Fahrenheit 451 The Temperature at Which Books Burn By: Ray Bradbury Copyright 1953 by Ray Bradbury 179 pages Fahrenheit 451 portrays censorship in the future through the fictional story of one man, Guy Montag, who undergoes an "awakening" by realizing the significance of his actions and the need to express the ideas that were bring oppressed by the future government. (2.) ... Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which books are burn. ... Ray Bradbury uses Fahrenheit 451 to symbolize censorship. ... The loss that was suffered when the firemen burned the books at Fahrenheit 451 is the same loss ...

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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, the government has flipped a fireman's job from what firemen do today. ... " (132) In Animal Farm and Fahrenh...

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Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 is a novel about censorship and how the government implemented it. ... I really didn't understand the 451 part in the title. I suppose that this is because the temperature of a fire is 451 degrees Fahrenheit. In my personal opinion I think the title "The Fire Man" made more sense than "Fahrenheit 451" because the book is about a fireman and not about fire. ... Fahrenheit 451 and I think 1984 are very similar in predictions of the future. ...

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A significant title that catches the eye-"Fahrenheit 451--is coincidentally the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. ... "Fahrenheit 451- doesn't mention a specific time or place, but we can distinguish that it is set sometime in the 21st century, since there have been two wars since 1990. ... In "Fahrenheit 451-, the theme was very easy to pick up and recognize. ...

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