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PoindexterOglethorpe

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15. No. It is not about burning books.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 01:09 AM
Sep 2023

It's about killing Jews in WWII. The last part of it is clearly referencing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Honestly, reread it.

I don't care what Bradbury himself might have said. If he didn't get the obvious WWII connection, that's too bad. But he was probably deliberately oblivious to what he was really saying. That's not uncommon. Many authors don't fully get what they are really talking about. I actually met Bradbury in 1994, although I had not yet read "Fahrenheit 451" at that time. Even if I had, I probably would not have had the nerve to question him about it, sadly. At this point in my life, if I could go back in time and meet with him, I'd have no problem questioning him on this.

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I want to add this about Farenheit 451. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #12
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Yeah, it was about burning books ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #14
No. It is not about burning books. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #15
So Ray Bradbury doesn't know what he wrote about? ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #17
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