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    Controlled Reasoning Ray Bradbury’s book “Fahrenheit 451” by was published in 1953 and has sense then been made into a movie starring Julie Christie‚ Oskar Werner and Cyril Cusack which was released in the 60s. The book itself is classified as Galaxy Science Fiction. Because the book portrays futuristic ideas‚ the setting is unnatural to the average 21st century homosapien. Fahrenheit 451 is about a fireman named Guy Montag. Unlike the firemen of today’s standards‚ Guy’s job requires him to burn

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    Mindless and Obeying Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 features a fictional and futuristic firefighter named Guy Montag. As a firefighter‚ Montag does not put out fires. Instead‚ he starts them in order to burn books and‚ basically‚ knowledge to the human race. He does not have any second thoughts about his responsibility until he meets seventeen-year-old Clarisse McClellan. She reveals many wonders of the world to Montag and causes him to rethink what he is doing in burning books. After his talks

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    A society hooked on TV‚ and police forces that harass and punish independent thinkers‚ all of this in a book that takes the reader for a spin in a chaotic‚ new world. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ starts off politically correct‚ hating books‚ burning them without a twinge of guilt. The reason he burns books is because he is the new type of firefighter‚ where they burns books instead of putting out fires. Also‚ the law enforces the people of the city to never have

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    The challenged book I recently read was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This book has been challenged‚ and almost banned‚ for quite a while. I personally disagree with the statement that this book should be banned. This book has a very deep and meaningful background‚ and the good definitely outdoes the bad. The people who chose to ban this book did have a point‚ that foul language and violence is not good for a young student to read‚ but the good in this book should cover up the bad. The foul language

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    to sleep at 9 on weekdays and 10 on weekends. Coming into 6th grade‚ I was getting kinda tired of this routine and decided to ask if I could stay up later at night. After a bit of convincing‚ my parents agreed‚ and now I can go to sleep later. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury takes place in a future where books are outlawed‚ and Guy Montag burns books for a living. Montag is tested when someone burns herself with her books in protest of the firemen‚ and he begins to read. But he is soon found out‚

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    Fahrenheit 451: Symbolism

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    Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury is a futuristic novel‚ taking the reader to a time where books and thinking are outlawed. In a time so dreadful where those who want to better themselves by thinking‚ and by reading are outlaws as well. Books and ideas are burned‚ books are burned physically‚ where as ideas are burned from the mind. Bradbury uses literary devices‚ such as symbolism‚ but it is the idea he wants to convey that makes this novel so devastating. Bradbury warns us of what may happen if we

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    Spiritual redemption inspired by books and oppressive government in Fahrenheit 451         People start to think about rebellion when the government rules people tyrannically for a long time‚ trying to control people’s thoughts in a forceful way. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury describes a dystopian society where no one is allowed to read books or think freely. The government’s strong control of people’s minds infuriated Montag so much that he even abandoned the job that his father and grandfather

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    Allusions: Fahrenheit 451

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    Fahrenheit 451: Allusion Essay Imagining a society that sets limits to a person’s life and prohibits them from being independent can be difficult. In this novel‚ people live in a society where they are not allowed to think independently and literature is banned. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ is a very fascinating novel about a fireman named Guy Montag who takes pride in his job which is to burn books. Montag meets Clarisse‚ a seventeen-year old girl who changes his way of looking at the world

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    Fahrenheit 451 Essay In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury the protagonist of the novel Montag‚ represents a symbolic character throughout the novel. The catalyst of the novel Clarisse jolts Montag into awareness. Both of these characters in the novel represent certain types of people. Montag represents the people that are destructive in society but as the novel progresses he changes to an understanding person. Clarisse represents the inquisitive people and does not change throughout

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    Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury presented me with a greater understanding of what some people predicted a futuristic society would represent‚ and how the world differs from what Ray Bradbury depicted. The novel elucidated the fact that this community frowns upon books very harshly‚ and this society has made a job description to burn houses that contain books in them. The whole time I was reading this novel I was thinking that this society could be my community right now by reading the

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