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    Fahrenheit 451 Born into a futuristic, technologically based society, Guy Montag had never thought to question anything. By accepting the way things were, without questioning anything Montag had lived his life in serenity. He was a fireman, which is a well respected individual in his society. A fireman ignites books and houses that contain them. Throughout the book, Montag began to change after he met Clarisse McClellan. All this time Montag had worn his happiness “like a mask” and had claimed…

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    rules laid upon them, but when their is a resistance the result could be catastrophic. Guy Montag is a man who embraces his job of burning books and is too ignorant to see what he is actually doing, but when he meets his neighbor she opens his mind to see what his life actually consists of and alters his awareness towards what is occurring all around him. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main character, Guy Montag, evolves throughout the book and is influenced by the people he meets…

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    Well hello there, The Gentleman Snark here once again to give you another first impression. This Summer Season of anime has certainly given weight to many interesting series. Especially the more savory ones… SIGH~ This is going to be one of those provocative reviews.. Hope you are ready to do some “HARD” time as we get into Prison School. Prison School anime is written by Michiko Yokote, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, and music by Kōtarō Nakagawa. There is a Manga…

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    Nothing is constant in life, everything is bound to change somehow or someway. Although, one thing you can almost always be sure of is that life is full of constant challenges. People face hundreds of challenges every single day; maybe it 's something small like completing your homework on time, or maybe it’s something large, like being in an unhealthy relationship, or having a disease. How is it possible that people go through so many challenges every single day, and are able to remain sane?…

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    1. "It 's fine work. Montag burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then burn the ashes. That 's our official slogan. -Guy Montag (page 6) Montag talks with Clarisse for the first time and she asks him interesting questions about his work as a fireman. For example: "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" And then Montag explains Clarisse their official firemen slogan. Millay, Whitman and Faulkner were famous American authors during the 19th century. Their books…

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    Guy Montag isn 't afraid of books. He hides them at home and wants to keep them. He sees in them no danger. Additionally he also isn 't afraid of reeding the books. It 's said, that they have nothing to say and only make you unhappy. But for Montag it 's…

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    “Will you turn the parlour off?" asked Guy Montag to his wife. "That 's my family." Mildred replied. She is so obsessed with her televisions that she believes it 's part of the family. Mildred is not the only mind that has been corrupted by technology. The firemen believe that technology…

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    “Anthem”, written by Ayn Rand, is a story about Equality 7-2521, and all of his trials in loveless world in which even the words mine and I are forbidden. This world’s technology level has dropped to the point where they use candles instead of light bulbs. Equality 7-2521 discovers a dark tunnel and uses things he has found in it to create a basic light bulb. He wants to show it to the World Council of Scholars, but they don’t accept it. Equality runs away into the forbidden forest with…

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    Anthem is a book that was written by Ayn Rand in 1938. The setting is in a communist community in the future where man has entered another dark age. One man in the community, Equality 7-2521, is different from all his brothers and tells himself that he is cursed because he speaks unspeakable things and wishes for things no men wish for. The community they all live in has many rules and nobody has any freedom. The new society that Equality will create will have three main rules that are free…

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    laziness. The book is about what will happen in the future sooner than later. The book had three major influences which were nazi book burnings, the cold war and advancement of technology. There are three main characters. The first main character is Guy Montag. He is a thirty year old fireman and is married. His job is burning books. During the book, he changes from burning books to saving books so his purpose is going against the government. He said ”’...there must be something in…

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