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    There have been many events throughout my life that have shaped and defined the person I am today. The most impactful moment of my life transpired when I was pursing my B.S. in Physics & Mathematics at Morehouse College in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Like any college year each year presents its onset of obstacles and challenges to overcome. My third year of undergrad was without question the most odious of my four year matriculation. Between four hour labs and courses such as Quantum I‚ Thermodynamics and

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    She was shocked that night‚ and then she quickly runs outside away from her house. She shouted‚ “Red‚ Mar our house is burning. Quick‚ quick” Mar and Red heard her cry and they quickly went out of their house. When Noel also heard Gale’s cry so he also go out from his house. When Noel saw the fire‚ “what happened here?” He said. We don’t know! We just woke up and it’s already burning. Red replied. Mar searched the area and he saw one of Noel’s belonging. “What’s the meaning of this Noel? This is yours

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows how everyone in a society can be very similar and how it stunts the growth of the community. Being a fireman‚ Montag takes on the role of burning books and erasing knowledge from his community. The society took away the privilege of reading books a long time ago to ensure that everyone received the same information and that nobody would be smarter than anyone else. This made people very closed off to new ideas and materials given to them. People thought that being

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    Instead‚ they continuously persist and eradicate whatever impediments or forbidden items linger on their path. Guy Montag is a salamander of his own‚ which is a transparent symbol in the story. He resides in the flames of propaganda. He resides in a burning shelter that has always been his home since the beginning. He remains unaffected because all he knows is to maintain the censorship evident in that particular region. However‚ he cannot perish and so‚ resistant to these flames‚ he scatters away. Legend

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    burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten‚ to see things blackened and changed.” In Ray Bradbury’s thrilling novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag is a fireman but firemen are different in this dystopia. He finds himself spending day after day burning houses and books to keep society conformed to the new laws. After meeting an eccentric girl named Clarisse McClellan she elucidates his myopic view on life. He becomes curious about books and then finds himself in a world of trouble. Montag figures

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    bystander jogger that attempts rescue. No indication of residents inside other than parked car outside in the driveway. Police state that upon arrive there was visible smoke and fire coming from the front window‚ the police officer did not inter the burning structure because she didn’t have proper protective equipment. Police officer did not see any suspicious bystanders on scene‚ but reports that there was a domestic incident between neighbors couple months back. Firefighters implement attack; inter

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    Montag‚ a ____ yet compliant citizen‚ burning books for a living is faced with a call to adventure when Clarisse asks a rather easy question‚ are you happy? With this‚ he refuses the call but soon crosses the first threshold starting to hide and read books. In Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag portrays heroic quests that transform his mindset from that of a compliant citizen to one that strives to protect and preserve the past‚ through books‚ so that information can be accessed and used for

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    The Burning Bed Analysis

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    This paper will go over the movie the burning bed by Robert Greenwald in chronological order tying in the symbolic interaction‚ social conflict‚ and structural functionalism to comprehend the situation and the levels in which to identify them. Francine meets Mickey at a dance‚ and is introduced by a friend. They end up dancing together for the night‚ by Mickey charming her but Francine has no idea what she is about to face‚ as she makes a judgment based on the symbolic interaction she first has with

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    the life of Guy Montag a Firefighter who has lost his hope on his profession and wants to find a meaningful way to live his life. Through a quest to find knowledge‚ going against his profession Montag starts preserving and reading books instead of burning them. This causes an immense amount of trouble for him causing him to have to flee the city to find refuge with a group of exiled professors who will in time give Montag a new outlook on books and knowledge. Fire is a major symbol and plays a major

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    on spitting out "come on‚ Maggie. I know you can do this". I couldn’t help but believe him‚ so yet again‚ I climbed the ladder. I arrived at the top of the boathouse‚ and I crept across the black gravel laid out on the roof of the building. It was burning on my feet‚ since the gravel had absorbed the heat from the sun. Finally‚ I edged myself to the step up that was the edge. It was metal‚ so now it was scorching on my feet; even worse than the gravel. I stood there and felt my stomach fill with butterflies

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