Before he met Clarisse he thought his life was perfect . ... To find out he truth Montang asks Mildred if she remembers where they met the first time. The fact that Montang actually asks Mildred if she remembered where they met the first time shows how Clarisse's question influenced Montang . If it wasnt for Clarisse Montang wouldnt have asked Mildred this question because before he met Clarisse he really didn't think about how his life was . ... He wants to understand what is so meaningful and important in books that someone decided to take away their life because of books. ...

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Like the time when he secretly places a book in another fireman's house so that fireman will end up having to burn his own house and go to jail. ... One time, when Montag gets frustrated, he burns one of his fellow firemen because that fireman was demoralizing him. ... Beatty, another fireman, sees Montag as a threat to his life of instant gratification because Montag wants society to stop burning books. ... A specific time when he does this is when he mentions direct quotes from various books, in an argument with Montag. ... In the story Montag makes Mildred read the books with him to h...

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Experts have claimed in articles such as "Life sucks, Timmy" that social realism novels take away a teenager's innocence. ... Social realism books tell it like it is. They don't sugarcoat every situation, as thought life is a fantasy. ... That is why social realism books are advantageous. ... It's time to get real. ...

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If a person constantly reads books that have the same type of theme, they will most likely start to look for things related to what they're reading in their books, in their everyday lives. ... In chapter 7, the minute that Leon left for Paris, she became depressed with her life. ... This resulted in Emma not getting what she truly wanted all the time. ... Emma said time and time again that she just wanted love and romance, but-from reading-we know that eventually she would want more. ... s life was ruined by the books she read because of the way that she perceived them. ...

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The writers wrote books to expand their intelligence. These writers all contributed to this time by entertaining there readers. ... Most of his books were about lust, love, shame, family ties, and obligation. His point for writing these books were to teach the hardships of life in society. ... These men challenged people to think and view life from different angles. ...

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Clarisse, Faber, and Montag have a hard time because they are part of a minority and are attempting to make a difference in the world. ... It is not easy to change the world within a short time, but they keep trying and never give up. ... Even though hardly anyone listens to her, she keeps trying to make a difference in at least one person's life. ... He hides in his house alone to read books. ... Clarisse has to lose her life, Faber has to live in fear, and Montag has to lose his job, friend, house, and family while trying to change the world. ...

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One such difference is the time setting in which the two books are set. A similarity is found in the lies and deceit that both books portray. ... In addition, these books seem to put forth opposite messages regarding the social outlook on adultery, which also goes back to the time period factor. ... The point of view can also be compared between the two books. ... The second person point of view is best for The Scarlet Letter because all points of Hester's life are covered. ...

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It was during this time in his life when he read "Amazing Stories" by Hugo Gernsback, and became obsessed with science fiction literature (Litz 120). ... This trip makes him realize the science behind the mummies, but at the same time, makes him guess what these individuals did during their life span (Riley 57). The childhood references stem from his childhood and the many intense experiences he had during this time. ... This is because he thinks all men need to relate to the science of life but all will still fantasize about what life could have been or could possibly be (Bloom 35). ... ...

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His highly literary and sentimental style has dated him somewhat, and he is not as often read now as he was during his own time. ... In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his creative genius as a writer (Field 107). This in many ways symbolizes Wolfe's life experiences by showing that over a period of time Wolfe stopped watching his family fail in life, went out, and achieved his dream of b...

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First off, I assume that the Chief has read some books, for he has a great deal of knowledge about books and their contents. I think that these books somehow messed up Beatty's life, and that he wanted his revenge on them. What better way then to be the burner of books? ... The fact that books are forbidden causes these people to memorize books! ... The book people say they are bidding their time for a good operation, but you get the feeling that Montang thinks them slightly cowardly for not taking any major action. ...

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Samuel MacLennan and Katherine MacQuarrie, pushed Hugh very hard during the young ages of his life to do well in school. ... Hugh MacLennan was pushed very hard throughout his life by his parents to do the best that he could in whatever he did. ... After this novel was produced, Hugh MacLennan continued to write several more books. ... Hugh MacLennan continued to write several more books, including The Precipice, Each Man's Son, The Watch That Ends the Night, Return of the Sphinx, and Voices in Time. ... MacLennan's special talent was that he was able to write a novel that was...

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L"Amour wrote more than one hundred books, including eighty-six novels, fourteen short story collections and one nonfiction-a chronicle of life on the American frontier. ... He was fighting professionally at the time, and knocked out thirty-four of fifty-one opponents during his light heavyweight career. ... There's no fun in their sex and nobody appears to be having a good time" (Long 265). ... He had no formal education, spent much of his youth wandering from job to job, and was over forty by the time he published his first novel. ... So many of L"Amour's heroes were kids bec...

