The lack of freedom and desirability of conformity is portrayed in Fahrenheit 451 though the education system. Education is used to make everyone conform by overloading society with idle information and by book burning which is to prevent individuals from thinking on their own. ... Fahrenheit 451 appeared at a time where technology was changing people's lives. ... Bradbury was concerned as he felt people were less likely to read books and be educated, he expresses his value for conformity in the book through the use of advanced technology (telewalls) as citizens accept what they see and d...

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" Similarly, in Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel, "Fahrenheit 451", protagonist Guy Montag decides to put an end to the censorship of literature in his futuristic-society, where firemen punish anyone who is known to own a book. ... In Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451", Guy Montag is able to see the true depth and meaning that can be found in good literature, and realizes how wrong the government is their attempt to ban all books. ... By breaking the social norm, Montag voiced his opinion and took action, in the end coming to the benefit of society as he discovers "the B...

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