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    Nyonza Musinmguzi August 12‚ 2014 American Lit. English 11 Fahrenheit 451 Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a futuristic society where the government completely controls every aspect of life. There’s just one thing that the government is still trying to control and that is books. Guy’s job as a firefighter is too find books and set them on fire‚ till they are destroyed then put the fire out. Guy then meets his neighbor a bohemian seventeen year old that opens his eyes to the world

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    Fahrenheit 451: In Search of a Controlled Burn Ray Bradbury’s protagonist in Fahrenheit 451 revels in seeing things eaten and things blackened by fire. His name is Montag and his world is immersed in flames from the outset‚ with a blaze so bright before his kerosene spitting python that it blinds. He breathes in fire beneath a flameproof jacket‚ his burnt-corked countenance expresses fire with a permanent grin “driven back by flame‚” while his perfume is the overwhelming stench of kerosene. His

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    Name_________________Date________Period__________ Fahrenheit 451 Anticipation Guide Read the following statements. Write if you agree or disagree. Write one to two sentences explaining your thoughts about each statement. There are not right or wrong answers! 1. Laws are always written for the protection of the citizens. 2. Some books are evil and should be destroyed. 3. In a world filled with constant‚ 24-hour news‚ there are no true facts. (Things keep changing.) 4. If it was

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    Fahrenheit 451 In Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ the main character Guy Montag makes a complete metamorphosis. He goes from hating books to liking them. He changes from a stolid character‚ incognizant of the activities in his surroundings‚ to a person conscious of everything‚ enlightened by the new world he is exposed to. There are many events that take place in this change in Montag. Montag’s first awakening was when he meets Clarisse‚ a 17 year old outcast in his society. She asks him if he

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    Changes In Fahrenheit 451

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    Fahrenheit 451 Essay In this essay I will discuss three major changes in Montag over the course of the story. Montag becomes kinder and more self-conscious. After serious self-conflictions arise due to his conversations with his neighbor‚ Clarisse‚ he decides to “switch sides.” He took another big leap‚ deciding to act on his feelings and to stand up against the corrupt government. Montag becomes kinder; he sees the self-destructing depressed people and Instead of merely moving on in his life and

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    FARHENHEIT 451 ESSAY Technology makes our lives easier‚ generates ease and saves our time but we cannot ignore the ewq Although Bradbury’s technology is more advanced than ours‚ we too are becoming a world consumed by technology advancements. Our society is similarly addicted to television and not as many people are choosing to read for leisure anymore‚ especially when the TV is readily accessible and seamlessly addicting. Furthermore‚ novels and plays are being made into motion pictures left

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    Society In Fahrenheit 451

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    Society can change a person positively or negatively. In the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Mildred is the wife of the main character‚ Guy Montag. Society has made Mildred self centered‚ robotic‚ & unfeeling. First off‚ Mildred is self centered because she wants self happiness. Mildred just wants to be happy. In the text‚ Captain Beatty states‚ “That’s all we live for‚ Isn’t it? For pleasure‚ for titillation?” Life is about making others happy‚ Mildred was obsessed with self happiness.

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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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    At the time that Fahrenheit 451 was written‚ everyone feared communism. People were burning books that were thought to contain communist ideas. This was known as the Red Scare in America. The same controversy was explained through Montag’s world. The government was controlling their people by depriving them of their knowledge and burning books that contained that knowledge. They also made their people mindless with technology. The Sea-Shell Radio’s that the government gave everyone and the constant

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    in the world‚ more so in the developed nations. Suicide rates are highest in the Baltic states‚ such as Lithuania‚ Belarus‚ and Russia. The suicide rate in the US is half that in Russia (30‚000 compared to 60‚000). Since the time Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451‚ the suicide rate in the US has nearly tripled. Almost 11‚600 people took their own lives in 1950 (Suicide Rates by 100‚000). Suicide rates parallel with levels of unhappiness in these countries. The Happy Planet Index‚ which rates countries based

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