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A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories is a collection of short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published August 17, 2010. A companion to novel Fahrenheit 451, it was later released under the Harper Perennial imprint of HarperCollins publishing was in 2011.
- Ray Bradbury
- Science Fiction
- USA
- 2011 Harper Collins
With its powerful imagery and evocative opening line, the first section of Fahrenheit… Read More. Oct. 1, 1953 1 viewer 17.2K views. 46 Contributors. Fahrenheit 451: The Hearth and the Salamander...
30 de ago. de 2019 · “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ...
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12 de jul. de 2013 · More specifically, it is his job to set fire to books, which are outlawed in the dystopian future world depicted by Bradbury’s novel. The first line of the novel reads, ‘It was a pleasure to burn.’
15 de jun. de 2007 · A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories. Ray Bradbury. 3.93. 1,441 ratings190 reviews. Grandmaster of American Letters Ray Bradbury presents the 16 vintage stories and novellas that informed and prefigured the creation of his dystopian classic, Fahrenheit 451.
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For Montag, "It was a pleasure to burn." The state mandated that all books must burn. Therefore, Montag, along with the other firemen, burn the books to show conformity. Without ideas, everyone conforms, and as a result, everyone should be happy. When books and new ideas are available to people, conflict and unhappiness occur.
The act of burning, conducted by the government against its own, is a flamboyant display meant to discourage dissent from the populace. Ray Bradbury uses these six simple words to reveal to the...
