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    FAHRENHEIT 451 – CRITICAL RESPONSE In Fahrenheit 451‚ Beatty exists as a paradoxical character which has a profound knowledge from the books he burnt but is still against the keeping of these intellectual products. Skillfully‚ Ray Bradbury has built up the important villain through whose arguments we can look at more aspects of the existence of books in our society‚ or generally the maintenance of knowledge. In the conversation between Beatty and The Montags‚ the fireman

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Matthew Hart Nov. 12‚ 12 Fahrenheit 451 doesn’t provide a single‚ clear explanation of why books are banned in the future. Instead‚ it suggests that many different factors could combine to create this result. These factors can be broken into two groups: factors that lead to a general lack of interest in reading and factors that make people actively hostile toward books. The novel doesn’t clearly distinguish these two developments. Apparently‚ they simply support

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    Fahrenheit 451 In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag meets a girl‚ Clarisse McClellan‚ who will tell him something that will change his life forever. Guy is a fireman‚ who ignites fires instead of putting them out. He burns house where books have been found. The reason that these houses along with the books are burned is because the government of this society does not want its people to read books. He then talks to a girl named Clarisse‚ who tells

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    consequences. (BS-1) People in the novel Fahrenheit 451 are way too focused on the irrelevant things in life. (BS-2) This has caused them to destroy their relationships with family and friends. (BS-3) Some people are “different” and actually care about living life to the fullest and focusing on things that matter. (TS) Most of the people in this sick society are too caught up in electronics‚ and because of this they don’t care to fix their broken relationships or look at what people have on the inside

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    Fahrenheit 451: The Development of Fire As a Symbol By Kaitlin Cullen-Verhauz In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ the presence of fire has obvious significance. What is important to look at‚ however‚ is how it’s meaning evolves throughout the book. As Guy Montag’s views change on society and the world around him‚ so does the connotation of fire. First‚ the fire represents power‚ and the satisfaction that comes with it. Then‚ as Montag is exposed to more radical thinking‚ the meaning evolves

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    Sandan Dickinson Mrs. Kopecky Fahrenheit 451 It is dangerous to let the government take control of society’s actions as well as society’s thoughts the reason being that as time goes by ignorance can be clearly seen due to government control. Many authors use literary devices to help portray a theme. One of the most common used literary devices is Simile. A simile is comparing two things using like or as to describe or explain a setting or action to better understand the story. Ray

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    Fahrenheit 421 Style Analysis 1) Commentary: In the first passage‚ the reader comes across a scene that Bradbury paints quite vividly of the dull‚ gray setting of Montag’s home while reading the bible‚ we presume. The rain seems to be another symbol of the sheer dullness and sadness of it all. Guy and Mildred sit reading in the hall because “the parlor was dead” and was “empty and gray looking”. It captures the true identity of the parlor walls‚ in that there is really no color‚ every “exciting”

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    photography came into its own. Then motion pictures in the early twentieth century. Radio. Television. Things began to have a mass.” This statement that Captain Beatty made while having a conversation with Guy Montag‚ was stating how the society had changed once the technology grew. Fahrenheit 451 is mainly about the effects of technology and its effects on humanity. It is also involves the topic‚ censorship‚ but that did not have much effect on the society as technology did. In fact it was because

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    MENTALITY OF CONFORMITY The societies in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell clearly show the serious effects of conformity. In both novels‚ the people’s ability to think independently is nearly diminished; however‚ they still feel happy. Conformity is known as the most common and most persuasive form of social influence. The matching of attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and behaviors are signs of conformity. Knowledge of the mentality of conformity proves to be important since this could

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    What if there was a society where people didn’t have freedom and rights or if they tried to hide their feelings and pretend everything is positive? Is our society close to that now or is our society much different from that description? In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the citizens don’t have rights we have today. The people try to hide their feelings and only care about themselves. This describes our society a little because people are still fighting for rights and there is crime wherever you go. The

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