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    of Fire in Fahrenheit 451 Fire destroys everything in its path. There are no exceptions‚ it does not care what it is burning it only know destruction. Fire even has the ability to destroy thoughts and knowledge. But fire can be a good thing. When a forest burns the ashes from the burnt trees replenish the soil. It allows the forest to regrow. Ray Bradbury‚ science-fiction novelist‚ understands the nature of fire better than anyone and demonstrates that understanding in Fahrenheit 451. Fire captures

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    Bradbury ’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ was written at the onset of the fifties as a call to the American people to reflect on how the dominant social values of their times were effecting both the lives of individual Americans and their government. Fahrenheit 451 attacks utopian government and focuses on society ’s foolishness of always being politically correct. (Mogen 113). According to Mogen‚ Fahrenheit 451 depicts a world in which the American Dream has turned into a nightmare because it has been

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    Fahrenheit 451 The book Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ takes place in an unnamed futuristic city sometime in the twenty-fourth century. The environment is unimaginably modern‚ for technological evolution has changed society into a fantasy land. Doors are programmed to announce visitors before they even arrive. Books are illegal‚ as is any true thought. Mankind has become lazy and ignorant because of the extreme advances in technology. In actuality‚ the people no longer know how to perform simple

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    Technologies Downfall on Society Over many years technology has become a big part of our society. Technology can be good for researching and providing us with information‚ but it can also have a negative effect. In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury indicates that the different technology used in his book have a harmful effect on their civilization. Three different technologies that lead to the downfall of society are the mechanical hound‚ the television‚ and the blood transfusion machine. The mechanical

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    English I Patrick Rojvall Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451 Answer the following questions in paragraph form. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful reading of the novel’s themes and development. Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-14) 1. What do the "fireman" do for a living? For a living the “fireman” burns books and occasionally some people‚ if they are with the book. It’s quite different

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    Fahrenheit 451 This story is by Ray Bradbury and it’s a science fiction novel. It was written in Los Angeles‚ California during 1950-1953. This is a third-person‚ limited omniscient; follows Montag’s point of view‚ often articulating his interior monologues. The setting is sometime in the twenty-fourth century around an unspecified city; there have been two atomic wars since 1990. Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description

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    Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451 As you read each section of the novel‚ answer briefly the following questions. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful examination of the novel’s themes and development.   Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-68) 1. What do the "fireman" do for a living? Firemen burn books. On a deeper level‚ firemen control society and perpetuate the classless uneducated society of Montag’s world.   2. In the

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury shows the dangerous effects of government power and employing a dark dramatic serious tone. When the firefighters were called to set fire to a woman’s home and the books inside. Montag inside the house describes the books falling like‚ “slaughtered birds‚” and the women standing‚ “below like a small girl‚ among the bodies”(34). Bradbury uses this simile to create an eerie image in a readers mind. Also because in this time in which the book takes place people were told

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    How would the world be if it is being controlled with oppression by its own government? Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Bradbury‚ is a novel that talks about a society controlled by a government who tries to brainwash people’s minds and get rid of their knowledge. Guy Montag‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ is a firefighter whose job is to burn the possessions of those who read books. After he meets Clarisse McClellan a girl with free thinking ideals and a liberate spirit causes him to question his own

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    With the use of symbolism‚ Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 explains how a book burning and conformed society leads to soulless individuals who are obsessed with being dependent upon technology. After a reader of Fahrenheit 451 finishes the book‚ they either have a strong opinion about the comparison between Montag’s society‚ and today’s society‚ or they are simply a Mildred‚ having not a care in the world‚ and such. Ray Bradbury uses symbolism to create an outline for themes recurring throughout the

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