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    books in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 In the book Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury projects a futuristic society that has vanquished human’s emotions through destroying books. Bradbury utilizes the burning of books because books are too awakening and evokes everyone’s feelings and opinions. In the society nobody has knowledge and they rely on their home tv’s as a distraction from way of thoughts and ideas. This thinking has brain washed the society to all live one way with no controversy. Bradbury…

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    What Bradbury Got Right Fahrenheit 451 is an extremely important novel, especially in today’s world. The novel centers around Montag, a fireman who sets fires ablaze instead of putting them out. “What is he burning?” One might ask. The answer is literature. Books in this world are completely banned and must be burned if discovered. Technology has completely taken over, and people are constantly immersed in it. He loves his job until he meets his neighbor, a teen girl named Clarisse. She helps…

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    In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury introduces a new world, focused on the elimination of thought, represented only through the invisible government. The invisible government maintains power and control through fear and intimidation. During this time, the society begins to see the introduction of technology, such as the television. With the introduction of the television, many feared the negative facets of this perceived intrusion on society. Throughout the novel, Bradbury depicts the mass media as…

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    Through the use of Beatty’s speech in the science fiction novel “Fahrenheit 451”, Ray Bradbury solidifies his initial emotions towards society, referring to it as a wretched species whose self-interest; specifically, the urge to fill every part of its emotional spectrum in order to feel fulfilled and happy comes to it at a great cost, that cost being the progression of the species as a whole and the information gained from the development we achieve. As Beatty tells Montag “What's the point of…

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    Books give insight to issues that face the modern world, listening to them is key. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury depicts a world with exaggerated scenarios that are similar to problems that face the modern world. Bradbury’s purpose in writing Fahrenheit 451 is to show the reader that the problems shown in the novel may come to fruition if there isn’t something done about them. Fahrenheit 451 has a powerful meaning for readers because of the connections between the real world and the novel's…

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    Mechanical Hound that works for the firemen to track down anyone who secretly owns a book or simply looks suspicious. Since the Hound is always alert and searching, it is impossible for anyone to get away with a crime. Another form of discipline Bradbury conveys throughout his novel is commercial advertising and political propaganda. The mandatory wall-sized television located in every household serves as an addiction to the point where the characters on the shows are considered ‘family’. The…

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    go by and the two continue to converse daily about their surroundings and life when she walks him to and from work on his way to the subway. Almost immediately, the reader discovers that once Montag meets Clarisse he realizes that he is unhappy. Bradbury instinctively contrasts the two characters with differences in family, personality, their daily schedules, and their daily thinking. Clarisse speaks of the beauties of life, “the man on the moon”, “the early morning dew”, and the satisfaction…

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    Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in a conceited dystopian society where any possession of books is illegal? Well, in a dystopian society like Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, it is a community where firemen have to burn books for a living. People are not allowed to peruse books but only allowed to scan through training manuals for their jobs. When people who are against the government read the books, they will either get arrested and have a death penalty, or they either can…

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    Raymond Douglas Bradbury was an American fantasy writer, well known for his many short stories, some of which have been described as prophetic. It was Ray Bradbury who conceived Bluetooth headsets half a century before the concept was even considered possible and not sci fi, this is true with facebook, flat screen tvs, self driving cars, electronic surveillance, ATMs and artificial intelligence, but even these give just a small experience of the prognostication of ray bradbury. He also…

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    In “Fahrenheit 451”, Bradbury creates a futuristic community that depends on technology to take care of simple responsibilities. Bradbury uses exposition to give his readers a background on this futuristic society in order to understand how things work. He introduces Montag as a conformist for the government. Montag is a Fireman. Firemen, in this futuristic society, duties are to start fires in people homes that possess books, these people are considered criminals. To readers this is a…

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