Dear Faith,
Today we discussed the similarities of our books, Fahrenheit 451 and Monster. I told you about how my book was about a world where our traditional firefighters are given opposite roles and starts fires instead of putting them out. In this world, books are illegal, by law, and are burned if discovered. The main character, Guy Montag, realizes that their society isn't right and starts to hide books away and even starts to read them himself. He starts to question why their society is like that and ends up having to hide his collection of books.
You told me that your book was about a teenager named Steve who is wrongly accused for murder. You also said that he goes from flashback to present a lot in the book. You mentioned that your book was hard to grasp due to the many flashback transitions which I could relate to because Fahrenheit 451 has a somewhat confusing diction. Also, Guy Montag has several hallucinations/visions too which confused me because of the sudden transitions. Due to these circumstances, we both have a trickier time understanding our books fully.
A theme that we both saw in our books were that the law oppressed the main character in some way. In Fahrenheit 451, the law stopped people, including Guy Montag, from reading books, which are filled to the brink with knowledge. This makes progression levels in this world lower as I would expect. I questioned why a world would do this because it seems counter-intuitive to ban a source of knowledge that aids in the advancement of global conditions. In Monster, Steve is oppressed by the law because he is accused of murder. Due to this, Steve probably has to hide or must not be able to have a good life as of late because of this rumor/accusing statement. Having a criminal record doesn't look good so he might not be able to get a good job or go to a good school. These are just predictions of how the law oppresses people. That's why I think the law oppression theme in both books makes a valid connection.
Sincerely, Hannah
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