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「書本變薄，然後是濃縮、消化過的版本，最後成了摘要，摘要的摘要的摘要，兩句話……」故事中的世界，人們只談論一些無意義的事，快樂是最高指標，思考會帶來不必要的煩惱，而書則是擾亂平靜的怪獸。
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蒙塔格是一名打火員，在他的世界裡，電視主宰著一切，文學則瀕臨滅絕，打火員的工作成了放火而不是滅火。他的工作就是要摧毀「非法的產品」，以及藏匿這些書籍的房子。
蒙塔格從不質疑自己的行為造成了什麼樣的破壞和損失，每天只是回到他無趣的生活和妻子蜜卓身邊，而妻子整天只會陪著她的電視「家人」。
但這時，他遇見了古怪的年輕鄰居克萊莉絲，她讓蒙塔格知道原來過去的世界裡，人們不必生活在恐懼中；在現今的世界裡，還是有人可以透過書本裡的思想來看待一切，不必仰賴電視中無腦的談話。
就在蜜卓自殺未遂、克萊莉絲突然消失之際，目睹一個女人寧可與書盡皆毀滅的衝擊，蒙塔格開始質疑自己所知道的一切。他開始在家裡藏書，而當他的偷竊行為遭人告發，這名打火員得開始亡命天涯……
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The amount of relevance this book offers even in todays world, 50 60 years after publication is astounding. Battling against the surge of mass media has never been more important, especially during the newfound era of anti-intellectualism in the United States, where countless of books have been banned by the government for ridiculous reasons. Guy Montags journey from ignorance to realisation is a powerful symbol of escaping the masses and gaining autonomy over oneself. For that, it only needed one curious mind, Clarisse McGlellan, to provoke a few introspective thoughts into Guy Montags mind. I just wish we got to read more about her, not just the first few pages before her death. What also raised my level of enthusiastic reading was the way Ray Bradbury implements his proses. His implementation of metaphors and analogies was great and added a new layer of depth to the short novel
O único ruim é que fui forçada a ler por causa dos estudos, fora isso, me surpreendi bastante!