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Comparing Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 And History

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Control or fire So when you picture a burning book what would you think of?I can definitely be sure it some sort of censorship and these two texts definitely back that up.Ray Bradbury’s science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 and History proves how dangerous it is to have the government regulate fake news are completely different texts but there is something they have in common themethey both explain how extreme controlling government can be their own downfall like how long strong government have been corrupted.Even though government control can be useful sometimes, Ray Bradbury and Flemming Rose and Jacob Mchangam that an extreme controlled government can be its own downfall because of the resistance of society and the corruption in such governments. Controlling governments can be their own …show more content…

Government corruption doesn’t end there in addition to this quote,“Yes, our digital era and the explosion of speech and communication on social media are unique”(Rose and Mchangama 4).The author is elaborating on the fact thatthe way media has affected us is very unique and it probably still the government that is corrupted and this support that they describe it as an explosion which means it came all at the same time and who has the power to do that,that’s right the

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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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