Journal #13: How Would You Have Ended F451?

Honestly, I think the ending is good the way it is.  I think that "the War" was present enough throughout the whole book that it was appropriate enough to finish with the declaration, and later the dropping of the bombs.  Part of me thinks that what the reader was supposed to take away from the ending was that humanity would tear itself apart if books were abandoned, and only the few who persisted in exploring them would really survive.  And then, from the ashes would rise a society whose view on books could be reshaped.  That is another reason I like the ending the way it is; it makes the reader think.  In this kind of book, I think that is important in the ending.  And I think that if Farenheit 451 had ended any differently, it would have left me unsatisfied.  It called upon enough of the previous events in the book, and also left the reader thinking about Montag's future; the ending left a few unanswered questions, too.  Was anyone still alive? How could Montag and the nomads "help"? It's these kind of questions that make me think that the book's ending is good the way it is--I certainly couldn't write a better one.