This quote relates directly to the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. ... The book Fahrenheit 451, set in the future, shows rules that the world today would think of as "outrageous laws". ... Firemen in Fahrenheit 451 are employed with the sole purpose of starting fires as opposed to putting them out and saving lives. ... Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, uses many literary techniques to express the importance of freedom in a man's life. ... Guy Montag, of the novel Fahrenheit 451, chose to live by this quote toward the end of the story. ...

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The big idea displayed in the book, Fahrenheit 451, was lack of communication. ... This quote shows us how brainwashed everyone in Fahrenheit 451 is. ... This is basically what happened in Fahrenheit 451. ... The city was destroyed in Fahrenheit 451. ... This is how everyone acted in Fahrenheit 451. ...

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Such a lifestyle is depicted in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by author Ray Bradbury. ... Fahrenheit 451, which is sometimes just referred to as Fahrenheit, is one of Bradbury's most famous pieces of literature. ... Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury expresses a pronounced distrust for technology. ... Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag goes through significant changes. ... The path of Montage's thinking can be summed up in the following quote. ...

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451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper, more specifically books, burns. ... This quote proves to be true in Fahrenheit 451 because Montag's knowledge of the past is lacking and what he does know is inaccurate. ... The only thing that I felt needed improvement in Fahrenheit 451 was the role of Clarisse. ... Fahrenheit 451 is undoubtedly a four star book. ... There are many key features in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 that strike me. ...

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It is conspicuous that the world Bradbury presents in Fahrenheit 451 is extremely artificial, unreal, and ignorant. ... It is evident that in the world Bradbury portrays in Fahrenheit 451, intellect is seen as a source of unhappiness and conflict. ... The later half of Fahrenheit 451 shows the sheer impact knowledge can have on an individual. ... The theme of the book "Fahrenheit 451" is censorship. ... In short, Fahrenheit 451 shows what human civilization may look like centuries from now when censorship would have reached levels extreme enough to manipulate the very minds of its people....

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Fahrenheit 451 Three of the characters depicted in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 illustrate the damaging effects of tyrannical governments on their citizens. ... The point that Ray Bradbury was trying to point out in Fahrenheit 451 is that the entertainment business shapes a lifestyle with too much stimulation. ... One of the most complex characters in Fahrenheit 451 is Captain Beatty. Captain Beatty is a book burner with much knowledge of literature seeing as he quotes many famous quotes from classics such as Julius Caesar while he explains to Montag the evils of books. ... The bur...

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In the book, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, two major female characters significantly influence Guy Montag. ... The young woman, Clarisse, had a viewpoint on life that was completely opposite to the typical person in Fahrenheit 451. ... Mildred was considered as the typical Fahrenheit 451 citizen. ... This quote expresses how unwilling Mildred was towards her husband's book fantasies. ... Clarisse was the renegade and Mildred was the ordinary person from Fahrenheit 451. ...

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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is futuristic novel posing the answer to the question of "what will the future bring if we follow the current path?" ... One quote from the book summarizes the point of the entire novel. ...

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Ray Bradbury depicts this in his novel Fahrenheit 451. ... In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury gives us a first taste of fire in the very first chapter. ... In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, early on makes the differences in the symbolic meaning of fire. ... This starts very early in Fahrenheit 451 and Montag is oblivious to these two meanings. ... In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury depicts it perfectly through Montag. ...

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Bradbury depicts this concept in his book Fahrenheit 451. ... Bradbury in spite of the differences between the book and movie versions of Fahrenheit 451. ... Afraid of firemen, I mean," is the quote from Clarisse given to us at the beginning of the book (Bradbury 7). ... Firemen in Fahrenheit 451 are the ones to carry out the activity of destroying the information that their society deems as unlawful. ...

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George Orwell's Animal Farm and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 convey the theme of "absolute power corrupts" by providing original plots, characters, allusions, and irony. ... In Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451, there were two different types of characters: characters that represent government leaders and some characters that represent regular members of society. ... In Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is the main character. ... In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses this quote to describe the time-voice in the firehouse that Montag hears, "one thirty-five, Thursday ...

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In Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 and Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the sun, characters in each story go through some tough times figuring out who they truly are, with community and appreciating the little things characters figure out who they are. ... This quote shows how community is effecting Montag in the book Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse had talked to Montag about how the rain tasted like wine; when Montag caught himself alone, he tried to taste the rain. ... In this quote Hansberry has Mama talking to Beneatha about how she raised her. ... The characters in both Fahren...

