Examples Of Dystopian Society In Fahrenheit 451

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Getting something taken away is never fun. Whether it be a phone taken away for the night or not being able to go out for the weekend with friends. In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 their society has had something drastically taken away that is most valuable to someone they can have. In the dystopian society that the author Ray Bradbury has created, one of the main crucial ideas of the novel is censorship and the suppression of ideas. The people of the society have been censored by many things including their own friends and family, knowledge and substantial conversations as well as, being able to speak for themselves. No doubt that a fireman should put out fires instead of starting them because you have novels hidden in your house. If

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