Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Fahrenheit 451: Entry 8


Entry of My Choice

Equilibrium

The movie Equilibrium takes some time in the future and the government has made a certain restriction. Most of people in Equilibrium cannot feel the emotion. People think that emotion causes conflicts between men and cause murdering and war, so the government bans emotion and everything that can make you think and feel emotion, such as a objects that has color other than black and white and books. Also, they have invented medicine called 'equilibrium,' and you will not feel for while if you take one.
They also have a special agent like 'fireman' in the book. They are called 'cleric' and skilled in guns. Their task is to kill rebels and exterminate colorful objects and books. John Preston is the best cleric and he is obedient to the government. One day, he finds out that his partner can feel. Preston kills his partner while he is reading a book. Preston becomes interested in the books and starts to feel. Later on, he meets with rebels and leads the rebelion
As I read the book, I found out that the stories are similar. They have a certain restriction of freedom and there are rebels against the government. I think watching Equilibrium would be helpful to understand dystopia

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

While I was reading this I thought you were talking about another book because there was no title but later one when i kept on reading it seemed like Farenheit 451 and it was the same book I have read. Doesn't it seem so dumb to live like that. I mean where do they get the knowledge and their own ideas? It seems noscense to live like that. Im glad that we don't live in a dystopian world. It seems horrible and painful.

Albert said...

Thank you for commenting mine. I think that it seems dumb that they can't get the knowlege and that they don't have their own idea or opinion. It would be miserable, but I want to live in this dystopian world for a while and experience how the life would be like

African Globe Trotters. said...

Albert I loved your blog. You have clearly understood this novel and have made others interested in this book. Mrs.Mc.