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    understanding, but too often technology has become the ‘master’ of its users. In Fahrenheit 451, the ubiquitous technology has controlled every aspect of the people’s sense of individualism and humanism in the destructive society. Ray Bradbury uses certain technological advancements to show how it can dismantle family relations, provides false satisfaction, and prevents people from gaining knowledge. Technology in Fahrenheit 451 is dismantling family relations in the destructive society. When Mildred’s

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    With of all literary works regarding dystopian societies, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is perhaps one of the most bluntly shocking, insightful, and relatable of them. Set in a United States of the future; this novel contains a government that has banned books and a society that constantly watches television. However, Guy Montag, a fireman (one who burns books whereas actually putting out fires) discovers books and a spark of desire for knowledge is ignited within him. Unfortunately his boss, the

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    Fahrenheit 451 Character Changes How does somebody go from being a follower to a questioner? Fahrenheit 451 is set in a future dystopian world where books are not allowed and if found with them, they will be burned and be sent to jail. The story follows a fireman named Guy Montag whose job it is to burn books. In the story Fahrenheit 451 the character Montag has many distinct and large changes in his beliefs and in his character. Montag has many character changes from who he is at the beginning,

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    Do you think technology is good or bad? The story of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. is about the future where technology has taken over and is trying you push out the old way of are society. Montag is fire fighter who does the opposite by starting fires to get rid of books. Montag later realizes what he is doing is wrong and tries to make up for it by trying to save the last remaining books. Fahrenheit 451 by ray Bradbury shows just how disasters technology can be by limiting human interaction with

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    Sometimes books are created to be a portal to a different world to learn from, and try to not do what they do. The book Fahrenheit 451 is a well crafted book, a book written to teach people of all times what not to do. The theme I found in the book Fahrenheit 451 is that people ignore their reality because they don’t feel comfortable with reality. There are many examples in the book and in the time period the book was written in that support my theme statement. I’ll go over some examples in the book

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    in Fahrenheit 451 , it is a different time in the world where firefighters don’t stop fires but they start them and the people mindlessly follow the government. The people want entertainment so badly that even when it is slowly killing them. Bradbury uses foreshadowing to show people need to step up and lead, predict future events, and show that people can change. Usually people want to be leaders but often just become followers of what other people do. This did not happen in Fahrenheit 451, in

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    “People need quality information, the leisure to digest it, and the freedom to act on what has been learned.”(Bradbury 85) When these aspects are removed from a society, human beings lose every right to freedom and individualism. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 and the short story Harrison Bergeron, this proves to be more than true. These pieces of literature each display similar values of society, technological advancements, rebellious acts, and a human desire for fulfillment of equality. The values

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    “To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge,” stated Confucius, an ancient Chinese philosopher who was known for his great wisdom and teachings.(“Confucius...”) Fahrenheit 451 can teach a person many things, and the most important lesson one can learn from the novel is that knowledge gives life meaning. This quote from Confucius is a almost perfect representation of what Montag gains through reading books. Montag learns to know what he knows and what he doesn’t know. He

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the message of censorship is seen through Guy Montag and how thinking for one’s self can be manipulated by hiding knowledge. Ray Bradbury was born in Illinois 1920 and after graduating high school in Los Angeles, he began to write for newspapers. Bradbury did not like technology and how fast it was becoming a part of everyday life, which sparked his idea for Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury resented technology so much that he did not let publishers to publish

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    last? In the future that could be totally different. People could be completely controlled by people who are “above” them in society. The books Fahrenheit 451, The Veldt, and Harrison Bergeron this is exactly what is happening. They all have the common theme of letting others control them. People were controlled by the government in Fahrenheit 451 to believe that books were bad for them and that it was not good to think very hard. When the government found out that a person had books they

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