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    seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think…and Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do! (Ray Bradbury-Fahrenheit 451)". Was Guy Montag the same person at both the beginning and end of Fahrenheit 451? The answer to this question is a definite no. Montag transformed dramatically throughout the story. He started as a person of ignorance‚ but ended a man of enlightenment and intelligence. Montag embarked

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    EN3110 - NOVEL FAHRENHEIT 451 – CRITICAL RESPONSE In Fahrenheit 451‚ Beatty exists as a paradoxical character which has a profound knowledge from the books he burnt but is still against the keeping of these intellectual products. Skillfully‚ Ray Bradbury has built up the important villain through whose arguments we can look at more aspects of the existence of books in our society‚ or generally the maintenance of knowledge. In the conversation between

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    you look around at the children of today‚ what do you see? Most likely‚ you see kids absorbed by cell phones‚ iPads‚ portable video games‚ and other electronic devices. How often‚ however‚ do you see a child consumed by a book? It’s probable that the occurrence of such is rare. More importantly‚ how often do you spend reading instead of allowing yourself to be overtaken by infectious and addicting technology? If you’re anything like the rest of today’s society‚ reading probably doesn’t make it to

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    Fahrenheit 451 The novel Fahrenheit 451 was wrote by Ray Bradbury. The setting takes place in future times. The main character (protagonist) in Fahrenheit 451 is‚ ‘Guy Montag’. Guy Montag has been a fireman for ten years and he doesn’t realize that he is not joyful towards his life. He never questioned the joy of midnight runs. The plot of the story is basically how Guy turned from being an ignorant person into being a person filled with intelligence and a new outlook on life. Guy is a

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    salamander is symbolizing the Guy Montag‚ who is being described as a salamander because he works with fire and believes that he can escape the fire and survive. 3. Quote: 451 fahrenheit Device : Foreshadowing Bradubury uses the title fahrenheit 451 as an foreshadowing technique. 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper ignites‚ which has to do with the act of bookburning. Bradbury uses that to hint the readers of paper (books) burning. 4. Quote: Device:

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    only to find something crude and disgusting. Unfortunately this happens to families every day. In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ he exhibits a society completely censored. Although there are certainly elements of society that should not be hidden from us‚ there are things that should be monitored to keep control. From the fall of the Akkadian Empire to the recent Turkish coup d’etat‚ societies have been hard to control. Censorship helps to prevent these conflicts. Censorship helps to limit the exposure

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    individuals when they are being controlled‚ “controlled”‚ and censored. In Fahrenheit 451 Faber says a healthy society needs three things. The first thing is quality of information. The second is leisure time to digest the information. The last thing is the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interactions of the first to things. In our society we have all the things Faber thinks need to be in a healthy society.

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    The trailer for popular novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ created in our group‚ incorporates five different scenes taken from the novel. The scenes chosen‚ each‚ hold a significance to ideas portrayed throughout the book. The first scene of our trailer involves the bombing of the entire city shown at the end of the novel. The scene is inclusive of a whole city being burned by a wave of flames created by this bomb‚ in which people‚ dogs‚ and other residents are being turned into instant ashes. This scene depicts

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    Fahrenheit 451 emphasizes many symbols throughout the book‚ one of them being fire‚ and how it can be more than just destruction. The theme of fire is shown by representing the destruction of books‚ however to other characters it is seen as more than just fire. "Burning book pages are compared compared to birds flying away (Bradbury‚ 2)." Burning books means more than its destruction. It also means that the book’s history is no longer coming back. Fire has a powerful role in Fahrenheit 451 and its

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    In the short Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag has changed tremendously over the course of the book. Montag transformed from being a bad person to a good person. He was a good citizen but a bad person. Clarise had made the biggest impact on montags and his surroundings. I Believe Montag has changed from a good citizen to a disobedient citizen. To Begin with‚ Montag in the beginning of the book was a good citizen for many reasons‚ he loved his job and was obedient worker. I have found many

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