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In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there are two types of people: Those who follow the law, and those who don’t. People who represent the conformity are Beatty and Mildred. The non-conformers Clarisse, Montag, and Faber. Conformers have their right to be protected from their fears. But, people have a right to believe in thinking what they want to, but in this society that can’t happen. The non-conformers have been around, supposedly, since 1790. During this time they have been fearful for…

In George Orwell’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a futuristic firefighter, whose day to day job requires him to rid the everyday streets of illegal reading materials. In a world where you cannot read books, and futuristic technological advances rules the lives of all citizens, Guy Montag began to rethink such ideals when he met a book-loving girl named Clarisse. Ultimately, Montag has escaped the war-destroyed city. He has joined a group of survivors who devoted themselves to memorizing and…

As author George Saunders said in “Thank You, Esther Forbes” on page 62, “By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.” In this simple, yet elegant sentence I would elaborate its meaning as, The more vocabulary you have at your disposal the more vividly you can describe the world around you. Let me give you an example; If you and a 5th grader see an apple on a chair, the one with the more broad vocabulary would…

The World of Ray Bradbury Now remembered as a legend in the world of literature, Ray Bradbury found inspiration for his works from almost everything he saw in the world around him. Some might be surprised to hear him claim that he never worked a day in his life (Bradbury, “Ray Bradbury”). Writing was simply an outlet with which he passionately, eagerly explored his mind. Bradbury did not attend college, but instead learned about writing through observation (Bradbury, “Ray Bradbury”). He…

Human beings are naturally curious. We are made to create and solve problems. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist; Guy Montag, lives in a dystopic society where firemen burn every piece of evidence of the past which include books, houses, and in rare cases people. Montag is a fireman, a feared member in the government, who finds life boring and unpleasant not knowing what’s inside the books he burns. The government educates how citizens act by tv parlors throughout each house…

The War of the Worlds - Journey of Fate The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is a brilliant collection of two books that enlightens the reader of a destructive race of Martians that threaten humanity. The journey that the Narrator undergoes portrays the book’s overall meaning of fate, which is witnessed through close encounters with death, the reuniting of family, and the allusion of God. The first evidence of fate in his journey is the travel the Narrator takes with an Artilleryman to Weybridge…

On the above date and time I was conducting a special patrol of waterfront Park. While conducting a check of Waterfront Park, I was approached by two city residents. Both residents advised me that they observed a blond female subject "passed out" on her driveway, located at 8715 Old Post Road. The residents stated that we probably all knew who the subject was because of all the trouble she has caused her grandparents. I immediately notified dispatch of the situation and I responded to 8715 Old…

Technology is turning human empathy into apathy . Technology is turning awareness into blindness. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a thought-provoking novel about censorship, conformity, and how technology can take over lives. Montag is a firefighter, but in his world firefighters burn books. Montag meets a young girl named Clarisse and discovers that something is missing from his life of conformity. Montag’s wife, Mildred, is addicted to her parlor, a room with television walls, and is a…

“A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow…

Tom Godwin’s “Cold Equations” and Ray Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” both share similarities in their respective views on the effect of technology on human freedom and individuality in the future. In “Cold Equations”, if a human stows away on an EDS ship, the computer systems of that ship’s calculations for the exact amount of fuel needed to get from point A to point B would be incorrect: “Additional fuel would be used during the hours of deceleration to compensate for the added mass of the…