Differences Between Fahrenheit 451 And Society

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In the society of Fahrenheit 451 they are very different from our society. In their society everyone is the same and no one cares about anything or anyone and books are banned. With today's society we are all different from each other in many ways. We all care for everyone and we are all very smart. Though we aren’t that different from their society either because they have technology the size of a wall and we made a curved 4K T.V.. Since the society of where Fahrenheit 451 takes place everything seems “unsafe” they don’t care about anything. They have no speed limit, they never question anything that may be strange, careless over everything, and its all because they were never taught to do the right things. The reason why they were never

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