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Commentary On Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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For this Literacy Letter I will be writing about the book Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a thriller or drama that takes place in a futuristic/backwards society where firemen burn down buildings instead of take out fires. Books in this society are also banned and burned. There are a couple main characters in the book. Starting with the most important (debatable), Motang, who is a firemen. He takes us along his journey of discovery. So basically the whole book is about him. Next comes Clarisse, who plays an important role in changing up the book, specifically by affecting Motang. Lastly we have Faber, a professor in which he speaks with to help with his predicament. After meeting Clarisse, soon Motang becomes confused. With
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While reading the novel Fahrenheit 451, i realized the author, Ray Bradbury described the role of censorship by putting together the personal freedom that one person has, to the freedom of expression that person was giving. Bradbury describes the right of the First Amendment and the rights we have as a human being. The First Amendment is about the freedom of speech that one person has for themselves. Once a man named Justice Holmes, said the meaning of the First amendment was “freedom for what we hate.” A role of censorship was played by sending a very direct or forward message that tells readers what may or may not happen if they allow the government to take control of what they do or do not read.

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How can Being an Outsider Challenge the Establishment Have you ever been an outsider? It can be lonely at times but there are different ways to challenge the establishment as Ray Bradbury shows us in his book fahrenheit 451. The two biggest outsiders in the book were Guy Montag and Clarisse McClellan. They showed us how to challenge the establishment in different ways.

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"Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451”, was composed by The Brussels Journal is published by the Society for the Advancement of Freedom in Europe (SAFE), a Swiss non-profit organisation. In his essay, Bertonneau incorporated and discusses in his piece about Montag and his moral awakening and how he goes from a simple character, a law abiding citizen who believes that the work he is doing to suppress knowledge and questioning is good for the world, to a man of questioning and thirst for understanding. The ideas that Bertonneau brings to the table in his piece about Beatty the fire chief and how he is a pawn in the government plan to regulate and censor all forms of art. He describes Beatty as a an extension of a larger scale idea that this captain

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Fahrenheit 451 is a book that tells a story of one fireman called Montag, the story passes in one futuristic society where the books are prohibited and if they are found they are burned by the fireman. Most of the people in this society seems to be brainwashed and do not care to learn. During the story different people appear, showing how people in that society were. The book can be interpreted in several ways, but the way that seems more realistic is that the world in the future will be like this. I chose page 8 and 9 of the book fahrenheit 451, because it shows character building of Montag and Clarisse.

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The author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, was born on August 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Illinois. Throughout his life Bradbury was married to Marguerite McClure and had four children with her, Susan Nixon, Ramona Ostergren, Bettina Karapetian and Alexandra BradBury. Bradbury graduated from high school in 1938, during the great depression, therefore did not have the funds to attend college. According to www.Biography.com, Bradbury stated, ‘“[i] couldn’t go to college, so I went to the library three times a week for 10 years’” (“Ray”).

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In this world technology has taken over the society and sometimes even destroyed humanity on its own. In Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury reveals how humanity and technology have taken over its time. In the book he proclaims how everyone turns against one another. He describes life at that time, which is based in the future as in black and white. In the passage if they don’t agree with a person or their beliefs and lifestyle they automatically plan to get rid of them with numerous pieces of technology.

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Writing is a good way to help us learn about the world around us. It opens a door for us to understand one another, but most importantly, to understand our Creator. Since the time of the oldest alphabet to today's modern alphabet, it has been the most important discovery that helped early man learn about one another. Writing can change someone's ideas or can help them see something from another point of view. Writing may help you to speak your mind without the fear of others direct criticism.

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury portrays a futuristic dystopian society where the “firemen” start fires rather than put them out. The members of this society concentrate only on entertainment, immediate satisfaction, and rush through life. The general theme of modernization and the domination of technology over man cause society to lose sight of the importance of genuine human relationships. The ideals represented in Fahrenheit 415 such as technology and entertainment having full authority over humans has become even more prevalent on today’s society. The people of Fahrenheit 451 fear knowledge, which authorizes the government to have total control over what they do or do not read, watch, and discuss which causes them to be striped of their individualism.

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In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag experiences a paradigm shift as he transforms from a disoriented fireman to a learner who wants to gain knowledge through literature. Montag struggles with his newfound fascination with what was once trivial items because of his inability to ask questions under the bonds of conformity. However, the society prohibits people from reading for fear that they would express individuality and perhaps even rebel once they gain knowledge. Through the use of characterization and diction, the Bradbury demonstrates Montag’s desire for individuality and the society’s command of conformity in order to build a suspenseful mood, which keeps the reader’s interest. First, through the use of characterization,

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