Seashell

Imagine a society where Hakuna Matata was taken seriously, where everything was done for the thrill of life. Where learning is only in sports and speed is relaxing. Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a fictional society where Hakuna Matata is taken to the extremes with the added features of technological advances and books are illegal. Books are illegal for the valuable lessons written in them. In the gnarled culture the ideals are; work to play hard and thinking is done by the…

Censorship in a Society Is censorship right or wrong? Many people believe the way you use it defines whether is correct or wrong. Clearly in some societies, if it is not used correctly it can be detrimental. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950’s. Where censorship plays a key role in how the society and people are treated. Individuals In this dystopian society are controlled by mass media which is controlled by the government. The government does…

shore for some shade underneath a palm tree. ’Two Gulls’ was painted on a wooden board nailed above the door and the wind chimes rang in the distance to warn the shop owners of each visitors entry. On display in the window were rows of miniature seashell necklaces, hand painted ornaments, and assorted taffy. My eyes drifted off to the shore to find a grey dolphin jump out of the water followed by a group of others. Each one had a sparkle covering its exterior that soon vanished underneath the…

When reading the text “Down the river”, by … Abbey, it becomes very obvious his constantly changing tone. When the topic of a sentence or a paragraph is humans, he sounds resentful and uses obscene words to better convey the way he feels about the human being and human activities, “… the domestic routine (same dreams every night), the stupid and useless and degrading jobs, the insufferable arrogance of elected officials, … , the foul, diseased cities we live in … what utterly useless crap we…

Abundance of Fossilized Megalodon Teeth Washing Ashore in North Carolina The shores of North Carolina are known for having Megaladon teeth, but they are currently experiencing a bumper crop. Beachcombers in North Carolina are finding much more than just seashells recently because there has been an influx of fossilized Megaladon teeth washing up on the beaches and it has paleontologists excited. Megaladon Ruled the Ancient Sea Just for few moments, imagine a city bus, now imagine that bus with…

lives with ignorance and mediocrity. Bradbury being to dive into this question by explaining what modern technologies replace books. First mention of what replaces books is on page 12 when Montag describes these headphone like things as “little seashells, the thimbles of the radios tamped tight”. Next…

dancers assuming a slightly bent over posture with raised kness, and also flat feet movement. Early America music and dance have some charecteristic because it cant be dancing without music. Wind instraments contain couch shell trumphets, which is a seashell horn that is used in religious ceramonies and other types of musical places. The reputable types of flutes are known as panpipes which is used in the Andes. Native Americans are the first ones to use stringed instuments including the gitar,…

Captain Beatty visits him to reassure him, but actually ends up driving Montag farther away. Montag's wife Mildred doesn't understand Montag's feelings, she represents the perfect citizen. She always watches the parlor walls and listens to her seashells. She never lives in the moment or really thinks about anything. She took all her sleeping pills then denied it the next day, making Montag feel like they are both going…

glimpse of a shooting star as it whizzes past your murky window. Imagine never witnessing the illumination of Christmas lights on a frigid, December night. Imagine never perceiving the simple wonders of the world: autumn leaves, goosebumps, and sandy seashells. How could one live like this; how could one find the strength to carry on? This is where some may resort to literature. Literature can provide assistance and encouragement for a plethora of people powering through life-altering barriers.…

for some people to be happy. Distraction is the thing that both the books society, and our society have in common. People are distracted from being preoccupied in the books society. For example, people have “both ears plugged… with seashells”(pg 16) so that they have something to distract themselves from the world around them. Another example would be Mildred constantly taking pills because she is so distracted, that she forgets that she takes the pill every hour. In our society, we…