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    During the 1930s, the Nazis wanted to destroy the ideas and thoughts of their enemies. This was the major reason for burning books during that time of period. Burning such books caused the enemies to remain in silence, and was a sign of alert from danger. For instance, during the 1930s, such segregated groups were exterminated and killed because of the disparity and incongruity in their ideas. Jews were the main victims from these absurd acts by those who tried to hide their sins (Rose 33). The…

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    curiosity awakens within him as to what is really in a book. With an increasing thirst and nowhere to quench it, he seeks an old retired professor named Faber to “teach” him. Faber describes the two’s cooperation, saying, “He would be Montag-plus-Faber, fire plus water, and then, one day… there would be… wine” (99). The fire is Montag, the water is Faber, and the wine is a third substance that symbolizes richness and satisfaction. By themselves fire and water cannot do anything, but together…

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    problem or else he or she may end up being unjust like the people he is fighting (Faber, and Holub, 2013). Truly, we should always be careful when facing these issues since they are very convincing and they can drive us to be what they are.…

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    This part of the book was mainly consisting of Montag and Beatty’s argument towards each other. Beatty’s didn’t completely see that unhappiness in his life and him being so mean to others that cause him so much to his own death. Mildred’s plan to get rid of Guy is over, he realized that he Mildred would forget about Guy. I didn’t think that Montag was mad at her more that he had the feeling of regret of even marrying her after this betrayal. It something that Guy would end up dwelling upon…

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    On this particular show, there was a murder-taking place with no clue at all, on who committed the crime. They had recovered some D&A, but there were no past data to make a match on a suspect. The detectives had someone in question on who it might be but no evidence to hold him to the crime. Out of nowhere, one of the detectives on the case was talking to the man in question and somehow saw up his nose a dot of blood no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence. He then grabbed a q-tip…

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    Montag decides to read Dover Beach, but he scares them. With Faber still speaking in his ear, Montag returns to work and gives Beatty a book, which is burned. After talking with Beatty, an alarm comes into the station, and the firemen rush to burn down the next house. When the firemen stop in front of the house, Montag…

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    smile, the kind you never forget. We all have our definitions of happiness. We are all under the same roof. We all can drown from the sadness but we all have our shining beacons of hope. Clarisse found her happiness in what you can feel emotionally. Faber fell to the craving of ability. Mildred became happiest in moments of possessing materialistic things that her heart desired. Ray Bradbury formed himself, every bit of his happiness in the same was as each of the characters is…

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    Ray Bradbury describes the life of a fireman in a futuristic world in his novel, Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Guy Montag, a fireman, lives in a world where firemen burn books rather than put out fires. Montag meets a teenager, Clarisse McClellan, who he finds odd because of her bright, energetic personality, which is disparate and unnatural compared to the rest of the citizens. Clarisse questions Montag, opening his eyes to the imperfection in his life: his wife, his odd job, his boss, etc..…

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    silence, and the women begin to talk about children, and then politics “to please Guy,” (93). Unexpectedly, Montag leaves the room and returns with a poetry book. Faber warns him to stop, but Montag believes that he should enlighten the women with knowledge, so they would be able to see the world through his perspective. He tells Faber that these women are “monsters talking about monsters,” and speak of meaningless things in a serious…

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    He meets up with the professor, Faber and together they pursue to help society come back to knowledge. Their plans are suddenly interrupted one day when Montag is at the fire station and they receive a call, his wife has turned him in for hiding books and reading them. Montag is abandoned…

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