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. ... "A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. ... This statement is made in Farenheit 451, by Beatty, the chief fireman. ... The society in Farenheit 451 never discuss thought, they have no real personalities, no honest conversation, and apparently no concept of religion. ... "Kill a book and you kill an idea. ...

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In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, all of these are a reality in everyday life. ... "They pumped the cold fluid from the numbered 451 tanks strapped to their shoulders, they coated each book, they pumped rooms full of it." (38). ... This poem will remind a person who has read Fahrenheit 451 of the society in the book because of the free from care attitude presented by people in position of authority. ... In Farenheit 451 the views of society about reading and the possession of books have drastically changed from today's world. ... Early in the novel, when Montag first gets his ha...

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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. ... In the future, a fireman's job is to burn books, because it is against the law to read a book, or even own a book. Guy Montag, a fireman in the book Fahrenheit 451, has a very interesting personality that affects other characters differently throughout the book. ... Like the time when he secretly places a book in another fireman's house so that fireman will end up having to b...

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Ray Bradbury's famous book, Fahrenheit 451, is well-known across the country. ... The theme of Bradbury's story is extremely similar to George Orwell's book called Animal Farm. ... In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury tells about courage. ... In Fahrenheit 451, Montag steals some books instead of burning them. ... In Fahrenheit 451, The New York Times tells us about Bradbury's book, "'Frightening in its implications --Mr. ...

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Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451, a science fiction novel, in 1953. ... This is a book that takes place in futuristic America during the 21st century. ... Minorities objecting to books that offended them caused the beginning of the book banning. ... Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal a book is a loaded gun in the house next door. ...

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Fahrenheit 451: Symbolism Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel, taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. ... Bradbury is also a very symbolic writer who adds symbolism into his book. Bradbury's use of symbolism throughout the novel makes the book more powerful by using symbolism against censorship. ... Fire has a dual image in the book, a symbol of destruction, and a symbol of warmth. ... Symbolism added to the power and overall affect to this book. ...

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In the twenty-fourth century The United States has become a grim place. In the twenty-forth century books have been banned in the United States. Books are not the only problem with the society; people have become conformed to a boring life of watching television, looking at walls and listening ...

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In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 the theme, man verse society is demonstrated by Bradbury's character, Guy Montag by comparing the two different outlooks of society in the world he lives in. ... These two themes are important in the book and also apply in real life. ...

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The novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, introduces a fireman, Montag, living in a world in which books are illegal. ... The book portrays censorship and one mans desire to overcome it. ... As stated in the book of when this method of censorship began: "Established 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies." ... (Questia-the online library) Anyone who had a book was thought to be a criminal. ... Though this isn't the same exact reason why the books were censored in "Fahrenheit 451", the concept of people disagreeing on children learning about alcohol expresses the same mea...

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Comparison Between Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 For more than half a century science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. ... One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work, Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic look at a man and his role in society. ... (May) These concepts, human reaction to changes in their culture and questioning of these changes, are evident throughout the book. ... In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag, the main character, is able to see through the government and the official policies of his socie...

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Two works of literature that support this idea are Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut. ... The plot of Fahrenheit 451 deals with a dystopia in which censorship is a prominent theme. ... Furthermore, through Captain Beatty, Bradbury uses a simile to enforce the idea of the danger of knowledge: ""A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. ... In Both Fahrenheit 451 and "Harrison Bergeron" the authors extrapolated the dumbing-down of a society reaching an end very similar to the horrific conditions that existed under the Taliban....

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