Fahrenheit 451 Research Paper

Much like a Personal/Reflective Response Essay, this assignment asks you to read an essay critically, briefly summarize its main points, and respond to those main points or ideas. In this case, however, your audience is a more academic one.

Read, annotate, and discuss Part 2 of Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.
Read critically. Write a 5-paragraph essay in which you address and respond to the main ideas and themes of the book as identified in Parts 1-2. Be sure that you have:
- Followed all of the steps of the writing process.
- Considered your purpose: presenting a response suitable to the expectations of an academic audience: clarity, objectivity, accuracy, and support through personal and textual evidence.
- Focused on the themes and main
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