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    Fahrenheit 451 Response

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    Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Honors Morgen Fried per:1 Picture living in a society where books are banned. In Guy Montag’s society, that’s how citizens live. With no books and only technology to learn. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury stated the idea that censorship and family had a negative impact on citizens way of life, this becomes clear to readers when people in the society start trying to commit suicide, families split apart, and people don’t have the right to learn in their

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    Shyron Rodgers In Fahrenheit 451 certain people were very different from regular people that you would usually talk to. Montag, was one of the smartest people in the book, He would always talk like he could see the future. People thought he was crazy. He was also a firefighter. In there world there meaning of firefighters are totally different. Instead of putting out fires they start fires. If anyone was to start a fire now they would have got put in jail. That was a job for them to do. They would

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    Every year in America, more than 2 billion books, 350 million magazines, and 24 billion newspapers are published each year. In the book Fahrenheit 451 that number is 0.The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury presents the idea that a better quality of life can not be brought on by technology or the destruction of books. This theme is represented throughout the entire book. For example my first quote that connects back to the main theme is the morning after Mildred takes all the pills and has

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    “Fahrenheit 451 - The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns”. In 1953, author Ray Bradbury published a novel about a dystopian society that was life changing to many American people. Fahrenheit 451 has opened eyes and influenced generations of readers. Bradbury tells a story of a society where firemen ironically start fires instead of putting them out. The protagonist, Guy Montag, is a fireman whose job is to burn books as well as the homes where the books are founded. Throughout

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    usually doesn’t have the profound effect on them that the teacher was expecting to. However, there is that one diamond in the rough that some students find, a book that makes them see the world differently. That is what happened to me when I read Fahrenheit 451. I always hated reading books in school. For one thing, the material usually wasn’t interesting, and on top of that, if there was anything exciting to learn, we would be hand fed the material instead of being allowed to figure out the purpose

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    Themes In Fahrenheit 451

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    become the present and the future would have no meaning. Fahrenheit 451 displays a deep and thought provoking message to those that read it by showing us what it would be like to live in a society where we are forced to believe one thing, and are never able to form our own opinions. Proving that happiness doesn’t come from peace among the people, but rather the ability to to be able to live our life the way that makes you happy. Fahrenheit 451 contains many valuable themes and lessons that apply to

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    Individuality and sameness are a big part of everyday society. Ray Bradbury speaks of both in the story Fahrenheit 451 where almost everyone is the same except for a few people. Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a sci-fi fantasy that shows the individuality and sameness in humanity using literary devices. In the story very few people are individual or do their own thing. There is a teenage girl who is different from others in her society. Bradbury states, “You are an odd one” (Bradbury 6). She is a very

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    Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, depicts numerous ways the government controls the citizens and their beliefs. The protective state that firemen are portrayed as in modern society is transformed within this futuristic economy. This predominant bureaucracy downgrades books and the value of having them in society. Government authorities depict books as harmful and dangerous to humankind, yet there are still very few people who realize how useful their insight can be to a society. The importance

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    Fahrenheit 451 Criticism

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    Fahrenheit 451 Criticism This criticism with describe three themes and the author of the book. The author is Ray Bradbury, and the three themes are symbolism, alienation, and transformation. The author of Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury. He was born August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. Several of his stories/books are set in towns like Waukegan. When he was a child he watched the horror movies of his time, like The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Like in the main character/hero

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    In Fahrenheit 451 information, independent thought, and freedoms are restricted. The citizens are not allowed to own, possess, or read books. They are kept busy by a plethora of distractions that prevent them from having any ideas of their own. As demonstrated by Mildred, people's attention spans are sufficiently shortened by the technology they are surrounded by, preventing them from seeking any information. The Hunger Games has the same characteristic since the citizens of Panem have limits on

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