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    Dystopian novels describe the mistakes or problems that could happen in the near future. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi are very different books that describe two very different stories and societies that function in different ways. Something that these two dystopian stories have in common, however, is the demolishment of certain groups of people that have different views from the common people and the government. The common views of the people in both…

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    Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games Comparison Essay Have you ever felt like it was all up to you to make a difference in your social situation? That is exactly how Katniss Everdeen and Ralph felt in The Hunger Games and Lord of the Flies. These novels both have an over controlling power, one main hero or heroine, and a very important meaning for fire. A common theme in both of these books is that the struggle to survive will overcome the ability to maintain any humanity. In the Hunger…

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    Themes In Fahrenheit 451

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    play and the book is the temperature in which paper burns. The story is set in an unspecified city at an unspecified time in the future. The main protagonist of the play is Guy Montag played by Kriston Woodreaux a "fireman" employed to burn the homes of people guilty of the crime of reading books, which have been outlawed. Guy Montag burns books simply because that is what is expected…

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    by others. This was beneficial to the people because they were being helped. Now in this dystopia, firemen start fires in houses that contain books, disregarding the people whose home it was. This caused physical danger and put a person and their family without a home. In addition to this was how people with a different way of thinking were treated. An example of this was “I wonder if they were the ones who killed Clarisse”(122). Though it is not known, Montag believed that Clarisse (a main…

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    Hershey's Social Footprint

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    We should all stop eating chocolate bars. Right now. Based on the atrocities committed on cocoa farms we should abstain from anything with label of Hershey’s. This is, however, unlikely, as the greater amount of the population could never actually do this. Lucky for them, they do not have to because Hershey’s is working to fix many social and environmental problems and actually has a positive social footprint. Hershey’s is very open about their stance on the environment. They firmly believe…

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    Guy Montag is a firefighter in a futuristic world. Therefor, Firefighters don’t fight fires anymore, they cause fires. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Books in this world are different than they are now, they hold something that the society cannot handle. Consequently, the firefighters are ordered to burn them. Montag changes throughout the story by the influence of Clarisse, Faber, and Mildred. Ordinarily, books are a violation of people, so the Government feels that books can…

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    Stepping his foot into the massive fire without thinking a risk at the moment and have ability to stop it from spreading over; who can save so many lives from being in danger cannot be a simple ordinary man. As we can see in the image where a person is standing at the left side of the corner in the picture having a fully preventive brown dress with bright yellow strip on him is fearlessly staring in front of the huge golden color fire. In the image he is wearing a visible blue and green helmet,…

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    Book banning is an action that takes place worldwide instead of just in the United States. There are many reasons books are banned such as witchcraft, homosexuality, racism, and language. “A Day No Pigs Would Die”, by Robert Newton Peck banned because of cruelty to animals, violence, and graphic sexuality. Banned Book Week is the celebration of being able to have the freedom to read (Crum, 1). It is the ALA’s way of responding to the censorship of books (Monges, 1). Groups such as schools,…

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    now , Give me spots on my apples, But leave me the birds and the bees, Please!”(Joni Mitchell). AKA, stop harming nature for your own personal gain. Personally, I really like this song because it reminds me of the oldies played at one of the many family functions that are always going on in my life. 5. Another Brick in The Wall, Pink Floyd, 1779 I love this song’s message, and I think that transcendentalists…

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    “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” This quote by William Arthur Ward demonstrates the profound impact that adversity has on everyday individuals. Furthermore, this impact is especially visible in the texts, “Divisadero” and “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”, but also in our everyday lives, such as in the devastating form of climate change. Adversity shapes an individual’s identity in one of two ways: by building character strength or by breaking it. Michael…

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