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Burning Books In Fahrenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

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“It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 1). This quote was said by Ray Bradbury the author of Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag a character in the book said this because he liked burning books at that point in the book. This relates to this paragraph i'm writing because this quote is about books and i'm writing about books and how they exist. In this books are burned and are not allowed to be in homes. Technology, Books have existed, and war is all related to modern society in different ways. There are similarities and differences between modern society, Fahrenheit 451, Harrison Bergeron, and in How I live now. Books exist in modern society and in Fahrenheit 451, Technology exists in Harrison Bergeron and in modern society, and in How I live Now …show more content…

In modern society books are free and you can read them or take them home in any library, and in the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury... Books are burned and are illegal to have and read. “Do you ever read any of the books you burn? He laughed. That's against the law!” (Bradbury 5). This quote means that books are illegal in Fahrenheit and you are not allowed to read them and have them. In modern society anyone can have a book and they aren't illegal to have in your home. The differences between Fahrenheit and modern society is books in modern society are used to learn and give you information about something and in Fahrenheit people are not even able to own books or use them. The similarities are some people in Fahrenheit want to use books and read them. In modern society, people want to read books and learn the information that the books …show more content…

In How I live now war happens all the time and is a common everyday of peoples lives in How I live now, War can be brought to people's backyards in this dystopian Society. In modern society war is held under control and would never destroy peoples houses and their property. “ After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I want to live my life now (Rosoff). This quote means that the she wants to stay with her cousin and away from the war that is happening. Differences is How I live my life and in modern society are war doesn’t happen in people’s backyards in modern society like in this book. Similarities are that war is happening in both these worlds and the government is fighting with other

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In Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451 books in homes are getting burned. Firefighters go into homes that contain books and burn them in the homes. Some of the civilians that have their homes burned are staying inside because they want to keep their books. In the end they just end up dying if they do stay in the fire. Most civilians do end up letting their homes get burned.

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Fahrenheit 451 is a book by Ray Bradbury about people who live in a world where reading is illegal. They can read small things such as signs and such but reading deeply like books is illegal. They all know how to read buy they are forbidden to. Instead they are all plugged in, only watching Tv or Listening to music. Bradbury feels a this will be the future if we continue down the oath we are going, and I think he's right.

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The novel, Fahrenheit 451, presents a future society where books are prohibited and the firemen burn any that are. The title is the temperature at which books burn. It was written by Ray Bradbury and first published in October 1953. In this novel, protagonist Montag changes his understanding in various aspects such as love or his human relationship throughout the book. However, among all of these, fire – the main theme of this novel – has the most significance as it also changes his understanding of knowledge from books.

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Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic book predicting that reading will be illegal and all books will be burned, people will be ignorant, and because knowledge is like power the government hides the books from them. Guy Montag, a fireman who is instructed to burn books by the government thinks he like doing it until he met a girl and realized, burning books didn't give him true happiness he was just being ignorant like everyone else. Why were books burned in this society? Books were burned in this society because the government believes knowledge is power, so keeping it hidden from society will be better for them. Instead of everyone talking to each other calmly, reading books, or enjoying nature they watch television the size of their wall, argue

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“It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 1). Fahrenheit 451 is about a firemen Guy Montag, who burns books, but starts questioning who books are being burned. Guy has a hard time getting the answers he wants, and he is soon to find out the world is not how he thought it was. Most people use technology today, just like the people in Ray Bradbury`s book Fahrenheit 451. In the book Fahrenheit 451 there are a lot of similarities in the book compared to today, such as technology, government overpower, and censorship.

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At the beginning of the book Montage liked the fire. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with burning the books. When he and the other firefighters are burning the books he says, “It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (1). He is stating how he feels happy to destroy books.

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Today in our society, reading books is often suggested by many parents, teachers, and doctors, because of the benefits it brings to the individual reading. Books are even often donated and given to those who isn’t capable of buying them themselves. However, in the novel it is significantly different from what we know today. In Fahrenheit 451, books are forbidden by the government and could result in severe consequences including you losing your life as shown on page 37 when a woman refused to leave her books which had resulted in her being engulfed in the flames along with her belongings, including her

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A society where books are burned and reading is banned, seems like a far off dystopian land, but it's happening in America, and it's happening now. Books such as Ray Bradbury's ""Fahrenheit 451"" are being banned daily. The book, ironically, is about a fireman who runs away from society because he refuses to burn books and submit to a life without meaning. Although "Fahrenheit 451" brings up issues pertaining to controversial beliefs, it should not be banned because of it's educational value. By reading this book students are exposed to life lessons and experiences all within the confines of a book.

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The differences and similarities between the book’s society and our modern day society really bulged out at me while I was reading the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. In Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. And instead of having firemen that put out fire, the firemen start the fire to burn down books and houses. There are many differences and similarities between our modern day society and the the society in the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. Such as our Government, Technology, and Behavior.

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