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    In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the author predicted a future full of negativity along with carelessness which is shown by the teenagers in the novel that have meaningless conversation, are overly judgemental, get into trouble, and are consumed by their technology exactly like the teenagers of the current world. From the beginning, the readers can detect that Bradbury is showing his concerns for society by making it easy for them to see the similarities between the two like when Clarisse is…

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    electronic. The world has put such a reliability on technology that without it we would be lost. In the short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, the author depicts a family struggling to hold its ties together as the children are more interested in their nursery, the technology room, rather than their parents putting a strain on a growing relationship. Similar to Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, Mildred, the wife of the main character Montag, can not go a minute without her multiple…

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    Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury that focuses on the protagonist, Guy Montag, and his struggles with wanting to read in a society that has declared that illegal. Ray Bradbury got his inspiration from the historical book burnings that have occurred, like Hitler burning books in the streets and the burning down of the libraries in Alexandria. He thought that if those things have happened in the past, what’s preventing them from happening again in the future? So in…

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    factories.” Imagine the world if television screens took up entire parlour room walls and characters could speak directly to the listener, addressing them by name. This is the society that my novel, Fahrenheit 451, is set in. Goodmorning Year 10, I am Ray Bradbury, a well-known American fantasy and horror author. In my novel Fahrenheit 451, I intend to make the reader think deeply about what humanity is coming to. A conformed society, controlled by the world of technology and ignorance, which…

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, he separates the story into three parts and uses the titles as a metaphor to help further the plot and show the development of his characters. He uses these three parts to tell a story within the story itself, a story of a man trying to win back his right to think on his own. The titles represent his struggles and his triumphs, which ultimately in the end all tie together to create the overall theme of the novel. Bradbury divides this story into three…

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    Fahrenheit 451 While researching the text of Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury writes of the future which seems to be the present. The similarity between the world in the book to our own is very breathtaking because if you think about it the book was written in the 1950’s in which they had just gotten TV’s,video recorders, and radios etc. The reason being that they had just gotten that type of technology there was no way of him knowing that the technology would escalate like…

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    Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury is a story taking place in a futuristic American city. In this city there is a fireman named Guy Montag and his job, along with other firemen is to actually set fire to any books that are found. Montag loved his job until he met a seventeen year old girl that made him amend what he had been doing for many years. At the very beginning of the story Montag enjoys his job immensely. He is a third generation fireman and he never misses work. He doesn’t just…

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    is the root of all evil and problems, but the amount of evils caused by a few dollar bills does not compare to the devastation caused by ignorance. This idea is presented in several works of literature as well as daily life. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a firefighter named Guy Montag has an internal battle with his values and what is right in the eyes of society. The book takes place in a 24th century town where technology is all the rage. In this futuristic civilization, firefighters are…

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    In the story Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury the characters are Guy Montag, Clarisse McClellan, Beatty, Mrs. Ann Bowles, Stone man, Mrs. Clara Phelps, Faber, Granger and Black. Guy Montag walks home from work as he gets to his house, he bumps into Clarisse McClellan he and her began to talk as they walk home they then get home Montag goes to his bedroom as he starts to sleep he gets up not being able to breath, he then goes to Mildred and see’s her sick. He calls the medics and they detox her…

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    say, but it seems that it’s only going to its doom. Everything, in the 21rst century, is made to be easy and many find this pleasurable. But this easily leads to laziness and laziness to uncountable misfortunes. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, a plausible future for humanity is presented where technology, hollow, frenetic entertainment and instant gratification controls the life of the population. If the present human race continues on its current path, aspects of the everyday…

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