think it's much overrated.
I think Catcher in the Rye appeals to teens who are struggling with their identities and maturation. It is best when read as a guilty pleasure. Bringing it into the curriculum has probably weakened the experience for readers. Just my opinion.
11/22/63 by Stephen King. I'm not sure I can say why without spoiling it though for someone who hasn't read it yet and might want to. I love time travel stuff. Just this one disappointed me
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