Journal Entry 1 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."

Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis of faith. His wife spends all day with her television "family," imploring Montag to work harder so that they can afford a fourth TV wall. Their dull, empty life sharply contrasts with that of his next-door neighbor Clarisse, a young girl thrilled by the ideas in books, and more interested in what she can see in the world around her than in the mindless chatter of the tube. When Clarisse disappears mysteriously, Montag is moved to make some changes, and starts hiding books in his home. Eventually, his wife turns him in, and he must answer the call to burn his secret cache of books. After fleeing to avoid arrest, Montag winds up joining an outlaw band of scholars who keep the contents of books in their heads, waiting for the time society will once again need the wisdom of literature. 

Journal Entry 2 by tranq1 at Fellow Bookcrosser, Book Box -- Controlled Releases on Friday, December 18, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (12/18/2009 UTC) at Fellow Bookcrosser, Book Box -- Controlled Releases

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Sending to Loriped for the Everybook VBB on bookobsessed.com. 

Journal Entry 3 by loriped from Keizer, Oregon USA on Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Received in the mail yesterday. Thanks. Will pass it on to my daughter. 

Journal Entry 4 by loriped at Keizer, Oregon USA on Sunday, June 13, 2010

Adding to the Timetraveling Book Box. My daughter has finished her language arts paper so it is time to move this one out. 

Journal Entry 5 by 4thEstate at Montclair, New Jersey USA on Thursday, June 24, 2010

Arrived yesterday in the timetraveling bookbox.  

Journal Entry 6 by 4thEstate at Montclair, New Jersey USA on Saturday, July 10, 2010

This was good. Really good. Not to mention kind of frightening.

It was really unnerving to see some of the things present in the Montags' lives, and realize how similar they are to things in our world. They have "seashell" ear radios with any broadcast you'd like, and wall-to-wall television rooms where you can interact with the show - we have iPods, giant plasma screen TVs and reality television. So it really makes you wonder, are we heading that way? Are we there already?