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    Beatty: the Man‚ the Myth‚ the Legend Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury follows the life of Guy Montag‚ and the people who shape the person he becomes. It all begins with Montag working happily as a fireman‚ but his job isn’t to put out fires-it’s to start them. In the society that Montag lives in books have become illegal‚ and it’s now firemen’s jobs to burn any books left in their world. As Montag’s story continues he meets a girl that makes him question whether he’s really happy or not. While Montag

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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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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows how everyone in a society can be very similar and how it stunts the growth of the community. Being a fireman‚ Montag takes on the role of burning books and erasing knowledge from his community. The society took away the privilege of reading books a long time ago to ensure that everyone received the same information and that nobody would be smarter than anyone else. This made people very closed off to new ideas and materials given to them. People thought that being

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    “We live in a time where there’s an alienation factor. there’s a certain disconnection. we don’t have any real sense of community anymore”(Ball). Similarly‚ Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451‚ this society in the future is disconnected with one another. In the society where firemen burn books‚ Montag is a firemen who believes books might reconnect society again. He believes with the help of an old english professor‚ Faber‚ and himself can help reconnect society once again. A few obstacles appear

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    While reading Fahrenheit 451‚ it became clear to see the many reasons why it was a banned book at one point. Ray Bradbury includes multiple remarks about religion‚ specifically the Bible and the superior power God. He not only includes talk of religion but also makes it clear that the society which Montag lives in is clearly corrupt‚ but for most of the people within that society‚ it seems perfectly stable. What may be completely shocking to some when they first read Fahrenheit 451 may be the fact

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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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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ the readers can feel and recognize the apprehensive and irony tone as reading. The author chooses the gloomy dark sky as the setting for the beginning of the book when Montag‚ the main character‚ starts meeting a teenager girl‚ Clarisse as a way to introduce and a little foreshadowing for the readers about this novel. For example‚ the firemen in this book are not those people who help prevent the fire or run the fire away‚ but they are the people who start

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    Fahrenheit 451 Socratic Seminar Keeping people out of “the cave” can be a burdensome task that requires a plentiful amount of strategy and intelligence. “The cave” may be defined as a somber place where the ignorance of those who inhabit it manifests and thrives‚ and this cave is an internal part of one’s mind‚ body‚ and soul. In order to keep people out of the cave‚ one must make certain that the confined are enlightened‚ the false interpretations of the real world are analyzed‚ the chains

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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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