Finishing Up Fahrenheit 451

     Our class has been coming close to closing the door on "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. The novel has turned into a classic over the years, and I believe it will continue to bring the same lessons to students in the future as it does now. The book is based off the idea of censorship, but as you read it brings along a variety of different meanings.
   
   
One of these impactful meanings that the book brings in a implicit sort of sense that i have been studying over the course of the book is the idea that difficult and unconfortable situations can eventually bring along a life of happiness. My favorite part where this is presented in the book is when Granger is talking to Montag about what has happend to him throughout the book. Granger tells Montag, "We all made the right kind of mistakes. or we woulsn't be here" (Bradbury 150). Granger telling this to Montag really made me reflect back on the events in the book, specifically the mistakes that I believed Montag had made. But thinking back on it now Montag wouldn't be where he was now without the difficult situations that he had faced earlier in the novel.
     


     This is what I mean about a deeper meaning, not only within this novel but in many. So next time you pick up a book and start reading, start to think more about what's beyond the words.