Compare and Contrast Movie and Book of Fahrenheit 451

Jacquelyn B. David Professor V. P. ENG 214 Fahrenheit 451 â€Å"Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man s freedom.† -Franklin D. Roosevelt Exactly these are the words that fueled the story of Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 is a story that was written through a novel by Ray Bradbury and produced into a movie shortly after directed by Francois Truffaut. Both the novel and movie captured an envisioned utopian society through the activity of book burning. Book burning is a harsh regime in oppressing ideas of a culture or within a community. Both novel and†¦show more content†¦With many scenes taken away because some characters are never mentioned took away a lot of the overall meaning of the story. I didn’t feel to relate to the movie as much as I did with the novel. Leaving an apt amount of scenes out, took away some of the anticipation I was building up to. Which made me a bit disappointed. The movie clearly also didn’t illustrate the war at the end as it did in the novel. The novel clearly stated that war had been declared and it added on to Montag’s frustration with his society because his community continues to live like war is unimportant. None of it was ever mention in the movie. Regardless of the reason Truffaut didn’t put that scene in the movie, I thought it was important to show because it gave hope for a new civilization to be rebuilt and a sense of contentment for it’s audience. Even if the movie lacked components mentioned in the novel, it did wholly complete the rest of the story. Now, I am saying it didn’t feel complete to me because I watched the movie after reading the book and I noticed certain scenes, characters, and elements were missing. I’m sure Truffaut intended not to illustrate those scenes for his own reasoning. I assume that maybe the technology they had at that time was limited. The mechanical hound for example, whichShow MoreRelatedThe Social Commentary And Style Within Fahrenheit 4511825 Words   |  8 Pagesuse of diction while also emphasizing the dark society to show the readers that the people think their so ciety is perfect but it is actually the opposite. Part 1: The Social Commentary and Style within Fahrenheit 451 First off, an example of dystopian literature is Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Bradbury illustrates a society without the freedom of intellectual thinking from literature and replaces it with artificial entertainment. People in the society lack compassion or quality ofRead MoreIntroduction : How ve He Do That?10829 Words   |  44 Pageson the book the back when I didn’t know any better but as I grew as a reader I realized that Aslan is an apt symbol of Jesus Christ himself. All the evidence pointed towards him as a clear match. This interpretation doesn’t necessarily apply to the religious kind but it does help to have some religious literacy. Once you realize that Aslan is the abstract symbol of Jesus Christ you can perceive him as a leader, magnificent, holy, highly admired and loved by many. As expected, in the book Aslan isRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesSuzanne Duda Lead Media Project Manager: Denise Vaug hn Full-Service Project Management: Sharon Anderson/BookMasters, Inc. Composition: Integra Software Services Printer/Binder: Edwards Brothers Cover Printer: Coral Graphics Text Font: 10/12 Weidemann-Book Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within text. Copyright  © 2011, 2007, 2005, 2002, 1998 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, OneRead More_x000C_Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis355457 Words   |  1422 PagesComputer, Inc. Used herein under license. Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933904 Student Edition: ISBN-13: 978-0-495-11873-2 ISBN-10: 0-495-11873-7 ââ€"   To my nephews, Jesse and Luke Smidt, who bet I wouldn’t put their names in this book. R. P. ââ€"   To my wife, Sally, and my daughter, Anna C. O. ââ€"   To Carol, Allie, and Teri. J. D. ââ€"   About the Authors puter Teacher of the Year award in 1988 and received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in mathematics in 1999Read MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesDowden This book Logical Reasoning by Bradley H. Dowden is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. That is, you are free to share, copy, distribute, store, and transmit all or any part of the work under the following conditions: (1) Attribution You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author, namely by citing his name, the book title, and the relevant page numbers (but not in any way that suggests that the book Logical Reasoning