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    they want whenever they want. Civilizations would be run by chaos. Although‚ too many or too strict of rules can also be the problem. Too many rules can limit a society or be inhumane to the citizens. So when should rules be broken. The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian fiction about the struggles of a fireman‚ Guy Montag‚ trying to find what is truly right and wrong‚ in a society that controls everything‚ even the thoughts of people through brainwashing and a totalitarian government

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    Fahrenheit 451: The Hope of the Phoenix The word phoenix had symbolize immortality‚ but for the people in Fahrenheit 451‚ their only hope was that the phoenix would be burn out‚ and be reborn again. The myth of the phoenix gave optimism to the life of Montag‚ to the books‚ and to the world of Fahrenheit 451. The world was now dying‚ and nobody seemed to care‚ because the government had brainwashed the people. It was a situation‚ where not only the brave‚ but the ones who can think for themselves

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    Marriage‚ the undying love bond between two people that wish to continue their lives together until death do them part. When getting married the relationship is to be honored above all costs and everlasting. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Mildred is married to Guy Montag. In their society‚ books are forbidden it is against the law to possess‚ read or study any single book. When a person is found to be in possession of a book‚ firefighters will come and properly dispose of the book along with

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Ray Bradbury uses character development to support the theme of the importance of knowledge versus ignorance of knowledge. The knowledge books contain is ignored by society because of strict laws that prohibit people from reading books‚ and requires the burning of books. The law also influences people to ignore the knowledge contained in books with the hope of creating an equal society. Throughout the novel Guy Montag transforms through his interactions with others and

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    The book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ doesn’t explain how the revolution of banning books was pursued and how the society responded to this change. I don’t think that this big of a revolution would be possible for many reasons. People would not allow the government to control them to the point where numerous rights were taken away from them. For example‚ if the right to own a gun were taken away from us American citizens‚ there would be huge riots‚ which in turn would inevitably overthrow the government. Bradbury

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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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    Joseph Brodsky‚ a Russian poet once mentioned that “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 integrates themes such as censorship; disguised as entertainment through characters‚ events or other themes censorship becomes one of the most seen themes throughout the novel especially in the following instances: firemen burning books‚ prohibition of books‚ and mass media (TV). Characters such as Montag the firemen‚ Clarisse the girl

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    Symbolism of the Pheonix in Fahrenheit 451 Dakota Davis The Phoenix has been used as a symbol of great importance for thousands of years expressing the beliefs of the Egyptians and Chinese in the ancient times‚ as well as being the national symbol for the United States until 1902. The Phoenix assists author Ray Bradbury to give hope to a futuristic censorship society without passion‚ morals‚ or beliefs.  In Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag‚ Clarisse‚ Faber‚ and others are all portrayed as phoenixes in their

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    Is ignorance bliss? Or can true happiness come only from knowledge? In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ lives in a futuristic‚ dystopian version of the United States in which knowledge is frowned upon‚ ignorance runs rampant‚ and uniformity is imperative. To fit in with the societal assumption that sameness equates to happiness‚ Guy feels he must conform and play the part of a contented citizen. However‚ Guy frequently finds himself questioning the validity of his

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    “Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there’s your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries of more." (Bradbury 61). Ray Bradbury shows how the government in the world of Fahrenheit 451 keeps its citizens ’happy’‚ swaying them away from politics and negative things that they think might affect them in some way. "It was a pleasure to burn."(Bradbury 7). This is how Bradbury introduces Guy Guy and the life of a fireman‚ he describes what the job and life style of a fireman

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