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    Individuality sets people apart from other people‚ but some people want to be the same as everyone else. In Fahrenheit 451 the author shows characters in different proportions to let the readers understand the characters better. In the science fiction‚ Fahrenheit 451 ‚ the author‚ Ray Bradbury uses characterization to express individuality and sameness. In Fahrenheit 451 one of the characters that displays eccentricity is Clarisse. Clarisse is a female that does things that other people do not do

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    Independent Reading- Fahrenheit 451 Passage Paper Neil Y A. The passage I chose comes from the beginning of the book Fahrenheit 451‚ in the section‚ “The Hearth and the Salamander”. This passage takes place in the early stages of the book when an alarm‚ Guy Montag‚ the protagonist‚ and the other firefighters to an old house owned by an old lady. The old woman refuses to abandon her home and insists that she wants to die among her books. She lights a match and burns herself along with all her books

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    mentally or emotionally. In the novels “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ Both Montag and the animals of the farm go through their own individual journeys and obstacles and in the end coming out of it a new person. The obstacles during the journey shape us rather than just the journey itself because it is during those obstacles when you’re truly on the path of finding who you are. From the beginning of “Fahrenheit 451 to the end of the novel‚ there are major

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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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    In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ written by Ray Bradbury‚ the idea of banning books is a central theme. No books are allowed in this dystopian society. In America today‚ various groups of people try to get books banned or censored. When America was formed as a nation‚ every citizen was given freedoms and rights. One of these freedoms was freedom of speech; however‚ when a book is censored or banned‚ the authors freedom of speech is restricted or taken away entirely. Censoring‚ restricting‚ or banning

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    true happiness. Or does it? Ray Bradbury’s book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ illustrates exactly what the world would be if people were separated so completely from their feelings that they were unable to comprehend the true meaning and feeling of real satisfaction. Although Fahrenheit 451 and our society today are distinctly different‚ they also have some startling similarities. Why are people separated from their feelings in the first place? In Fahrenheit 451‚ people are disconnected from their feelings because

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    Is it possible to go from someone who conforms‚ to becoming a full on individual? Is it safer for people to stick to their community’s ideas‚ beliefs and morals‚ or is it nice to have parts of them that make them stand out? In Fahrenheit 451‚ there are characters that stick to following the crowd‚ while Montag believes that having a little individuality can only benefit him. The author‚ Ray Bradbury reveals the theme that despite the fact that every character shows some form of conformity‚ Montag

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    Consider the role of television in the film; and how it used in society. What role does it play in this culture of the film and why is it preferred to reading? Usually‚ the parlor walls contain large wall-sized television screens. They put a screen that is as large as the wall in a particular room‚ and if they can get all four walls of a room covered in television screens‚ then you have a total and complete interactive and entertainment package. At the beginning of the movie‚ Mildred and Montag

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    Do you think that living in a technical world would destroy society? Well‚ in Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ technology is very advanced and seems to get people’s attention. "You’re not important. You’re not anything" (Bradbury 163). Fahrenheit 451 is explained as a dystopian literature. Such literature portrays an imaginary world where misguided attempts to create a utopia‚ or a socially and politically perfect place‚ results in “large scale human misery." (Critique by Michael M. Levy) This quote

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    Understanding that fireman set fire instead of putting them out is difficult to comprehend. For instance‚ in Fahrenheit 451 setting fire to books is a dramatic interpretation which leads to dehumanization. Life of 1953 future was a society of deceit and lacked independence. It was a world without books to read. The author‚ Ray Bradbury‚ observed how technology has made people become less human and less capable of independent thought. It was also not normal for pedestrians to talk and have meaningful

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