When I was writing my thesis, I came across such an article: "451.2 degrees Fahrenheit, is the Internet burning?" This was an attack on online news censorship. Later I learned that the title of this article came from a very famous movie: "Fahrenheit 451", so I looked for it.
This is a movie that resembles a political fable, so it naturally appeals to me. The story takes place in a city that does not know the time and place, which is obviously to imply a kind of universality. The protagonist Motag works in the city's fire brigade—their job is not to extinguish fires, but to set fires—searching around for books hidden by citizens, and then burning them. And "451 degrees Fahrenheit" is the burning point of paper prints.
This fire brigade actually carried out a kind of "illiterate" brain fire fighting work, but these firefighters themselves often read a lot of books, especially their captain, who has good attainments in literature, history, and philosophy. However, he is extremely opposed to citizens owning books and reading them, on the grounds that those fictitious plots will make the citizens fall into the hope of happiness, and then become frustrated by the lack of satisfaction in reality. In other words, citizens should only see the status quo and be satisfied with the status quo. In other words, citizens should only receive information from people who are made of special materials, represented by him, who are not easily poisoned. How familiar we are with this argument.
Motag is the one who can think independently in this row of zombies, and he is not that cruel. He met Clarice, who lives near his home, on the train he took to and from get off work every day. This beautiful and generous girl repeatedly expressed to him the joy of reading, which eventually prompted Motag to start interception. I checked the books I found and read them quietly in the middle of the night. Motag's changes caused his wife to be extremely disturbed. She was worried about the catastrophe caused by the private collection of books, so she hoped that Motag would make a decision, "Choose me or choose the book."
However, Motag has been caught. The book was deeply fascinated. Not long ago, the heroic act of an old lady who died of a book when she was found in a private book collection made him firmer in his love for books. This made his wife finally choose to report.
When performing the mission again, Motag was horrified to find that the car had stopped in front of his house, and the captain's weird smile indicated anxiety. His wife had already left him. The desperate Motag took the flamethrower used to burn the book, pointed it at the captain and colleagues, and fled in panic.
Clarice appeared again, it turned out that she was a member of the underground secret book club. With her help, Motag escaped among them. The way this book club fights the fire brigade’s brainwashing is to memorize the book and hide it in the head. So when they introduce themselves, the name is not the most important thing.
Motag lived in such a group, and he also started to turn himself into a book. The number of this group is not very large, and the books they can recite are very limited. However, regardless of winter and summer, they are piously carrying out such arduous projects. The film stops here abruptly, leaving only endless guesses to the audience.
When it comes to burning books, our country is rich in experience and honor. After Qin Shihuang patted the scoop, he burned a lot of books. In addition to secretly laying bamboo slips into the wall, the scholars at that time also chose the arduous method of recitation. Two thousand years later, our red sun also emits heat much higher than 451 degrees Fahrenheit. At this time, Ma Yinchu, who is squatting in the bullpen, will even be reported as "hate communism" and want to find a book. It's impossible to memorize while watching.
I believe that in "Fahrenheit 451", the book is nothing more than an object that has been given meaning. In the era of dictatorship and dictatorship, the duty of the fire brigade maintained by the ruler is to put out any factors in the people's mind that can arouse intelligence and fighting spirit, and then they can obtain obedience and dependence from them. Finally, please look at this screenshot of the video. Soon after Motag burned the fire chief and escaped, he saw the official video of Motag killing on the TV of the underground reading club. Justice was once again. After the evil has been defeated, the common people call for a long time.
At this point, how can I not think of the chairman's famous saying, "The more you read, the more reactionary!" It seems to make sense.
2006-5-23
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