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11/25/2013 12:42:01 AM
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Fahrenheit 451.
Why people read pretentious stuff like that? Is it so they can act all smart around other people? It's not even a good book.
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How was the book pretentious?
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Edited by Haruspis: 11/25/2013 10:58:43 AM[quote]Why people read pretentious stuff like that? Is it so they can act all smart around other people?[/quote] You're saying two things here - that the book is "pretentious", and asking if people read books "like that" (what exactly is the requirement here?) to act smart around others. Both of these questions are ridiculous... A book by itself cannot be "characterised by assumption of dignity or importance", you can have an author who thinks that way about his or herself and that can be translated into literature, but that does not characterise the book itself as "pretentious" [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa_db5l0q4Q]because it's an inanimate object[/url]. And you are [i]always[/i] going to have the elitist crowd who think they're better than others because they do something you don't, or have an appreciation for something you despise. Exactly what does this say about the book? Nothing. Some people like it, some people don't - both sides are stupid for thinking one opinion matters over the other. [quote]It's not even a good book.[/quote] That's your opinion and you're presenting it as fact. This is what makes you and others who do things similar to this look moronic. People who read books are not pretentious, people who read books [u]and pretend that their view or interpretation of it is in some way superior to somebody else's[/u] are pretentious (and it's funny because that's exactly what you're doing, so that also makes you a hypocrite).
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OP is confirmed 7th grader
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The message is what matters.
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4 RepliesThe temperature at which books burn. Except it's actually not, apparently. But that's besides the point. The point is, regardless of whether the book is good itself, it's a good [i]concept,[/i] and that is why people like it. That's actually a separate point, but that's also besides the point. I have no idea what the real point is.
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5 RepliesRegardless of your personal experiences of it's readership, the message it conveys is significant, and that's all that matters.
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That book sucks
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Oh man, if only people read things because they liked it
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[quote] It's not even a good book.[/quote] But it's a classic with a timeless message. That's an important distinction.
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2 RepliesBecause everybody likes to brag they read books because everybody who's ever read one knows it sucks.
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Because we have culture.
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I read it in 8th grade. It gave me something to think about and nothing more.
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I thought it was a great book. The movie, on the other hand, was just terrible.
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Reading the book isn't being pretentious. I had to read Fahrenheit 451 when I was in high school, and it allowed me to think, but I don't use it in real life. I don't say anything like, "I've read 'x' book, and you haven't, I'm smarter than you by default." That's being a douchebag. It's the same thing with many classical literatures. They aren't supposed to make you look snobbish if you read them. They're supposed to make you think and incite discussion within groups (Or in this case, students).
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http://school.judsonisd.org/webpages/nsinnott/files/fahrenheit%20451%20(complete%20text).pdf
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did you even read that book?
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I can't believe you just said that. People read it because it's an amazing piece of writing.
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2 RepliesPretentious? Do you even know what that word means?
