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Banned Books In Fahrenheit 451

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Throughout today’s culture, there are many occurrences that are similar to those demonstrated F451. In a letter written by Kurt Vonnegut to the board of a high school in North Dakota, he talks about his book and some other books being burned since they contained “obscene language”. In fahrenheit 451, the possession of any book is against the law. So the books are burned by firemen just like Kurt Vonnegut’s book was at the high school. Also, the teachers of the high school are described by Kurt to be ignorant and are not aware of what the books are about and what they truly mean. The leaders that banned books in F451 aren’t aware of what books are really about and just decided to ban them most likely in fear of individualism. In addition,
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