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Fahrenheit 451 Be Banned

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Ray Bradbury writes in Fahrenheit 451 that books were no longer allowed in their society because of the offensive content of some written works. An example portrayed in the book as “offensive” was Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an anti-slavery book that was published in 1852. As a result of the time period, the book caused much outrage in slave owners and those supporting slavery. At the same time, the book turned many people against the idea and practice of slavery. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book was also considered to be one of the factors that caused the Civil War. Ray Bradbury uses this well-known classic, as well as the history of the book, to provide the reader an example of why books had been banned in

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