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His mother, Emma, was always ill, having to spend much of her time away from home. ... In less than a year, his father Edwin, a country doctor, married a second time - this time to Isabel Warner. ... Growing up, Lewis suffered a life of ridicule by not only his fellow peers, but also by his elders: He was homely, ill-coordinated, astigmatic, redheaded, a stumbling, noisy, awkward boy. ... During this time, he published three more books "The Innocents (which is considered one of the worst books he ever wrote), The Job (which is considered one of his best early books), and Free Air. .....

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Officer Beatty was trying to explain the danger of books to Montag. ... People had and still have this need to be busy all the time due to the fear of being bored. ... The little details in life are neither noticed nor cared about in either society. ... Beatty was a very educated man, and he possibly could have seen the good in books. He led a double life. ...

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While in time this does become a part of the overall plot, there at the very start of the novel it seems to serve two purposes. ... Even if we are not completely aware of it, there is a likelihood that most people in the English speaking world have at some time seen a film written by Stephen King or adapted from a novel or short story. ... The way in which "The Green Mile" was released in many slim volumes over an extended period of time does nothing to distance King from the above image. ... His marketing department also presumably creates the taglines for his books. ... During his career,...

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This science fiction novel was written in1950-1953 and published on 1953, by Ballantine books. ... She thought that her life was based on watching television to avoid figuring out her own life. ... He was a book burner, who knew a lot about books. You can tell that he really loved and cared about btss at some time. ... He denies his true feeling by keep on talking about his life filled with so much pleasure. ...

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He feels that these approaches lead to the banning of books. ... The condition of life is extremely bad from deprivation and terror. ... Montag meets Clarisse who tells him that life should be lived to its fullest. ... He is now free to discuss life before the banning of books with the other men. ... Bradbury is now considered one of the most important science fiction writers of all time. ...

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Her books received many rewards and honors. ... Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. Hinton enjoyed reading books as an adolescent, but was dismayed to find only a small segment of a teen-ager's life depicted in literature. ... "Hinton's fire-engine pace does not give the reader much time to manufacture doubts. ... Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints. ...

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Both books are about Chinese-American culture, but different in may ways. ... She has also written other stories, narratives, and even childrens' books. (Steven Higents) Next, Tan based her works on the own life. ... (Cystal Tung) In conclusion, Amy Tan is a writer who writes stories base on her own life. ... I n order to write a "true" story in a novel, she would take lots of time to explore Chinese history in China, especially around the time her mother would have lived as a young women. ...

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He wouldn't degrade himself, and in the end he lost his life because of it. ... Montag knew in his conscience that books could do good in the world and he risked his life, lost his wife, and home to try and show society that. ... When he realized that books were not evil, he changed his whole mindset. ... Now that Montag saw that books weren't evil, he wanted other people to see too. ... Ray Bradbury used conflict and irony to show how Guy Montag showed his bravery during the time of conflict....

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I certainly did not want to pay to read for English class, even if it was for modern books, but in the end I gave into Mr. ... And it all turned out great because all of the books turned out to be very relatable and contemporary. ... These are the impending disasters, with its unknown and unintended consequences, that are threatening our way of life. Being that it was written in 1985, Don DeLillo's novel White Noise was something way ahead of its time. ... Our recent books like Lush Life, also about death, had a stronger and more offensive type of language and references to events that ...

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Nabokov's novel communicates the authenticity of life in America at the time by staying to true to the circumstance and standardized living of that American environment which ultimately weaves the story together. ... Literary Paper Lolita, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, is a book that appears on banned book lists time and time again. ... Books are a form of expression and not necessarily self-expression. ... " (Banned Books Week: Lolita). ... Instead this power is trying to censor our books, an actual sophisticated art form. ...

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Forster put many of these aspects in his books making them well written and quite interesting. He combined great characters, a decent story line, and his prolific knowledge of writing to make his books readable and enjoyable. ... All the characters in his books seem to contain the same elements. ... Forster's characters are introduced and used superbly but his introduction to the plot is boring and time consuming. ... Once the story line has begun and all the characters are introduced, his books are quite easy to follow. ...

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Note, however, that at the same time he is also effectively illustrating his general thesis. The thrust of his argument - including the opening metaphor, the discussion of "absolutes," and a concluding list of "whole" books as opposed to "partial" books - does not consist of one logical "whole" but of a collection of incongruous parts. ... When Lawrence says that the "novel is the one bright book of life," he deliberately does nol say that the novel is like life (a simile) or that it is full of life (a description) but that it is the "book of life." ... "Books are not life," he writes. ... By ...

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The character Schoolteacher is a slave capturer and when Sethe sees a sheriff and Schoolteacher coming to her house, she runs to the woodshed without time to think about what she was really doing. ... The government in Fahrenheit 451 says that all books are bad and they should all be banned and burned. ... In Fahrenheit 451, the majority of society doesn't like the text they read within books so they burn them. ... The past and does haunt the present and self-sabotage is a thing that is hard to escape in life. It can stick with someone for their whole life until they learn to know that it...

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