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    Two books that I have read this year are Of Mice and Men and Fahrenheit 451. These two books have characters that emerge out of a state of emergency. There were many reasons that triggered these characters actions‚ but the main one was that they both lived in a world in which the government censored their knowledge. While Guy Montag and V both emerge in similar ways‚ they both have their different roles in their world that lead them to their emergence. Montag is caused by first being a part of the

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    society described in Fahrenheit 451. Mildred Montag is a woman molded by society to be their perfect robot of a citizen. She keeps a seashell radio in her ear preventing any thoughts‚ ideas‚ or memories she may have. Mildred also hates books and believes they are meaningless‚ which is an average characteristic of the people in Fahrenheit 451’s society. A third characteristic of her that makes her an ideal citizen is that she is an emotionless drone. Overall Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ presents

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    Sandoval Mr. Robertson English 12 AP August 21‚ 2013 The Life of a Book is Tough: The value of literature In the novella Fahrenheit 451‚ written by the author Ray Bradbury‚ the characters live a fast-paced life of leisure in which books are meaningless. Literature has completely no use to the people in the future created by Bradbury; it takes up “precious” time that they choose to spend on movies and interactive television. Books and other forms of literature are scorned and even against

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    course‚ there are days when I do not want to do anything‚ and the best part is when I walk into class and we get to watch a movie or write a basic in class essay. My “first real paper” was written about one of my favorite books I had read so far‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I went into vivid detail on how this

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    The books‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ and Feed by M.T. Anderson‚ each describes a dystopian future where technology is dominant‚ and literature is close to extinction. In these futures‚ technology causes humans to dumb down. While societies strict social standards creates each person to be similar to one another‚ allowing groups to be manipulated easier. The books have a similar theme; don’t let technology get out of control. In Fahrenheit 451’s future‚ technology overtakes literature and human

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    Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are two different books with a lot of similarities and although written years ago‚ can still be applicable to the world today. Several conflicting frames of mind have played defining roles in shaping humanity throughout the twentieth century. Visions of a bright future held by humanity were taken advantage of by the promise of a better life through the sacrifice of individuality to the state. The trickery and the treachery by both ruling government shows their similarities

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    The destruction of the Fahrenheit 451 society When major or even minor problems are found within a society‚ they can cause a huge meltdown and even the destruction of the whole society. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ the society has to deal with some very big problems. The Fahrenheit 451 society was destroyed through its disregard human life‚ inability to think‚ and absence of imagination. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ the society has to deal with some big problems that eventually

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    this supposed utopian society‚ it is revealed that‚ at some point in time‚ this society slowly began to spiral downwards. It would soon develop into a dystopian society where social values and standards have become greatly distorted and skewed. When applying the themes in this book to our current society‚ comparisons can be drawn in areas such as technology‚ social interactions and education in both societies.

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    not‚ you still use books. They provide the information that is the basis of life; the everyday things. People that live in the communities of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Giver by Lois Lowry don’t have books. How do they live? It seems very hard to a person in today’s society to understand the lives of the people without books. In Fahrenheit 451 books are completely banned. The protagonist Guy Montag’s job is to burn books so that others can’t read them. Jonas‚ the protagonist of The Giver

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    The Value of Books The novel Fahrenheit 451 has a powerful message for readers in this day of age because of the similarities between our world and the novel’s. People can achieve knowledge about the downfall of society in a technology excelled‚ futuristic world through Fahrenheit 451. Even though the narrative is a story‚ it still contains truth about our world. Some will argue that fictional books such as Fahrenheit 451 are written simply for entertainment instead of representing the ideals of

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