Qustion # 1

* what is the major theme of this novel? why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

Every novel has a major theme and according to the Dictionary.com, the definition of a theme is a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. I believe the theme of this novel, Fahrenheit 451 is the ignorance of the importance of the knowledge, because in the world where Guy Montag lives, Government made a rule which people are not allow to read books or fire man like Guy Montag should burn their houses if they get caught with reading. Also, people do not read but in stead all they do is watch television and listen to the radio, because the government is thinking that if people read the books, people would have different opinions and fight among them and make a revolution. However, this also connects to all teenagers living in 2007. For example, I am one of the people who live in Guy Montag's world, I do not read book, actually I do not like to read books because it is boring and you can do all different stuff in internet. I believe more than half of a teenager does not want to read but they would rather watch the television and use the computer for the information. I think this situation should be fixed and I as a one of those teenager should try to read more books and learn the importance of the knowledge and try not to depend on other mass communication such as television, newspaper, and internet.