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    books from people in this society. Then it brings the firemen pleasure when the burn stuff by seeing it turn dark brown and then black‚ from perfectly fine to ashes. Then at the end it brings Montog comfort and warmth when he was running from the hound. At the beginning fire is used to burn the books inside of house that weren’t supposed to be there in the first place. They not only burnt the books but they also burnt all of the items inside the house. The actual house didn’t go up in flames because

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    wonderful in the lead. But Truffaut made the mistake of putting Julie Christie in two roles in the same film‚ which was very confusing‚ and he eliminated some of the other characters: Clarisse McClellan and Faber the Philosopher and the Mechanical Hound. I mean‚ you can’t do without those!” Other than the characters in the story‚ including the score and alternate ending of the film‚ the movie was superlative. The characters in the story have precise roles and by leaving them out/altering them from

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    Eaves and Filosofia. Licko was deeply inspired by Bononi. Giambattista Bodoni was a designer in the late eighteenth century who followed typer principles made by another previous typesetter‚ John Baskerville. Licko was inspired by Bondoni’s designs but saw flaws in his work. She went on to create Filosofia was created with a great importance on geometry and symmetry. Licko added her own flare like rounded serif endings to help ease the contrast when

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    Another is books‚ those are what symbolize hope and knowledge. The hound could also be a symbol as it represents the evil in their world. In detail how they care so little about what life is anymore‚ in consideration to the fights they established where the hound fought animals for their own personal enjoyment. • So far we’ve met: Guy Montag‚ His wife Mildred Montag‚ Clarisse McClellan‚ Captain Beatty‚ and the Mechanical Hound. Guy Montag is the man the story follows‚ he is an unhappy 30 year old

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    “Where the red fern grows” is a book about a boy named Billy who wanted hound pups for hunting.which he finally got after a long period of time saving up his own money to get him some pups. But what BIlly didn’t know was that having those pups would change his life forever. In the book‚ Billy had three sisters‚ a mother‚ a father‚ a grandpa‚ and a grandma who love him very much. BIlly also has these two coon hounds named Old Dan‚ and Little Ann. they are his best friends. Old Dan is a little bit

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    In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury the role of Fireman is different than today’s. In the book Firemen start fires rather than put them out. The story takes place in the future‚ a future that is different than one might predict. People do not enjoy their free time the way they may like‚ no one reads as books are banned. It is believed the words in the books and the ideas of the books are poisoning peoples minds. People mostly watch television on televisions so large they take up entire

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    Montag‚ a ____ yet compliant citizen‚ burning books for a living is faced with a call to adventure when Clarisse asks a rather easy question‚ are you happy? With this‚ he refuses the call but soon crosses the first threshold starting to hide and read books. In Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Montag portrays heroic quests that transform his mindset from that of a compliant citizen to one that strives to protect and preserve the past‚ through books‚ so that information can be accessed and used for

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    Censorship‚ limits on personal freedoms‚ and their societies distaste for literature are all issues addressed in Ray Bradbury’s novel titled Fahrenheit 451. Not only does Bradbury’s novel engage itself in these issues but as well as The United States First Amendment‚ and article from February 2013 on censorship‚ and an original poem by Billy Collins called "Rain" all intertwine with each other. Although in a free society there should not be any censorships‚ but yet most free societies have them.

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    “It doesn’t think anything we don’t want it to think” (27). This is a quote where Beatty is telling Montag about the mechanical hound. This is an example of how it is a dystopian society because the hound is programmed to have no original thought or memory and is made to do a certain task instead of having it’s own personality and choosing its motives. The mechanical hound represents a metaphor of Montag and other members of the society being changed because of technology and it results in them not

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    compassion for one another‚ just only making them seem like housemates sharing a home. One can assume that his own town can be seen as a wilderness and that the mechanical hound could be seen as the devil. The mechanical hound could be seen as the devil for it shows no sign of positivity but negativity. For example all the hound is programed to do is kill and torture people like Montag‚ or in this instance Christ. There are some ways Montag could be in opposition of representing a Christ figure such

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