In Ray Bradbury's poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains" personification is used to connect the reader with non-human or inanimate objects that are being described in the piece. ... However, what is presented by Ray Bradbury is an extraordinary situation-a house that talks. ... "(Bradbury). ... " (Bradbury). ... Bradbury uses symbolic language like personification to give his writing life and to connect with his audience. ...

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Fahrenheit 451 Three major commonalities found in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 between our society and the depicted society are how much television people watch, the censorship through government, and through advanced technology overtaking manual labors and making it easier for us to relax and do less work. ... (p. 54) This shows that in Ray Bradbury's depicted society everything that the public sees is the bare minimum information. ... This goes to show that the only reason work is done is because it gets you all the fun stuff you want and things that will make life easier for a...

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Besides humans as an obstacle for manipulation, the books were the most challenging barriers to lead the society in a desired way, because the books made people more "questioning" human beings, just like in the novel Fahrenheit 451, which is written by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury is describes a society where ignorance is enforced and promoted, while technology isolates and insulates the people, basically a society that is manipulated. An environment at where they burn the books, thus the knowledge, creates this manipulation in Bradbury's novel. ... Knowledge doesn't only exist...

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The absence of love, happiness and the distraction provided by technology, harms human life in a way that many would agree that it harms humans more than it benefits them. ... 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 on...

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