I'm normally not a fan of futuristic science fiction books but I've come to like this Fahrenheit 451. The settings and ideas of most future based books are too complex and difficult to even have the slightest grasp of an understanding. At first, when I started reading Fahrenheit 451 I thought it was going to be exactly like all the other science fiction books that I can't stand. I didn't see the point or reason for burning peoples books, especially for firemen to do so. But with given factors I came to realize how important books are and without them we would be a world of no civilazation, which is exactly what the world of Farhenheit 451 was. So from this understanding, I became more interested in the other complicated events and meanings.
When Mildred overdoses, I saw the machine used to replace her blood "Snake", as a support to the symbol of blood. Bradbury uses the snake to reveal Mildred’s corrupted insides and the thick sediment of delusion, misery, and self-hatred within her. The Snake had explored “the layer upon layer of night and stone and stagnant spring water,” but it's replacement of her blood could not rejuvenate her soul. Her blood being poisoned but yet replaceable signifies empyness and lifelessness in her that countless others also portray.
The ending of the book is probabl y what made me appreciate it most. One event would happen right after the other and each one would just seem so abnormal that it made me question and worry. If we all gave up our use of books due to rising technology and who knows what else, the whole world could watch one of us on the run because we refused to let our own personal books burn in flames.
