Bradbury made his novels write themselves. F-451 was writen in 18 days! And it was still a piece of art. In one of his interviews he said that his characters tell him what to say, he doesn't make anything up. I thought that was pretty amazing and a very unique type of writing style. He also said that he has been writing for 70 years!! That is a passion.
Mr. Electircal? (I think that was his name?) had a huge part of his life; live forever, was something that that man told him and he still remembers it today. "Run away from death and run towards life" was my favorite quote in all three interviews. That is a great way of looking at life... (other then the running away part. Just saying)
I believe that Bradbury's literature had some affect on reality but I don't think that his fiction became reality, if that makes sence? Bradburys fiction gave reality another way to look at things and give the world ideas that many others wouldn't of thought of.
"Imagination should be the center of your life" - Ray Bradbury
I agree when you say that Bradbury's literature had some effect on reality but his fiction didn't become reality. If his writings had become a reality, we wouldn't be here blogging about books and literature of today.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said about Bradbury's fiction giving reality another way to look at things. I never thought of it that way. I also think Bradbury was a little insane and thats why F451 was written so fast. Insane people think up insane things realy fast.
ReplyDeleteI agree with brendon. I think he was a little insane and that helped him to write the story quickly. I also think he was incredible. He had so many great quotes and they were all inspiring to me. He seems like a great guy and very influential but a bit crazy.
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ReplyDeleteI got so excited when you quoted what he said about running away from dealth and running toward life! I too thought that that was a great quote and an amazing way to look at life.
I also liked how you included what made Mr. Electrical so important to Bradburry.
Mr. Eletrical is deffinentally important he was the one who told Bradbury to live forever, and he is still alive, always writing. I think his age and passion for writing brought him so far, it will never stop until he dies. Crazy indeed. He also likes cats... Meow Ha ha
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haha i too agree with brendon, insane people come up with insane things fast!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brendon - insane people come up with insane things fast, but I'm not sure his insanity was the only thing that caused the book to be insane - I think his surroundings had a lot to do with the fact. Looking at the Nazis and Hitler in Germany - looking at Hitler in general - doesn't this, too, give you a sense of where insanity in the book comes from?
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