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    compliant citizen‚ burning books for a living is faced with a call to adventure when Clarisse asks a rather easy question‚ are you happy? With this‚ he refuses the call but soon crosses the first threshold starting to hide and read books. In Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag portrays heroic quests that transform his mindset from that of a compliant citizen to one that strives to protect and preserve the past‚ through books‚ so that information can be accessed and used for the future benefit

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    symphonies of blazing and  appropriate because society views  burning to bring down the tatters  music as a beautiful‚ majestic form  and charcoal ruins of history.  of art‚ while burning books‚  With his symbolic helmet  buildings‚ and human beings is  numbered 451 on his stolid head‚  destructive and inhuman.    and his eyes all orange flame with  the thought of what came next‚ he  flicked the igniter and the house  jumped up in a gorging fire that  burned the evening sky red and  yellow and black.”   p.2 “It never went away

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    Lizeth Garcia Ms. Jacober American Literature December 5‚ 2016 Title     Fahrenheit 451 is still relevant in today’s world because human beings are still being brainwashed everyday‚ even if they don’t realize it‚ it happens to them all the time from just watching television to learning in school. For example back then when you wanted to find the answers to anything you were required to research it in books till you found the answers and now you can simply type your questions online and millions

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    Anosh Jamal Ms. Braga ENG 2D1 April 20‚ 2015 The Fahrenheit 451 Essay Rebellion means to stand up for what one believes is right. Rebellion involves hardship and struggle. It involves betrayal from the people who are closest to one. It causes one to realize the true nature of people. In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury‚ rebellion plays an important role in Montag’s journey through betrayal‚ hardship and giving him a better realization of the world. In Montag’s journey he faces betrayal

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    Think For Yourself Books are written in order to teach lessons‚ share experiences‚ inform people‚ or simply entertain other. However‚ no matter the purpose of the book‚ it always staying relevant because it leaves something behind. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is no exception. This story stays important even after sixty-three years because it leaves the reader with the lesson of how crucial it is to always think for yourself. For most of his life‚ the protagonist of the story‚ Montag‚ has always

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    implications Ray Bradbury and Andrew Niccol are both sci-fi/dystopian authors who have expressed concerns of the use of technology in the future. Ray Bradbury displays his contextual concerns about the destructive capabilities of technology in his book Fahrenheit 451‚ and Andrew Niccol in his film (based on his book) Gattaca. Both texts emphasise the potential destructive elements of technology on society by raising ethical questions and enforcing a strict technological control on society. Utopia is a

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    Exposition Readers meet Montag‚ a firefighter whose intention is to make discharge that copies books; Mildred‚ his wife who lean towards her seashells and ’the family’ (TV) to genuine individuals like Clarisse. Fellow Montag is a firefighter‚ persons who smolder things as a profession. His wife‚ Mildred‚ live in a tragic culture. Rising Action The novel is set in a futuristic community whereby fishermen starts the fire‚ and all the books are banned. Montag‚ being a fisherman meets a woman whose name

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    Fahrenheit 451 – when books burn The book Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury and is about a futuristic community which does not tolerate books. In this community‚ the firemen are sent out to burn buildings that are believed to contain books. Guy Montag’s understanding of fire changes throughout the novel. At first‚ it is a pleasure to burn; a pleasure to see things blackened and changed‚ but it becomes a comforting symbol of warmth. “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure

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    the law!’ “Oh of course” (Page 23) This quote shows conformity because when Clarisse asked Montag “Do you ever read any of the books you burn‚” Montag quickly replied with “That’s against the law.” From that‚ we can tell that everyone in the Fahrenheit 451 society is like a robot; they are programmed to shun anything that is frowned upon in their society. In this quote Clarisse and Montag are walking down the street and Clarisse is asking questions that tie into Montag’s beliefs and his personal

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    The Hearth and the Salamander is the title of the first section of Fahrenheit 451. The meaning of The Hearth and the Salamander can be symbolic and straight forward. The word “hearth” is a brick/stone fireplace‚ often with an oven‚ used for heating and originally also used for cooking food. Since the hearth is usually a home’s central and most important feature‚ which the concept has been generalized to refer to the household‚ as "hearth and home" and "keep the home fires burning". The salamander

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