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    In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury shows the dangerous effects of government power and employing a dark dramatic serious tone. When the firefighters were called to set fire to a woman’s home and the books inside. Montag inside the house describes the books falling like‚ “slaughtered birds‚” and the women standing‚ “below like a small girl‚ among the bodies”(34). Bradbury uses this simile to create an eerie image in a readers mind. Also because in this time in which the book takes place people were told

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    Fahrenheit 451 This story is by Ray Bradbury and it’s a science fiction novel. It was written in Los Angeles‚ California during 1950-1953. This is a third-person‚ limited omniscient; follows Montag’s point of view‚ often articulating his interior monologues. The setting is sometime in the twenty-fourth century around an unspecified city; there have been two atomic wars since 1990. Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description

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    Allusions and Quotations from Fahrenheit 451 Source: http://www.heliweb.de/telic/bradcom.htm The text of Fahrenheit 451 abounds in quotations from and allusions to great books from authors of many countries. They are "frequently used as a device to portray the frightening emptiness of society in Fahrenheit 451. Motto: Juan Ramón Jiménez : Spanish poet (1881-1958); the motto sets the tone for unorthodox‚ non-conformist or even rebellious behaviour in the course of the novel. PART ONE: p. 5/p

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    The Parlor’s Effect on Us “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set‚ I go into the other room and read a book‚”(Groucho Marx).Everyone in Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚is dependent on technology‚ and this plays a huge part in Guy Montag’s life‚ along with everyone around him In the fireman’s life he keeps hearing people refer to the characters on the television as their family. Guy also sees the parlor letting people’s lives run past them.Along with the parlor

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    English I Patrick Rojvall Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451 Answer the following questions in paragraph form. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful reading of the novel’s themes and development. Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-14) 1. What do the "fireman" do for a living? For a living the “fireman” burns books and occasionally some people‚ if they are with the book. It’s quite different

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    The Supremacy of Perseverance Perseverance pushes people towards what they believe in‚ a person’s perseverance is determined upon their beliefs. A person with strong beliefs will succeed greater to someone who does not. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag perseveres against society as well as himself in order to demolish censorship. Perseverance embraces values and drives people closer to their goals. Censorship was fought against to prevent the destruction of society and

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    Study Guide Questions for Fahrenheit 451 As you read each section of the novel‚ answer briefly the following questions. These questions should act as a reading guide and are not intended to replace careful examination of the novel’s themes and development.   Part I: The Hearth and the Salamander (pages 3-68) 1. What do the "fireman" do for a living? Firemen burn books. On a deeper level‚ firemen control society and perpetuate the classless uneducated society of Montag’s world.   2. In the

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    This summer I read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I first heard about this book though my older brother‚ and he recommended it to me. On many people’s list it’s a classic must read. So I took my chances and‚ now it’s on my must read list. I would recommend this book for anyone who loves a rebellious lead character. Also‚ if you enjoy books where society is against the main character. The irony in the book is a very obvious literary element. When you think about firemen you usually think they put

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    Madison Amos Shube LA II‚ Period 1 1December 2011 Farhenheit 451 In Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ he tells the story of a charector named Montag with a wife named Mildred. Even though‚ Mildred and Montag are married in the novel‚ he portraies them to not have the closest relationship and do not seem that intamite on a physical or emotional level. Shockingly‚ one night he finds Mildred in her room‚ laying on her bed with what he describes as "a snow-covered island upon which ran might

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    Choice # 1: In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ Beatty claims that "If you don’t want a house built‚ hide the nails and wood" (61).* What Beatty means here‚ is that if people don’t want society to have knowledge‚ then all knowledge-bearing materials must be destroyed‚ which in this instance‚ are books. Books give people knowledge and more complications‚ which he claims can make people less happy. Ignorance is bliss because every character in Fahrenheit 451 who discovers the truth is in immediate trouble

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