Lessons Learned In Fahrenheit 451

The use of fiction as a teaching method in our schools should not be removed. As a high school alumnus, reading literature was a way of learning and understanding that I couldn’t obtain from my other classes. As I learned how to analyze fiction, I was able to develop skills and apply them to my life. I learned how to look at life from the perspectives of others and empathize with the problems they were facing. Reading fiction should remain as part of the curriculum because it promotes knowledge, improves empathy, and communicates complicated themes in an easily understood platform.

We go to school to learn and in our English classes we learn valuable skills like analyzing and understanding books. We need to be taught how to assess books so that we may further our education beyond the classroom. The lessons in high school gave me a foundation of understanding but I was able to further enjoy books and the knowledge I gain from them because I was taught how to learn as I read. Reading is scientifically proven to improve brain connectivity and cognition. Researchers at Emory University say, “there was a

One of the first examples of this is the behavior and patterns of society in the novel. While in this novels they don’t have any books at all, we still are able to see how the lack of books affects a society. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman charged with the task of burning books. One night he is called to burn the books of a woman who says, “You can’t ever have my books!” (Bradbury 35). The woman proceeds to go down with her books in the flames. For the first time, Montag sees the value of books, particularly literature, and how powerful it is. Bradbury is saying that literature and novels are precious. I agree with him that literature is powerful and I believe it should continue to be taught to the future students of Whitefield