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    is just another word in the english language. There is a distinct difference between these two types of people making it so easy to compare and contrast them in many aspects. Fahrenheit 451 shows these two people in the world at an ongoing battle between each other which sets it up for quite the conflict. In Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury conveys that knowledge supersedes ignorance through Clarisse changing Montag‚ Montag getting Mrs Bowles out of his house‚ and showing the effects of television to society

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    Kristine Pham H. Freshmen Lit & Composition Summer 2014 Dialectic Journal Assignment FAHRENHEIT 451 TEXT CHAPTER & PAGE RESPONSE (Question‚ Predict‚ Connect‚ Clarify‚ Reflect‚ Evaluate) "With the brass nozzle in his fists‚ with this great python spitting it ’s venomous kerosene upon the world‚ the blood pounded his head‚ and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history." Chapter

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    marked by paradoxes. They were a time of peace and a time of fear; a time of prosperity and a time of unease; a time of conformity and a time of rebellion; a time of renewed religion and a time of widespread materialism” (Shmoop Editorial Team). In Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury uses self-contradictory sentences and situations to express his message about society. In this book‚ the author is tenacious in using paradoxes to expose how people in the 1950s lived a blurred and less-than-mediocre life. Given

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    zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at dawn‚ a philosophical hour‚ and thus a melancholy hour." Ray Bradbury’s character of Beatty explains how technology has negatively had a negative effect in Fahrenheit 451. Technology transforms around us every day and almost every day new technology comes out that makes last year’s technology seem almost prehistoric. There is no question that technology has made life easier and more convenient as well as‚ travel

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    Elena Moya Mrs. Fayter English 10 Honors January 16‚ 2011 Montag Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Physical Charcoal hair soft-colored brows and blush ash smeared checks‚ an unshaven look Looks like all the other fire fighters Emotional At the beginning Montag was content and satisfied with his job and life After meeting Clarisse he became confused Admitted he is unhappy He feels a deep sense of guilt and pain because of the condition of society Intellectual It was Montag curiosity

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    books Brave New World‚ 1984‚ and Fahrenheit 451 clear opposition to these subtle entrapments was voiced in similarly convincing ways. They first all established‚ to varying degrees of balance‚ the atmosphere and seductiveness of the "utopia" and the fear of the consequences of acting in the non-prescribed way through character development. A single character is alienated because of their inability to conform – often in protest to the forced conditions of happiness and well being. Their struggle is

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    Do they really show their true emotions or are they hiding them behind a mask? Do they know what family is really or is it just a screen? Do they share emotions? Do they have conversations? In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shares similarities and differences involving the corruption of human interaction and gilded emotions. Our world and the dystopian society presented in F451 are very similar yet shares many differences especially within emotions and social interactions. Many people

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    In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ there is an obvious conflict between the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ and his boss‚ Captain Beatty. The conflict develops as Montag’s ideas do. Once Montag is introduced to Clarisse McClellan‚ he begins to reevaluate his beliefs toward his society. “You always said‚ don’t face a problem‚ burn it. Well‚ now I’ve done both.” (Bradbury 121) Montag was referring to Beatty. In Beatty’s eyes‚ books were the problem and instead of solving this so-called problem‚ he chose

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    “She’s dead. Let’s talk about someone alive‚ for goodness’ sake.” “She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted.” “It’s only a dog‚ that’s what! You want me to shoo him away?” “Books aren’t people. You read and I look all around‚ but there isn’t anybody!” “He might come and burn the house and the ‘family.’ That’s awful! Think of our investment.” “What about Clarisse McClellan‚ where do we look for her? The morgue! Listen!” “How in the hell did those bombers

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    Burning Bright‚ Burning Right It was that time of day when the afternoon barely gave away to the glorious wonders of the night. The birds had stopped chirping and the many creatures that stirred in the ruins of the city‚ those that found it livable‚ had retreated to their underground homes. It had been a decade‚ a lifetime since the city had been reduced to rubble. The radiation still lingered in the air. It added a new taste‚ similar to the taste of an orange or a lemon. The crater from the bomb

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