Similarities Between Animal Farm And Fahrenheit 451

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Here's a question what is something that you would risk your life for to prevent it from getting taken away? To stand up to the ruling powers in society to protect a belief you hold dear. For many people it would be a loved one, a prized possession, or an infraction on your unalienable rights as specified by our Founding Fathers . For the animals in Animal Farm it was the idea of living free of human rule that made them fight to the Death to capture and protect their new freedom. For Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 it was the pursuit of knowledge that made him give everything he held dear. The Pursuit of knowledge pushed Montag to go to extremes that were unheard of for a person in his society.
Animal Farm is an interesting story about standing

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