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    questions, and her unusual love of people, and all things that were different. Harrison Bergeron from the story Harrison Bergeron was a 14 year old who was so frightening that he was arrested "on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government". (Ray Bradberry) He tried to show the

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    Dynamic characters undergo inner change. In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman, whose job involves finding “forbidden” books and burning them, along with the house, and residents if necessary. This futuristic society has given way to ignorance and hatred of literature. They freely gave it up for the quick fix of simpler technological entertainment. Through Montag’s interactions with other characters, he learns and grows from a close minded worker who enjoys burning books

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    Many times in life, things change in ways no one would have expected them to. In the novels 1984 by George Orwell and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, significant symbols develop different meanings along the course of the books. Both novels are relatively similar and consist of the same theme; the destruction of society due to the immense power that the government has. Even though the authors styles differ, each novel contains different symbols that evolve over time, as well as the same recurring

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    In this society, people will always try many different things throughout their life - just because they become curious. Curiosity is what leads humanity in innovation and improvement, and makes us diverse. Once people stop having individual thoughts, our sense of self and different beliefs will also disappear. In the book “Fahrenheit 451”, Guy Montag lives in a society where the government controls all with technology, preventing people from having books and even individual thought. Montag, who

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    question that Clarisse ask Guy Montag in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this dystopian satire, technology has taken over and books are illegal. Montag’s job for ten years has been to burn books and not ask questions. However, a chance meeting between Montag and Clarisse, an insightful girl who was reading books. He has woke up and started on his journey of enlightenment.Throughout the book there are many symbols the Ray Bradbury uses to help entice the novel. These include the Phoenix

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    Change In Fahrenheit 451

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    Guy Montag is your typical headstrong character that is the hero or protagonist that never loses sight of what he is after. Through people portraying the man he wishes he was and characters setting him back, Montag fights his way through a foggy dystopian society in which has him playing the role of a fireman who starts the fires. Throughout Fahrenheit 451, Montag proves to be a character of change and a character of sheer willpower. Montag first starts out as the character that shows to be a follower

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the government censors the way society sees the world. The government destroys books and distracts society with entertaining television programs so that they do not realize the unacceptable reality of their dystopian world. The prolonged concealment of the truth has resulted in the ignorance of nearly all of society. Ignorance is most often defined as the lack of knowledge, education, or awareness. Taking a closer look into the lives of the characters of Fahrenheit 451

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    Imagine being restricted to do things you like. Imagine not being able to read a book or facing death if caught reading one. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury explores the idea of books being illegal and how they affect society. The theme in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is that ignorance and knowledge as individual concepts will always go up against each other but knowledge will always win. In the novel knowledge and ignorance are presented through different people. These people influence Guy Montag

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    In Fahrenheit 451 the author expresses the idea that one needs to take risks in order to change their life. For example in page 37 it says “montag’s hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest”. Montag had never done that before and taking the book was the first step to his journey, to changing his life and finding out what really is in those books. This action caused montag to change and shift towards a different direction, from the

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    firefighter whose job is to burn knowledge and books. In the society he lives in, people are blissfully ignorant and are completely handicapped without the technology that they so heavily rely on. This imperfect society is known as a dystopia. The author Ray Bradbury uses symbols throughout the novel to show the downfall and ultimate demise of this society. Fire is used by Bradbury to depict the destruction of individuality and free thought. Bradbury vocalizes this through sayin, “With the brass nozzle

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