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Fahrenheit 451 Book Analysis

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Seeking Freedom based on the Restriction on Books
In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, Montag and his society struggle for freedom based on the restriction of books. During a conversation between Clarisse and Montag about his job, Clarisse says to him, “‘Do you even read any of the books you burn?” He laughed. ‘That’s against the law!” (Bradbury 5). Ray Bradbury shows us that censorship is happening within their society. Book burning is a exaggerated phrase that describes the suppression of those writing the books. Government relations are conclusively an enemy to the society and its freedom. Another example of the struggle for freedom in Ray Bradbury’s novel would be, “We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren’t happy. Something’s

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