On Perception of Art
Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 MisinterpretedI saw that article recently, and I think it's pretty awesome. I haven't read Fahrenheit 451, although I acquired a copy recently and I intend to get to it. The article discusses that the popularly perceived theme for the story (censorship) is not what Bradbury intended. Instead, he meant it as an
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""Meaning" is a difficult issue, and what I have to say here only scratches the surface of a complex and contested area. How do we know what a work of literature is 'supposed'; to mean, or what its 'real' meaning is? There are several ways to approach this:..."
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