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Examples Of Parlor Walls In Fahrenheit 451

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In Fahrenheit 451, which supposedly takes place in 2026, people are able to have these interactive TV’s. Sometime in the morning, anyone can go and get a script for the show on later and be apart of the program that they are watching in their own living room, or ‘parlor’. There is nothing wrong with the technology itself; in fact, the idea of a whole wall being an interactive television sounds amazing! But Bradbury uses the word parlor here, instead of sitting room or living room, to get a point across to us; when looking in the dictionary, the definition for parlor is “a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.”When reading F451, there are no visits or reception-ing going on in those parlor walls; just
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