Fahrenheit 451: Which book would you choose?

anita blake · Post by **anita blake** » 25 Jul 2008, 08:32

I would have to be boring and chose
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner. And hope there would be another like him to save the day and bring back the books

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 26 Jul 2008, 07:31

anita blake I need to read that book. I always knew who he was but it was Amazing Grace (movie) that really educated me as to how amazing a man he was.

anita blake · Post by **anita blake** » 26 Jul 2008, 11:53

I'm going to say something that would surprise a lot of people and say I was lucky to come from his home town - it's surprising because that town is such a dump now. However as a child I visited Wilberforce house museum several times a year as a child and found it greatly educational. Wilberforce helped greatly in the emancipation of slaves, it is such a shame that slavery is still as much a part of todays society as it was then. I think that man would tur in his grave if he knew.

I can recommend as a taster. Freedom Fighter. The Story of William Wilberforce
by Betty Steele Everett It's only 114 pages, so very easy to read.

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 27 Jul 2008, 04:38

Wonderful! Thank you.

Inkling · Post by **Inkling** » 03 Aug 2008, 06:52

Kaabi wrote:I can't think of anything that would be of such great importance that I would need to memorize it. I might choose the dictionary, because I'd become rich by having the greatest vocabulary in the world!

Really? You think no singular piece of literary work would be worth saving?

Even Mein Kampf has its value.

Wordsgood · Post by **Wordsgood** » 03 Aug 2008, 16:48

Abagayle wrote:I'd rather lock myself in a giant safe full of books and hide for my entire life then have no books.

LOL! You wouldn't be alone in there Abagayle....I'd be hiding right along with you!

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 04 Aug 2008, 23:26

I think that would be a somewhat crowded safe!

Sheila · Post by **Sheila** » 05 Aug 2008, 01:24

I know most people would chose some life alterting book, or something that would help society as a whole but I think I would have to pick The Secert Garden, just because it meant so much to when I was child, and every time I read it I almost feel like that child again.

Kathy B · Post by **Kathy B** » 06 Aug 2008, 10:32

That is such an awesome question!!! I would probably start with The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran... maybe the Bible... I have some of Pride and Prejudice memorized already but I have a feeling in a Fahrenheit 451 world, every third person would be something either by Jane Austen or from the Bible