Fahrenheit 451 Comparative Essay
“Fahrenheit 451” written by Ray Bradbury contains its own political and social theme. “You Have Insulted me” a letter written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. contains its own political and social theme. Both texts written by Bradbury and Vonnegut create a political and social theme that is similar. Though they contain a similar political and social theme they also are different in quite a few ways. The texts from Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. contain a similar yet different political and social theme. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “You Have Insulted me” a letter by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. contain a similar political and social theme. Both books contain the theme that books can brainwash people so officials ban books. “you imagine me… as being sort of ratlike people who enjoy making money from poisoning the minds
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contain a different political and social. In “Fahrenheit 451” all books get burnt. In “You Have Insulted me” the school that is being talked about is only burning certain books of authors that they do not particularly like. “I am among those American writers whose books have been destroyed in the now famous furnace of your school” (Vonnegut, 189). In the fictional society of “Fahrenheit 451” all books are banned because the leaders do not want people to have any of their own ideas. The leaders want to give the people ideas instead of them getting their own. But the school that the letter “You Have Insulted me” is addressed to only certain books are allowed. Why this is the case is the school does not want the kids to have the same ideas as the authors because they think they are bad. The school is letting the kids have their own ideas as long as it is not the same as the ideas as the authors of whom their books are getting burned. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “You Have Insulted me” a letter by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. contain a different political and social in
contain a different political and social. In “Fahrenheit 451” all books get burnt. In “You Have Insulted me” the school that is being talked about is only burning certain books of authors that they do not particularly like. “I am among those American writers whose books have been destroyed in the now famous furnace of your school” (Vonnegut, 189). In the fictional society of “Fahrenheit 451” all books are banned because the leaders do not want people to have any of their own ideas. The leaders want to give the people ideas instead of them getting their own. But the school that the letter “You Have Insulted me” is addressed to only certain books are allowed. Why this is the case is the school does not want the kids to have the same ideas as the authors because they think they are bad. The school is letting the kids have their own ideas as long as it is not the same as the ideas as the authors of whom their books are getting burned. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and “You Have Insulted me” a letter by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. contain a different political and social in