Farenheit 451

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I remember being in 4th or 5th grade and feeling like I was REALLY smart and rebellious when I checked out and read Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 from the school library.

It is a novel of dystopian future (long before I'd ever heard that term) in which books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found (451 degrees Fahrenheit-btw- is the temperature at which books burn)

The lead character was a guy named Montag who, as a fireman, has a gradual epiphany that perhaps destroying books, censoring knowledge, and destroying works is not the way to go. And eventually joins a resistance group that memorizes and shares the knowledge from books.

Well, I know there have been TV and film adaptations before, but never on this scale. In May, HBO brings the story to life with a movie staring Michael B. Jordan (Montag).

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Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.

Farenheit 451

I remember being in 4th or 5th grade and feeling like I was REALLY smart and rebellious when I checked out and read Ray Bradbury’s Farenheit 451 from the school…

Charlie & Debbie

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