Fahrenheit 451 The Hound Analysis

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choice, which should not need to be made. In other words, unhappiness and prevention of progress occurs among this society, due to the control and lack of knowledge. Nonetheless, an example when the characters and conflict impact the author’s message, happens while Guy Montag is in the process of leaving the original town “After all the running and rushing and sweating it out and half drowning, to come this far, work this hard, and think yourself safe and sigh with relief and come out on the land at last only to find...The Hound” (Bradbury 144). Guy Montag, having some minor physical injuries from fighting against the Mechanical Hound, has to persevere through the pain and escape from the government search. Through hard work and determination, Guy Montag manages to depart from the government. However, Guy Montag is not …show more content…
All of the restrictions Montag had in the previous society was completely different and more reasonable in the world where he escapes to. Altogether, the conflict that Guy Montag endures is caused by the government restraining knowledge among the society, but he then is able to understand how the outside world is the place to be. Furthermore, a crucial element involved in the author’s message of Fahrenheit 451, is demonstrated throughout the relevance in the story. Throughout numerous parts of the current world, the importance of the author's message is represented. For example, the book To Kill a Mockingbird was removed from a school in Mississippi. Students in Biloxi, Mississippi will not be required to read this book about racial inequality and the civil rights movement, which has been taught in numerous classrooms and influenced generations of people. In addition, the book has been banned many times often at the request of black parents and students who were concerned about the racial epithets included in the book. By removing To Kill a Mockingbird students are

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