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    Individuality is the uniqueness of a person‚ it’s the particular things the distinguishes us from another person. It can be their personality‚ or it can be what they like to do. An example in Fahrenheit 451 is their neighborhood. Not all of the residents are the exact same. Take Clarisse and Mildred for example. One likes to take walks and talk to people‚ while the other likes to stay inside or watch tv. I believe what really constitutes individuality are the people themselves because you as an individual

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    Ray Bradbury refers to the book of Revelation towards the end of Fahrenheit 451. Something that I find to be coincidental is that the book of Revelation is also the very last book of the bible. At the end of the book‚ when the bomb goes off‚ everything seems to go down hill. Montag seems to believe as if all hope is lost. Will things ever change for Montag and the others? Will society ever get better? Throughout Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury alludes to quotes that refer to something that represent

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    Fahrenheit 451 is a very interesting book. I say this because it is a book that is written in a way‚ the writer thinks the world will be in the future. Its cool to see what they had envisioned‚ as well as if they were right about anything that they had said. Ray Bradbury‚ was right about a lot of the future‚ we know as today. Ray had saw a world in the future‚ as a word filled with technology. Although that he had thought we would have seen stuff‚ like robotic dogs and such‚ were very accurate

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    In the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury tells a story of the characteristic evolution of Guy Montag. Montag is a fireman that sets fires instead of putting them out. The government he lives in banishes books and burns down people’s houses who may have them. However‚ when Montag discovers the powerful effect books have on people who are brave enough to read them‚ he is put into great danger when he is on the run from law enforcement because firefighters discover books in his home. He leaves

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    In Fahrenheit 451 (1953) Ray Bradbury examines the consequences of censorship and the influence the world without books has on society. Bradbury first brings censorship to life when society wants to set all people as equal and create a community where everyone thinks like one another. To begin‚ Bradbury first demonstrates that censorship results in a lack of independent thinking. Bradbury exhibits the idea that censorship affects individualistic thinking when he states‚ “Fat‚ too‚ and didn’t dress

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    e ringer to have a child‚ but if you ask any good mother‚ they’d do it all over again for their kid. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury exhibits the benefits of suffering in many different instances throughout the story. In fact‚ one of the most monumental moments for Montag‚ the main character‚ portrayed suffering differently. In the scene‚ Montag‚ whose job as a firefighter is to burn books‚ gets a call that books have been found in an older lady’s home. Montag and his co-workers set off to burn the

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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ author‚ Bradbury‚ uses a number of paradoxes to mock and exaggerate aspects of real society. In the novel‚ the author creates a despotic government where the protagonist Montag‚ acknowledges that there is something missing in this society and he feels empty. Montag becomes valiant and takes an adventure to find out what is missing. Bradbury’s main focus in this novel is based on technology. He believes it can have negative impact on our lives. Throughout the novel‚ Bradbury uses

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    By not striving to become knowledgeable Mildred in Fahrenheit 451 became complacent‚ today we want quick progress with minimal input of knowledge and the Bible offers the conclusion that if people do not strive for wisdom they cannot reach their full potential Galatians 6:7 “Do not be deceived‚ God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows‚ this he will also reap.” Because Mildred was ignorant she exempted herself from thinking. But is being ignorant positive? In Mildred’s case‚ that is not a question

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    Cold War In Fahrenheit 451 In writings‚ influences of history and culture appear before the reader‚ some are on purpose. Others bleed through the pages from the events that are taking place at the time the author writes. During the cold war many authors found inspiration from the unsettling atmosphere that plagued over the world. This inspiration was a sense of danger and insecurity that bled into many writings through the nineteen nineties. During this time many authors were writing great novels

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    Who are Mildred Montag and Clarisse McClellan? Mildred and Clarisse are the main female characters in Fahrenheit 451. These two women both represent the two sides of society. Clarisse represent the feared and unspoken. She is extremely anti-social to the outside world. While Mildred is more outspoken. Mildred is a social able person that falls in with the crowd. She does everything everyone else does. She honestly does not care about anything or anyone. (Besides her TV family) Everything about Mildred

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