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The lack of freedom and desirability of conformity is portrayed in Fahrenheit 451 though the education system. ... Fahrenheit 451 appeared at a time where technology was changing people's lives. ... Faber reinforces the idea of lack of individuality and conformity in his quote, 'the telewall is real. ... Fabers' quote illustrates how citizens are conditioned to conform and not question whether they are happy or not. ...

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Book Report - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Introduction: I was standing in a bookstore in Los Angeles, browsing the shelves for a book that was required for my summer course in. ... Fahrenheit 451 did not really explain why books are banned during that period of time. ... However, from this quote, we can clearly see that censorship starts with people instead of government itself. ... Of all of the books I have ever read, Fahrenheit 451 made me think the most. ... I've always appreciated books, but after reading Fahrenheit 451, I cherish them. ...

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Throughout his novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury clearly elucidates his strong belief that technological advances have adverse effects on society as a whole. He expounds his opinion through a description of a school in the quote, "An hour of TV class four more hours of film-teacher" (29). ...

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As a result of book burning and censorship in Ray Bradbury's book, Fahrenheit 451, the nation is populated with numbed people who cannot express their individuality, or beliefs. ... This statement is made in Farenheit 451, by Beatty, the chief fireman. ... "Fahrenheit 451 depicts a world in which the American Dream has turned nightmare because it has been superficially understood" (Mogen 105). ... "If by the end of the book Bradbury has not convinced the reader that any and all censorship is evil, then he has failed in his purpose, and Fahrenheit 451 itself might as well be discard...

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In one of his novels Fahrenheit 451, he describes a fireman that lives in a fictional so thoroughly people may mistake him for a real human being. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a futuristic United States. ... Guy Montag, a fireman in the book Fahrenheit 451, has a very interesting personality that affects other characters differently throughout the book. ... A specific time when he does this is when he mentions direct quotes from various books, in an argument with Montag. ...

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In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, denying one's feelings can lead to sadness and depression which is a perfect reason why people in the society of 451 commit suicide.The illusion of happiness experienced by Montag, the protagonist of the story, Millie, Montag's wife, and everyone else in this society makes them oblivious about the unhappiness and emptiness in their lives causing them to act numb towards one another. ... The use of technology in the world of 451 is the main distraction for the deterioration of people's feelings. ... In the world of 451 it is shown to have n...

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Fahrenheit 451 Main Characters Guy Montag He is a fireman who makes a living burning books and the houses they are kept in. ... He likes to quote from books to show why they should not exist. ... This quote is what the book is all about. ...

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Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451, a science fiction novel, in 1953. The title F451 refers to the temperature at which books will begin to burn. This is a book that takes place in futuristic America during the 21st century. No particular year is given, however, 2 atomic wars have already been fou...

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Two works of literature that help reinforce my interpretation of the quote are The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. ... Arthur Miller also uses characterization to help reinforce the meaning of the quote in the novel The Crucible. ... In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the author uses the literary element conflict to reinforce the meaning of the quote. ... Another literary element used in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is irony. ... The authors Arthur Miller and Ray Bradbury both used literary elements to reinforce the meaning of the quote. ...

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Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic tale of a society where all printed material is banned. ... He wrote Fahrenheit 451 in response to numerous attempts to censor his work. ... The book, Fahrenheit 451, was on the reading list for several of the English classes, as was for mine. ... Not everyone thinks or even cares that books like Fahrenheit 451 are banned or taken out of schools. ... Here are some quotes related to the banning of books. ...

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In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury creates different meanings and symbolism about the fire throughout the book. In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, it tells us that firemen have the duty to burn things that are unpleasant to the society, and fire is used as a destructive tool in this society. ... This quotation supports my idea that fire is use to purify the society in Fahrenheit 451, because being a heretic is the same as the minority group of people in the society. ... In addition to my conclusion, in Fahrenheit 451 has a difference society from us. ... But we didn't tend to burn books o...

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Two books in which the author's writings supported this quote were Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the decisions of Guy Montag shaped his life and helped form his destiny. ... The second literary element that Bradbury used that supports the quote is conflict. ... In the novel unlike Fahrenheit 451, the destiny of the characters is described in the book due to the choices prior to the book, as opposed to describing the conditions that led to the decision and ending with the beginning of their destiny. ... In ...

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Part One of "Fahrenheit 451" is about a fireman who burns books in a future where anything that provokes thought or is unhappy is censored. ... However, the typical American in Fahrenheit 451's America isn't too different than ours. ... Important quotes from Section One include: "We must all be alike. ... This quote is talking about how everyone came to want to read long novels, instead just quick digests and headlines. ... This quote is the explanation of the mechanical hound. ...

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