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    around the world. The idea of individualism helps our societies function properly. If everyone was the same‚ and if uniqueness was not present‚ civilizations would begin to crumble. In Fahrenheit 451‚ society has been controlled so everyone’s identity is the same. A theme that can be found in the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ is that society shapes and affects the individuality of many people‚ which can be seen through Mildred’s selfishness‚ Faber’s cowardice‚ and Captain Beatty’s unawareness towards the

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    Fire is one of the many symbols represented in Fahrenheit 451. Fire can be observed as both renewal and destruction. The biggest reference to fire is at the end of the novel when Granger explains to Montag the meaning and existence of the Phoenix. Granger explains that every few hundred years‚ a Phoenix will appear and burn himself to ashes. The Phoenix would then spring out from the ashes to be born again. Granger compares this reference to mankind and how it destroys himself‚ only to be rebuilt

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    The author of the story’s real intentions for killing Clarisse was to make an impact on Montag that would change his path in life. Montag‚ as we know from the beginning‚ didn’t really follow the rules. “But Montag did not move and only stood thinking of the ventilator grill in the hall at home and what lay hidden behind the grill. If someone here in the firehouse knew about the ventilator then mightn’t

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    3. 2 How does censorship and self-censorship reinforce each other as demonstrated in Fahrenheit 451 and China? 3. 2. 1 Goals of censorship and self-censorship Censorship is the forced establishment of orthodoxy through controlling the ideas and knowledge circulated in a society. In China‚ freedom of expression is guaranteed for its citizens in the Constitution of People’s Republic of China. However‚ the constitutional right is severely limited by secondary legislation and the court‚ because

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    Fahrenheit 451: A Model For Current Society? The end of the Second World War sparked new cultural movements in American society. Factories which were once used to mass produce airplanes‚ tanks‚ and other machines of war were no longer needed for that purpose. Servicemen returned from overseas to find a massive amount of available jobs‚ wages were higher due to an economic boom‚ and because there were rarely any consumer goods during the war‚ the American people had a massive hunger to go shopping

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    The protagonist Guy Montag initially doubted the value of the books. Although after being open-minded to the knowledge in which books can offer by Clarisse and Faber‚ he began to doubt the occupation of a fireman as well as the dystopian society he lived in. Therefore‚ Montag’s

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    Rashmeet Kaur Mrs. Falato 8th grade Advanced Language Arts 25 August 2010 Ray Bradbury’s timeless classic‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ is divided into three sections. The title of each section has a meaning relevant to the story. The first section being‚ “The Hearth and the Salamander” also has a significance. When fire was first discovered‚ it was used for good things‚ like for warmth‚ cooking food‚ etc. for those people‚ fire was essentially a savior‚ and it represented comfort and survival. Hence‚ the

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    created. When different ideas are formed‚ now opinions form as well‚ and so does dissent. It is the goal of censorship to eliminate this differentiation in thought. It was precisely this censorship that Ray Bradbury was looking at when he wrote Fahrenheit 451. He looked at what would happen if all books were banned‚ instead of just books that people found offensive. The result was a dark and oppressive society that was devoid of any free thought and new ideas besides those created by the presiding

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    in a dystopia world then a MAS. There are similarities and differences of dystopian society to modern American society found in Fahrenheit 451 and firemen‚ 2081 and tv also Fahrenheit 451 and books. The similarities of the fire department in 451 and MAS are they both deal with fire‚ both 451 fire department and MAS were created by Ben Franklin. The difference with 451 fire department is they like to start the fires and burn things. There job is that if you are found with a book they will come

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    book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ their dystopian society meant there was no books so that everyone was equal‚ but this back-lashed on them. Fahrenheit 451 had a dystopian society written to scare us and show us some of our societies biggest fears‚ but what if this idea of dystopia has already presented itself upon our own society cloaked to many but visible to few. Do we strive for equality as surpassingly as they did in Fahrenheit 451? In the science-fiction book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by

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