Journal #15

Each person traveling knew of a story or book. This reminded me of Native American traditions. Native Americans passed down stories to their young in order to teach them lessons. The intellectuals were like a library of the road. On page 155, someone said “Don't judge a book by its cover.” I love this quote, because it means to not judge someone by just looking at them. Everyone has their own story. I also found this humorous, because they travelers were each known as a book. For example, “If anything should happen to Harris, you are the Book of Ecclesiastes (151).” The ending of the book was very interesting. The war began and ended. The town was bombed and destroyed. The tone of the ending was sad, yet relief. Fahrenheit 451 was full of lessons and taught me how to look at things in other perspectives. Some quotes that taught me this were: “It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away” (157) and “Someday the load we're carrying with us may help someone” (164).  It was a very good book that I would recommend for reading.