Recently, we have been going over the general idea on how life is. Not intentionally, but Fahrenheit 451 seems to direct us into the philosophical way of thinking, which is rather great because I love questioning the way of life and why everything is the way it is. In one part of the book, it talks about how the use of books are slowly dying down, and other "items" are being put into full use. "No WONDER  books stopped selling, the critics said. But the public, knowing what it wanted, spinning happily, let the comic books survive. And the three dimensional sex magazines, of course." [page 61) This is actually my favorite quote throughout that whole section because it has a lot of meaning deep into it. When the author says 'no wonder the books stopped selling', it makes me think of a time where books will NEVER be heard of. It's kinda hard to actually grasp that idea because books aren't just objects, they are someone's livelihood, as Ms. Gilpin once said, so it means so much more than just paperweight... it's knowledge that can benefit someone if not you. So for the fact that the book stated 'no wonder the books stopped selling', it shows me that they are in a crisis. A time where the people lacked knowledge of their surroundings and how their government is trying to dumb them down, and the society is okay with it because all anyone wants to do is the follow the rules and fit in. So standing out in this scenario would be a crime because if all you know is order, rebelling is going against that, and who wants to be different anyway right? WRONG. So from that piece of text from the book, I concluded that people are so consumed in obeying the rules that no one wants to take initiative into asking WHY the rules are the way they are. It's okay to be different though in my opinion :) .