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    often criticizes some aspect of modern society and usually contains at least one character who realizes what is really going on and decides to fight against it. Two good examples of dystopian literature are Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Fahrenheit 451 is one novel that fits very well into the dystopian genre. One element of the

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    Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury uses fire to represent the wreckage and rebirth of history. Fire is used to suggest that destroying history makes people happy because it hides and uncomfortable past. “It was a pleasure to burn‚” (3) this was the first sentence in the book Fahrenheit 451. In the story‚ Montag was a fireman. He started books on fire to burn away all the history. The history was hidden because it provoked new ideas and thoughts that made people unique. These people did not fit into the Government’s

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    Censorship Will Burn You According to Ray Bradbury in 2053 all the firefighters will be used to censor people from books. The author of Fahrenheit 451 shows situational irony in his writing of censorship in the future. The readers go into the book thinking that the main protagonist will be causing problems for the fire department when really the main character Guy Montag and his colleagues are the firefighters. Bradbury uses firefighters to destroy books‚ burn down the houses and arrest anyone who

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    Jamoni Richardson Hr:3 In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 he was writing about what our future could be like if we continue to do as we do today. If all we do is sit around all day watching TV we don’t create relationships and friendships‚ we lose them. In the world of Fahrenheit 451 your best friend is your TV. You miss out on all good things in life because you’re too busy not thinking about life‚ communicating with others‚ and you’re not actually feeling. You try so hard to not feel‚ and it isn’t

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    In Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451‚ there are many warnings. Censorship is one of the clearest warnings throughout the book along with cautions about the overuse of technology and the need for acceptance of all people. These issues can still apply today because they can be easily related to in our everyday lives. Fahrenheit 451 was used as a cautionary tale back when it was written and it still applies today. Censorship in Fahrenheit 451 is one of the key topics. The “firemen”

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    In Fahrenheit 451 Mildred is the wife of Guy Montag. She is a stay at home wife who likes to talking to her “family” who are different people she met online. Mildred plays a big role in this novel because she is the person who turns in Montag to the firemen. She turns him in because he was reading their neighbors a poem and she wanted him to stop so she pulled the alarm for the fire department. Mildred turned in her own husband you can say for a social life. Mildred is portrayed as a petty and unhappy

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    literature is important to society’s functionality. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ quality literature is taken away. In “How Literature Inspires Empathy” by Joe Fassler spoken by Alaa Al Aswany‚ the article shows the positive side of having quality literature. High quality literature has an impact in how society functions. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury showcases the negative consequences of taking away literature. The society of Fahrenheit 451 is full of robotic‚ emotionless‚ thoughtless people

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    course‚ there are days when I do not want to do anything‚ and the best part is when I walk into class and we get to watch a movie or write a basic in class essay. My “first real paper” was written about one of my favorite books I had read so far‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I went into vivid detail on how this

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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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    Fahrenheit 451: A Summary (1) In 1953‚ Ray Bradbury published one of his best-known novels: Fahrenheit 451. (2) The story‚ an eerie futuristic tale‚ depicts a society that destroys itself because of the singular pursuit of pleasure. (3) Books are illegal. (4) Politics and world events are banned. (5) The main character’s wife‚ Mildred‚ goes about her day-to-day life in a television-enhanced haze‚ blindly seeking the next thrill yet completely miserable in the process. (6) Her character is the

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