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    fistful of pills that can guarantee a good night’s sleep. And most important of all there are no books to hurt anyone’s feeling or to poison anyone’s mind with conflicting thoughts. These are the hallmarks of the society in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ where the primary purpose of life is hedonism‚ an uninhibited

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    Chapter V SUMMARY FINDINGS‚ CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION This chapter indicated the general findings of the study. The summary indicated the general finding for the statement of the problem. The conclusion is the generalization and interpretation of the findings lastly‚ the recommendations are logical actions that will help solve the problem discovered in the investigation. Summary of Findings: 1) 18 students in Physical Science class at Arellano University Pasig participated in this study

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    Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a dystopian society. A dystopian society is futuristic illusion of a perfect society that is controlled by the government. At many occasions in the book it proves that it is a dystopian society that Montag lives in because of the context it consists of. Characteristics such as‚ Freedom‚ information‚ and personal thought is prohibitted‚ individual personality lost and looked down upon‚ and propaganda used to control the citizens‚ is present in the text of the book.

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    V For Vendetta. Dir. James McTeigue Prod. Grant Hill‚ Andy Wachowski ‚Larry Wachowski‚Joel Silver Perf. Natalie Portman‚ Hugo Weaving‚   Stephen Rea.2005 DVD Warner Brothers Film Project Spring 2013 Word Count:1‚584 Annotation: In a near future the world takes a complete turnaround. Full with disease‚ war‚ and an economic meltdown a repressive totalitarian government starts to take over Great Britain. But‚ there is one man who will not let this happen. “V” a man who

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    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” in the

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    general public may focus on superficial aspects of the candidate‚ such as outward appearance‚ rather than on issues. Both media and technology can have a profound influence on elections as evidenced by the 1960 presidential debate‚ the book Fahrenheit 451‚ and the 2008 presidential election. During the 1960 presidential debate‚ as media and technology evolved‚ voters shifted from primarily using the newspaper to television as an information source‚ and television proved to be both an asset and a hindrance

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    Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury exploring the effects of a simplistic society devoid of free thinking and reliant on cheap satisfactions. The story follows a fireman whose job is to burn books and put an end to the sharing of knowledge. The novel reveals the psyche of many of its characters‚ and also the author. Psychoanalytic theory was created by Sigmund Freud‚ a famous Austrian psychologist. It is a theory used to explain human behaviour. Psychoanalytic theory states that the

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    enjoy the simple things in life? These very questions are outlined in the novel Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit 451‚ no one is allowed to ask questions and are only given answers‚ life goes by so fast that people aren’t allowed to stop and learn on their own time‚ and books are so sacred‚ yet so dangerous‚ they must be kept hidden. People need to think for themselves and ask questions. In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the government deceives people about how everything came to be. Nobody even thinks to question

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    society would turn out with complete censorship of media. Many authors see it as their responsibility to try to warn people of the dangers of complete control of media‚ as authors have a voice to a wide range of people. Ray Bradbury’s Novel Fahrenheit 451 uses the theme of censorship to describe how controlled media can affect a society’s ability to think individually. Bradbury’s thoughts on censorship can be compared to Plato’s ideas on censorship and his Cave Theory. Plato’s Cave theory starts with

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    Part 1 1. Bradbury has chosen the phoenix and the salamander as symbols for his book Fahrenheit 451. He chose these animals as symbols because these animals are both mythic creatures related to fire‚ which is a main idea in the story. In the story of Fahrenheit 451‚ it talks about a dystopian society where people function as one large group. In this society‚ books are banned and when found‚ they are to be immediately reported to the firemen and then the books would be burned. The main character

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