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What Is The Importance Of Literature In Fahrenheit 451

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Have you ever wondered why when people do not know or are scared by something their instinct is to destroy that very thing? Whether it be a falling in love with the wrong person or even the thought provoking power of books. In addition, books or “winged entities” have the ability to disturb anyone’s pre-consumed assumptions and possibly unlock a closet of skeletons. The influence literature can have on a person to think freely scares some authority especially dictators. In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, the author, is making an effort to warn the American people against losing sight on the importance of literature in our everyday life; disconnecting from family and friends because we are too involved with technology; and becoming so

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