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    Faber is the new character introduced in part two. He teaches Montag more about books and why they are important. Faber shows Montag about poetry and how even though they’re words it tells a story. Montag learns how to read poetry and how to analyze it and digest the words to form what the author is trying to portray. Later in the book Montag isn’t as alone in his learning about books and invites two girls to join him in a poetry session. While Montag is reading the important words of his new…

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    novel Tangerine, a book written by Edward Bloor. These problems are symbolic references, and can be anything from muck fires to koi fish to sinkholes. Families never die, and neither do muck fires, chosen to represent perfect families without secrets or lies. The past determines the future, the end before a new beginning, and the sinkhole represents both. Chances are brought, but they can be taken away, and just like chances are the koi fish. Symbolism can be shown throughout the book Tangerine…

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    Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a dystopian society where independent thought is discouraged. The most prevalent example of this is the main topic of the novel, burning books. The firefighters burn books because society is not allowed to read them. If people are not allowed to read books, they do not have documentation of history or other areas of the world and will have less reason to question the way they live. This society is suppressing its citizens of knowledge as a means of maintaining peace…

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    corrupted. Whether the corruption is the demolition and burning of books and the creation of ignorance, or that the Internet is slowly decreasing the need for books and replacing them with online materials that are run by opinion and popularity, the corruption of information is relevant in both cases. The two ways of corruption are different but are both successful in removing information in their own unique ways. In Fahrenheit 451 countless books and literary…

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    In the novel,Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury a guy by the the name of name of Montag had the job to burn books.In this book a fireman's job is to raid homes and burn books because the government doesn't allow them.Normal day to day things included watching tv and listening to music on wireless headphones called seashells. While burning books he realized that he was burning something important,history.Throughout the story he gained knowledge about the history and grows to love books.Montag hides…

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    Bradbury is a fiction novel. This is written to create future America where books are prohibited and fireman are charge of burning those books. Fahrenheit 451 has various important character. And all character has their own ideas, relationship and action in novel to developed the feel of the story. Montag’s boss Beatty character is very complex but he is knowledgeable about various books however, his job was to burns books. The character of Montag’s boss (Beatty) in this novel is very complex.…

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    American society where books ae prohibited. Have a mind of your own seemed to be outlawed. Bradburys message is trying o convey with his book is that people should want to work to avert that sort of society from becoming a reality. In today's world there are already connections with the 1953 novel, yet things that have not yet been heard of. “Picture it, nineteenth century man with his horses, dogs, carts, slow motion. Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your camera. Books cut shorter….…

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    Setting of the book The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is set in the 24th century and depicts an imagined futuristic society in the US. The norms of this society is defined with overpopulation, fast cars that the author christens jet cars, large televisions are a common feature in most of the houses and people listen to radios attached to their ears. The TV sets serves as the main source of entertainment and also used by the government to spread propaganda. Family life as we know it today…

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    on a law-enforcement type force that is charged with relieving the world from printed literature. The main force behind this group of enforcers are known as the Fireman. Guy Montag, alike other fireman, uses kerosene, their main tool to destroy the books found by fire. As the story progresses, we being to witness a change in Montag’s way of thinking. After making connections with a teenager named Clarisse that is also his next-door neighbor, he begins to question his own ways of life. Clarisse…

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    The novel is really about burning book and montag is a fireman so that's what he do for a living and he love his job but in our society firemen don't burn books the save people and if people have read the novel that will give them a look into our world and see that television isn't important as it seem to be and sometimes people forget that there are other people are there.”we need to be really bothered…

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