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    Rules are in place for a reason. Without rules societies would collapse‚ people would do what they want whenever they want. Civilizations would be run by chaos. Although‚ too many or too strict of rules can also be the problem. Too many rules can limit a society or be inhumane to the citizens. So when should rules be broken. The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a dystopian fiction about the struggles of a fireman‚ Guy Montag‚ trying to find what is truly right and wrong‚ in a society that

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    They were both still wary‚ keeping an eye on their back trail. For once‚ they talked as they walked and Alma liked the noise they made. Two or three times‚ the hound took off on a track‚ and they had to call him back. “Would be a lot easier to call that red boned hound‚ if he had a name‚” Gabe said. Alma nodded. “You’re right‚ what do you think suits him.” “Terror‚” comes to mind. Alma laughed for the first time today. She clapped her hands‚ and the half-grown red‚ brown dog came leaping out of the

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    Throughout the novel‚ Bradbury uses many paradoxes on the subject technology. He reveals his opinion on technology such as‚ how he thinks it is a distraction‚ taking the place of books‚ and forces people to like the same thing. For instance‚ the Mechanical Hound is used for trepidation

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    Enmanuel Perez 2/20/13 English 192- MTA Professor Samantha Zighelboim “Poetry Analysis on Diana and Actaeon” In the poem‚ Metamorphoses by Ovid‚ in the short story “Diana and Actaeon” describes how chaste Diana’s punishment to Actaeon can be seen a bit unfair. Diana being the goddess of the hunt was innocently taking a bath with her nymphs bathing her when out of the blue a young man called Actaeon is caught seeing the goddness of the hunt naked. Knowing someone saw her naked while bathing

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    solve a crime. There were no sensational epiphanies or a supernatural means of solving the crime; all the crimes were solved by deductions and pure thinking. However‚ in Stoppard’s ‘The Real Inspector Hound’‚ the play is merely a parody of Christie and the sub-genre itself. Stoppard presents Inspector Hound as a symbol of the rejection of accepted Realist conventions in theatre. The action within the play is unordered‚ illogical and unexpected much like the character itself. The character serves as an

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    uses that to hint the readers of paper (books) burning. 4. Quote: Device: Foreshawdowng Montag is down at the fire station and the firemen are playing with the new mechanical hound. That hound doesn’t seem to like Montag very much‚ suggesting that something bad might happen involving that hound. 5. Quote: "are youre the firemen" Device: Irony Montag is introduced to the reader as a fireman. As the reader we naturally think of firemen as people who put out fires. Bradbury

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    Mechanical Hound is what symbolizes fear. The main character Guy Montag lives in a community where you cannot read‚ in fact they burn books and Guy is a fireman. And they just happen to be the book burners. As you read the book you connect the Hound with fear. In one instance the Guy is near the hound and at this point you know Guy has books in his house. The way the scene plays out guy has a fear of the hound and the way it watches him. This is how it is for the whole community. They fear the hound because

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    burn books‚ on a daily basis‚ but it does not have any effect on them. Throughout Fahrenheit 451‚ the mechanical hound reappears multiple times with it’s spider-like book thirsty body. The mechanical hound is a technologically advanced search hound. This robot dog is a symbol because it’s an example of how technology based this advanced society is‚ instead of using real search hounds‚ they have machines sniffing around‚ looking for books. In chapter two‚ Montag tells the reader about the

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