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    In the book Fahrenheit 451, books are looked down upon and if you had any, they would be burnt. In this novel, Guy Montag is a fireman and his job is to burn books and the houses they are at. Montag had hidden books in his home and reads them. Montag’s wife, Mildred, is very different. She goes with the flow of society and spends her time watching a three wall tv and sleeping. In part three, she calls in an alarm on Montag, forcing him to burn the house as she leaves her life behind. As the author

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    But Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 staunchly contrasts these other writings; rather than presenting some omniscient tale admonishing its audience of the dangers of government hierarchy, Bradbury uses satire to criticize primarily emerging trends in society, providing an account that deems them equally as harrowing and dangerous as some authoritarian government, although he does include a limited number of strands involving an anti-government theme. This

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    Walls In Fahrenheit 451

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    earphones in his book “Fahrenheit 451”. This book was written over 50 years ago in a time where records were all the rage, reading was done for fun and televisions were the size of a box. Ray Bradbury accurately forecasts in “Fahrenheit 451” the almost non-existent interest in reading, the unparalleled obsession with televisions and personal earphones.

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    television.”. In The Novel “Fahrenheit 451” The main character, Montag, is a fireman who burns books to rid them. Montag lives in a dystopian society where books are hidden in an attempt to keep society happen, while books are being destroyed, technology is taking over and distracting society. The technology used in the novel consists of “parlors” which are rooms with tvs instead of walls, and seashells which are pretty much wireless headphones. In “Fahrenheit 451” , Ray Bradbury's main theme is

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    reading them.” (Ray Bradbury). Although our world is not perfect it is far better than the dystopian reality for the characters of Fahrenheit 451. Although not outlawed as in the book, literature has become extremely devalued by the past few generations. And it continues to get less and less sought after with each coming decade. The twisted society of the novel Fahrenheit 451 has completely outlawed the reading and ownership of books. The consequences are quite severe if you are caught in possession

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    Fahrenheit 451 Analysis

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    The author of the book Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, believed that “‘the automobile is the most dangerous weapon in our society’” (Conradt). Like his protagonist in Fahrenheit 451, he stuck up for what he believed in. In the book, the protagonist, Guy Montag, is a firefighter, however not in the same way as firefighters are today. In Fahrenheit 451, firefighters start fires to burn books because the government believes they show society’s flaws. When he meets a seventeen year old girl named Clarisse

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    Fahrenheit 451 Analysis

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    F451 ROUGH DRAFT The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury was about a fireman name Guy Montag. Montag does the opposite from what regular fireman do. He starts fires instead of putting them out. Books in Montag's society is forbidden to read and if caught reading the book would be set on fire. Instead of reading, that society watches large amounts of television as big as the wall and listens to the radio attached to their ears. It was not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful conversations

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    Society In Fahrenheit 451

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    Our society that we live in at this moment may be headed for destruction. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, the characters live in a society that is truly awful, but the author shows us that our society could be headed down that path. However, in the story, the beliefs of the main character Guy Montag change drastically, from beginning the novel as an oblivious citizen to ending it by trying to change his society for the better. Guy lives in a society in which the government outlaws books because

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    Society In Fahrenheit 451

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    Our society is headed for destruction, similar to the destruction in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In this novel, the characters live in a society that is truly awful, but the author shows us that our society is heading down that path. However, in the story, the beliefs of the main character Guy Montag change drastically, from beginning the novel as an oblivious citizen to ending it by trying to change his society for the better. Guy lives in a society in which the government outlaws books

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    Fahrenheit 451 Essay

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    Surya Singh Mrs. Mollo English 10 Honors Period 6 25 January 2015 In the society of Fahrenheit 451 there is no meaning of books to the people. Ray Bradbury describes that they think books are useless and they give people pain and awful feelings. The reason for them to think that is they are missing three things that a society needs to read or understand a book. A society needs quality of information, leisure to digest it, the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the first two

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