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F451 Essay Government control is what holds a people together. Without it there would be so much crime and violence it would be crippling. On the other hand if there is too much control people get oppressed, like what happened in North Korea. Strict government control is basically a dictatorship – a government with no input from the population. In this novel this outcome is one that has evolved from the outlaw of books. Books are freedom, if they are outlawed that freedom is taken away.…

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray bradbury uses subjects that are highly applied in today's world to stitch together a story of a futuristic dystopia. Some would agree that the setting in which Farenheit 451 faces is much like our own society today. The book takes place in a world where firemen do not put out fires, they start them and burn books and houses. Books are illegal and frowned upon and creative and intelligent thinking is a sin. Ray Bradbury grew up in a time where televisions were…

time they have been fearful for their books, as well as their lives. But, Clarisse a seventeen year old and crazy girl had was different from the rest of the Readers. “Do you ever read the books that you burn?”(5) asked Clarisse to a soon to reader, Guy Montag. Montag replied “That’s against…

In George Orwell’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a futuristic firefighter, whose day to day job requires him to rid the everyday streets of illegal reading materials. In a world where you cannot read books, and futuristic technological advances rules the lives of all citizens, Guy Montag began to rethink such ideals when he met a book-loving girl named Clarisse. Ultimately, Montag has escaped the war-destroyed city. He has joined a group of survivors who devoted themselves to memorizing and…

As author George Saunders said in “Thank You, Esther Forbes” on page 62, “By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.” In this simple, yet elegant sentence I would elaborate its meaning as, The more vocabulary you have at your disposal the more vividly you can describe the world around you. Let me give you an example; If you and a 5th grader see an apple on a chair, the one with the more broad vocabulary would…

Human beings are naturally curious. We are made to create and solve problems. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist; Guy Montag, lives in a dystopic society where firemen burn every piece of evidence of the past which include books, houses, and in rare cases people. Montag is a fireman, a feared member in the government, who finds life boring and unpleasant not knowing what’s inside the books he burns. The government educates how citizens act by tv parlors throughout each house…

On the above date and time I was conducting a special patrol of waterfront Park. While conducting a check of Waterfront Park, I was approached by two city residents. Both residents advised me that they observed a blond female subject "passed out" on her driveway, located at 8715 Old Post Road. The residents stated that we probably all knew who the subject was because of all the trouble she has caused her grandparents. I immediately notified dispatch of the situation and I responded to 8715 Old…

Changing mindsets, breaking boundaries and burning one of the most powerful things in the world flood Guy Montag’s life. These are only three adaptations that happen during the time. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, the most important theme is change. Currently, books are one of the biggest learning utensils used in almost every subject. These textbooks and novels are packed with information to give us knowledge and help us understand subjects. When we read stories, we learn how to…

The poem “St. Petersburg” by Osip Mandelstam is about the change in St. Petersburg city from the past to the present, hence its name. In the first stanza the author about how he is going to meet St. Petersburg for the first time, and how the world is empty. Interpreting the stanza it seems that this would be the author's first netting after the name of the city has changed as he knows so much about the city in the past. The second stanza is about the environment in the city, in the past as it…

Has anyone ever influenced you in such a way that made you realize new things about yourself or your own life? This is exactly how Montag felt in the book, “Fahrenheit 451” after he was influenced by Faber. Faber impacts Montag in a positive way, proving the importance of being able to think for oneself and make conscious decisions. On page 82, Monatag says “I just want you to teach me how to understand what I am reading.” This quote shows montag just wants Faber to teach him how to make…