Comments on: Where did Fahrenheit 451 come from?

By: William J.

William J. — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:56:18 +0000

Well, obviously you can tell that he is most passionate about his art. He goes into an abstract, yet concrete details about how the book, Farenheit 451, was influenced and how it influenced him. He shows how his work never seemed like a job, it was his own doing or “calling” to write these unique books. He constantly shows that you cannot judge him, as an author, just by Farenheit 451. Although that was one his most critically acclaimed books, you should never forget the other books he wrote. Because each and everyone of them, he loves all the the same.

By: Raya

Raya — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:54:48 +0000

I think that Ray Bradbury world be a cool dude to hang out with.

By: Raya

Raya — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:53:52 +0000

I think he is kind of an interesting guy. I liked how he explained all his books. Watching this helped me understand why the book is the way it is. The book isn’t seem “stupid” anymore.

By: Alec

Alec — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:26:42 +0000

I like how his stories weren’t panned ahead, that he was inspired by incedents in the real world, and made books solely depending on them

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:29:27 +0000

I think that Ray Bradbury is a over all nice person. He seems like he would be a nice person to meet. I think that he thinks that he is great then he actually is though. He thinks that he is the creator of so many things but I do not think that he was.

By: Breanna

Breanna — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:04:51 +0000

Ray Bradbury is an interesting guy, I like how just most of the stuff he put in his book became a reality product, and that is really cool how with not having a job he still sold enough books and made enough money to support him and his family.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:54:15 +0000

I think Ray is an amazing and historical writer because in his darkest times of no money and his wife’s pregnancy he found a way to still write his short stories, that seem like they took forever. I like how he uses his real life experiences throughout his writings cause they make the books more interesting. I find it very interesting and funny that because of him hugh heffner became rich and famous while he was still sitting where he was sitting!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:00:53 +0000

I think that he is very wise and basically, he is Beatty because in my opinon he is exactly like him. I also agree with Melissa that he is cool because he inspired the walkman.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:19:16 +0000

I think he is a very nice and creative guy. I like how he had created the names of his charectors, and the tilte of his book. I also think its interesting that he said that he never made it to college, and he ended up being a great writer even without a college education. And i also thought it was cool that he inspired the walkman.

By: Yazrian

Yazrian — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:14:27 +0000

Yes, I think Ray Bradbury is very interesting for many reasons. I like the fact that he is okay with not having went to college and that he was self-educated, because some people are ashamed if they dont get a full education but he does’nt care and he seems like he is smarter then most people who do have a full education. I thought it was funny how he took a bag of dimes to the library and rented out the type writer for 9 days, and the fact that he wrote the whole novel in 9 days shows a great amount of skill. He was humble and arrogant in some ways about his acomplishments. I think he was acting kind of weird when he said every young man and old man owed him because he help start playboy when really his story probaly was;nt the only thing in the magazine, so if they owe him then they should owe everybody who had any part in starting the magazine. Also I think the situation is vice versa because his writng career may not have launched when it did or he would not have had a career if playboy had not published his story and he had not became known as writer. I think he is also very humble for the most part because before I watched the video I thought he would be very conceited about how smart he was and how he wrote this best selling book and “predicted” the future but really he said him self he did’nt care what was going on it was just him and his type writer and he didnt think in deep thought about what he was writng and put all these extra intellectual things in his book he just wrote what he thought, and obviously what he thought was good.