A world without books would be absolutely boring. Banning books would basically be like violating a person's freedom. It is almost as if you would be telling a person to "stop thinking" if you told them that no more books were allowed to exist.Although I'm not much of a reader, it still makes me pretty angry to think about the thought of not being able to have the freedom to pick up a book and read it. Therefore, I would have to say that I would miss books very much if we were no longer allowed to read them.
I haven't started reading Fahrenheit 451 yet so I won't be making any connections to it, but while I was reading the prompt for our blog that's due it kind of reminded me of one of the books we read for class, 1984. Taking books away from a society is basically like having a form of control over people's minds just as in 1984 with how the Thought Police controlled people's thoughts using fear and deadly consequences. A world without books would be a world without expression.
I think there are many ways in which we "burn books" today. One of the ways we burn books has to do with how so many of them are made into movies just as discussed in class. I think it is great how books can be translated into movies but I also think movies overshadow the original books. I remember when I used to not know that most of the movies that came out were based off of books. I used to think they were just "original" movies. I think this is definitely proof of the fact of how we really are burning books. I know that when I see a trailer for a movie I never stop to think about whether it was based off of a book or not, nor do even think about the author who may have come up with the story. It's like all the hard work and creative ideas of an author are just thrown out the window when the movie of the book comes out. I can only think of some movies where the author was indeed recognized for their work.
I think another way in which books are burned today is with the way they are not being advertised. Maybe there are a lot of advertisements out there for books that I just don't know about, but I feel like you don't hear much about all of the new and different books that come out (unless you are a fan of a particular author or are subscribed to a newsletter that contains them). I feel that if books were advertised more and to a larger audience in multiple ways, more people would read a lot more and have the urge to go buy the book and read it right away just like they may do with a car, clothes, or shoe advertisement. I know it would definitely make me want to read more often if I saw many interesting advertisements of books on a daily or weekly basis.
I agree with the statement you made about banning books would ban everyone's personal freedom. People should be able to express their feelings and stories and share with others without being influenced. Print has more protection over broadcast. I think it would be weird if our society existed without books...It is nice to be able to have the freedom to read books, whether it is for pleasure or for class. I haven't began Fahrenheit 451 either, but I do know that it has something to do with censorship. I couldn't imagine our society today, without people being able to express themselves, their feelings, and their stories they have to tell the whole world. I also talked about how we "burn books" by watching the movie counterpart.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a reader either, but I would be disappointed to hear that I didn't have the option to pick up a book anymore. I agree that we do burn books and the movies that are created are just "easier" because we don't have the patience to sit down and read a full book. People usually always say that the books are better than the movies. It doesn't stop us from watching the movie!
ReplyDeleteYeah getting rid of books would definetly make society boring and people dumb due to the lack of a proper education. I think all of our group agrees with the movie thought of how we burn books, but I really like your thought of burning books by lack of advertising. I don't remember seeing any book commercials during the Super Bowl telling the audience about the plot and where they can pick the book up. Do you think if we advertised more then some may read more?
ReplyDeleteLike I've stated in a couple of my other comments I really wouldn't mind if books disappeared. I think books are boring so I don't feel it would make society boring. It's the fact that we have so much other stuff to do than read books that I like. Books were fun for the older generations but not me. I'll stick with my technology and more "exciting" things.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point about books not being advertised. We always see advertisements for movies, cds, and other forms of entertainment, but never do we see any for books. I feel like children and people like us would read books more if they were advertised.
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