I know this guy!

After reading Dr. Preston's Fahrenheit 451 essay (find it here: Passing Period Thoughts on Fahrenheit 451) I would be lying if I didn't say I was quite intrigued. He explains that everyone, including teachers, passes the book's theme off as only being about "censorship" but there's other possibilities. He touches on the subject about hands, being true to ourselves, and discovering what true learning is. It was said that a lot of times students and people don't read for pleasure, they read because they're forced to and they'll do the bare minimum if it means to finish any book requirements. I'd say it's true. One of his old students related this to saying that if the principal declared that books were banned then every student would be happy, why? For the reason that students hate reading. They don't find pleasure in submerging themselves into one hundred pages with endless words on each -- they only do it because it's necessary. I realize now that Fahrenheit 451 really isn't all about censorship, most people only say it is because it's the easiest answer and theme to explain. Fahrenheit 451 touches on many different topics, including that our actions have consequences. You can be destined to do something or think of doing something -- but the true way to know if you've changed or to find your true self is to see how you act on it. It's whether you think first and then act, or act first and then try to understand yourself.