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    What would you do if you lived in a society where books are banned? Fahrenheit 451 is about a futuristic society in which books are banned, and the firemen burn houses to get rid of books instead of put out fires. The main character, Guy Montag, works as a fireman burning books. He meets someone that makes him question his society. He begins to read books and eventually wants out of the society. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury illustrates the idea that knowledge leads to diversity and

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    Or do you just keep yourself up to date on the latest gossip among celebrities, like what they wore to an awards show? It’s not your fault. It’s a little thing called censorship, which is one of the main issues analyzed in the dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451. The specific warning in the book, which was written by Ray Bradbury, is that, if we aren’t willing to learn new things, we will become afraid of knowledge and the power that comes with it. This is effectively portrayed, because in the novel

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    Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a popular fiction book that portrays a dystopian world that coincidently look alike our society nowadays and even though fahrenheit 451 was written as a fiction book, it storyboard and plot is quite realistic. Fahrenheit 451 is centered in Guy Montag and his metamorphosis within a pretentious and ignorant society. Guy Montag works as a fireman who dedicates to start fires and burn every dangerous weapon (books) found within the houses. Eventually, Montag meets

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    Imagine a world where Technology can control you and your future. Technology is what your life consists of and will keep advancing as years go on. A dystopian environment contains all of these factors. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, violence is normal for the way life. Montag is the protagonist who is a firefighter unlike anything in the real world, but eventually sees how the job is not suited for him. Montag has to deal with the antagonist Captain Beatty, his boss and control over

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    Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is a book written to simulate the future of what the society may be like. In some aspects, Fahrenheit 451’s society is a lot similar to the current society, but sometimes, very different. The world of Fahrenheit 451 and the United States both ban books for similar reasons, but the two societies differ on respect for life and family relationships. First of all, the society of Fahrenheit 451 and the modern society are different from each other because

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    dystopian genre by providing the feeling of hopelessness and a sinking country to Fahrenheit 451 to illustrate how man kind can destroy itself. First of all, the book is full of dystopian characteristics, however not completely stereotypically identical to other dystopian works. Unlike a well-known dystopian novel, The Hunger Games, that includes an extremely forceful leader and elite class with a suffering majority, Fahrenheit 451 does not. Bradbury instead uses Beatty as the closest example of a forceful

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    In a society where reckless behavior is encouraged, thinking is banned, and books are burned, Guy Montag begins to go against what the society finds to be moral. Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, describes the life of a man, living as a “Fireman,” in a society where thinking and books are banned, while reckless behavior and stupidity are encouraged. With the encounter and death of a girl, named Clarisse McClellan, Montag is driven and self-encouraged to try to change himself when he soon begins

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    Mikaelyn McGraw 3rd Quarter IRP Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Author and his/her time: Ray Bradbury is the Author of Fahrenheit 451. He was born in 1920 in Illinois and passed away in 2012 in LA.He was a well known novelist, play and screenwriter, and poet. He has many well known books such as, Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Dandelion Wine. He was married to Marguerite McClure for 57 years, together they had 4 daughters; Susan Nixon, Ramona Ostergren, Bettina Karapetian, and Alexandra

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    Degrading Effects of Technology in Dystopian Societies Fahrenheit 451 is a novel in which the characters are convinced by the government that their society is a utopia, when in reality the government is using censorship to manipulate and control them. Ray Bradbury, the author, illustrates a dystopian society by having characters overdose frequently and only show interest in their meaningless television programs. The film Wall-E, directed by Andrew Stanton, also exemplifies a society where the government

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    Society can become dangerous when the government is in control of our lives. No one reads books, technology is minimizing relationships, and people don’t appreciate the outdoors as much anymore, the main character in Fahrenheit 451 begins to disregard the rules that the society has made. One person is able to change the way of a society by being willing to change and think for themselves. Bradbury is trying to predict and warn us on the dangers that are ahead if we keep continuing to rely on technology

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