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    Whenever a conflict arises‚ everyone seems quick to put the blame on one person‚ not stopping to think how everyone might have made choices that led them to that specific situation. In “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury‚ the classmates ostracize Margot since they blame her for a problem that wasn’t her fault. In “Let You Down” NF‚ the narrator‚ believes that the problem is completely his fault‚ but he soon realizes that he isn’t the only one responsible. In both “All Summer in a Day” and “Let

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    Fahrenheit 451‚ the author‚ Ray Bradbury‚ warns people about the bad things technology can cause. He uses many different aspects to show the terrible effects. Similarly‚ today people are losing many of their necessary characteristics because of automation. Ray Bradbury incorporates the warning of futuristic technology by using the ideas of privacy breach‚ antisocial behavior and brainwashing of the outside world. Collateral to the futuristic community created by Bradbury in the novel‚ technology

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    In the dystopian story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury it takes place on a colonized planet of Venus. On Venus it always rains and focuses on school kids. Only the main character Margot remembers what the sun feels like‚ this is because she came from the planet Earth. For this reason many of her peers resent her and make fun of her. Throughout the story the reader can tell that the ‘darkness’ may cloud someone’s judgment until they see the light. In the beginning this is shown when the story

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    want to know said realities or not. So what is it called when those books are taken away? It is called censorship. Plain‚ simple‚ and no way around it. The book Fahrenheit 451 gives perfect insight as to what life would be like with the lack of books. Ray Bradbury’s story not only shows life without books‚ but also critics the society of today and how books are lacking. Books are being taken away in Fahrenheit 451 because their government does not want its people to have the knowledge that the books

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    Gouri Vinod Ms. Vent AP Brit Lit 4 January 2015 As quoted by American author Ray Bradbury‚ “plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations”‚ a piece of literature is composed from documenting the various actions committed by its characters. Their personas alter from chapter to chapter‚ scene to scene‚ as they experience external influences such as other characters‚ tragedy‚ profit‚ etc. Character growth and change is then

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    In the story "The Veldt" Ray Bradbury presents a strong idea about why the parents were the fault of their own death. "But nothing’s too good for our children‚" George said. George and Lydia bought a lot of technology bemused‚ that their children should have the best and most advanced technology. Maybe the children killed their parents‚ but it was the fault of themselves that led to their fatality. Initially‚ George and Lydia didn’t try hard enough to discipline their children. Every time they’ve

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    In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ it was almost seen as a felony if one was caught with books in their possessions. The mentality was that books were seen to indoctrinate people to believe in unpopular ideas and also that it can cause people to become antisocial. The ironic part of the book was that Montag‚ a fireman who burned books for a living‚ ended having an open mind and started to read books. This is what books are all about. They open up peoples’ mind and educate them to ideas that

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book that should be taught in a high school student’s education because of the warnings and important messages it displays. In my opinion‚ the most important message in the book has to do with the misuse of technology. Bradbury even says himself that technology can be useful in some ways‚ but that it can’t and shouldn’t replace human connection and interaction. He uses the example of TV’s on all four walls to get his point across that people are paying more

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    “All a joke!” said the boy‚ and seized her roughly. In the story All summer in A Day‚ a short story by Ray Bradbury‚ Margot‚ a small timid girl gets one of her wishes ripped away from her. It was the first day in seven years that the sun would appear in the planet of Venus. Everybody in Margot’s class didn’t believe the stories she told them from when she lived on planet Earth. The day th sun would be coming out‚ Margot told the class what was going to happen‚ but as usual they just ignored her and

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    Margot is a very quiet girl‚ she mostly stood alone away from the other children. There has been raining for seven years and there hasn’t been any sun in those years. In this book the author Ray Bradbury is expressing the importance through the theme of the story. There are two themes that I found was important in this story. Margot doesn’t really talk to anyone she usually just looks and walk away. The children are jealous of her. They are jealous because of many reasons. In the story there are

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