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Censorship In Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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451 degrees fahrenheit. The highest degree in which paper burns, books more than anything. Future. Firemen burn books, start fires, and sometimes kill citizens, not put them out or save people. Future. No emotion, poor communication, no relationships, and no knowledge. A world where it’s normal to commit suicide where it’s normal to be depressed. A world where no one cares if you're gone. Fahrenheit 451 is all about the government using censorship in this society. It wasn’t the citizens choice to be like this, it was how they were taught. It’s a dystopian world where nothing matters, not books, not emotion and not even life. The things that this society is missing is quality information, leisure to absorb information, and ability to act based on what is read. It’s the story of Guy Montag, a man on a journey to bring life and knowledge back to his destroyed city through crime and friends. Ray Bradbury is the author of Fahrenheit 451, and the creator of this dystopian society. He’s all about future and what’s …show more content…

Montag in the middle of the book starts to read books, 8iand of course can get access to them, because he is a firefighter. He gets into a lot of trouble while doing this. His wife also leaves him because she didn’t want to get caught, for also having the books, so she turned him in. Montag breaks away from the crowd, and becomes an individual. In the very end of the book, Montag takes the books, and leaves the city. Also while this is happening, a nuclear war is going on. It destroyed the whole city in the end. Montag has faith in his city, can rebuild itself into a better society with his help. Now's the time for Montag to re-create the city, how it’s ‘supposed’ to be. He has faith in his city, and fellow friends. “When we reach the city.” In this quote Montag and his new friends are going back to the city to fix what was and is broken. No matter what happens in life, there's always hope for new beginnings. Always have

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In fact, he was kind of glad that the whole city had been destroyed. They could all start a new life and get others to join the rebellion as they moved into the city. “Didn’t take as long to get here as i thought i would,” said Montag. “Well that’s because this is the only time anyone has ever been truly happy to get here.” Montag thought to himself for a few minutes.

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