EL-Learner Autobiography by Eliot Lee

Fahrenheit 451

elilee25 — 2024-09-04 04:16:41 UTC

My second favorite Bradbury book. Oddly enough, even though Ray Bradbury makes obvious critiques towards society here, that is not what really drove me to read or continue reading this book. It was more of Ray Bradbury's prose and style that convinced me, although I did understand and enjoy at what the story was getting at. I was starting Middle School at this time, and the interest in the prose of the book breached into the narrative. Ironically, the narrative of this book is what caused me to start respecting reading in the first place, whereas before I didn't really consider it a worthwhile endeavor.

The Martian Chronicles

elilee25 — 2024-09-04 04:38:13 UTC

My favorite Bradbury book. I read this after I finished Fahrenheit 451 in order to continue to see Bradbury's prose, style, and how it ends up allowing him to make great overall illustrations of the setting. While, again, I really didn't care for the themes that Bradbury included as critiques to society, the overall story that Bradbury tells at face value along wit his writing style was what kept me engaged with the story. This was the book that really made me fall in love with the idea of setting and its interconnectedness with narrative. I actually appreciate the separate story structure of this novel more than the linear narrative presented in Fahrenheit 451, it provides various perspectives into the narrative, keeping it fresh.

Civil Disobedience

elilee25 — 2024-09-05 03:41:04 UTC

Civil Disobedience is the text that helped expand my horizons on discourse. I read this first in the beginning of High School for personal interest in political thought. While there are plenty of things that I don't agree with Thoreau, it did give me an insight on how other people may perceive certain actions. This text is the one that increased my capability to sympathize due to this understanding. It allowed me to respect others actions even though I may disagree with the approach, giving me an overall respect for them due to their efforts. Thoreau's wording of his beliefs as personal morals is what solidified my new perception.

I, Robot

elilee25 — 2024-09-05 03:54:53 UTC

Another science fiction novel that I really liked, although this time it is for the lessons and overall messages it presented. I read this story shortly after Fahrenheit 451 due to my Science Fiction interest being at its peak in my late middle school years. The central themes of the robotic laws to ground the story and the overall focus of the narrative in this instance was something that also sparked some of my own thoughts on ethics and the nature of consciousness that tapped into my curiosity to see the reasonings behind certain things in reality.