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Fahrenheit 451

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Dystopian Reality Is the world we know today starting to become a dystopian world? In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, books are being burned along with the people, and technology is heavily influencing people’s everyday lives. This book was banned because of its vulgar language, scenes, and because it goes against religious belief. However, it should be accessible to readers because it’s becoming similar to our own world. It tells the readers about the unhealthy use of technology and the huge increase in book banning, and it warns us about suppressing the ideas and knowledge found in books. The reason that this book has been challenged multiple times is because of the vulgar words and scenes found in the book, and it goes against religious belief. The book's challenging history starts all the way back in the 1900’s. One example is in …show more content…

Burn it down. White people don’t feel good about Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Burn it down. Someone’s written a book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs? Are the cigarette people weeping? Burn the book.” (Bradbury 57). It reflects our own world's efforts to ban books that discuss sensitive topics like racism or LGBTQ+, and it was proven when “a report taken by PEN America states that 41% of books were banned because it included LGBTQ themes, and 40% were banned because it included people of colour.” (O'Kane). People even create organizations whose main purpose is to ban books, and there have been multiple cases of parents wanting books to be taken off the shelves, and an example of this is when “a parent, discovering their child was reading something they found problematic, approached a school board and asked that Fahrenheit 451 be removed from the curriculum.” (Williams). Instead of thinking about the deeper meaning behind a book, we find problems in the text that make individuals feel uncomfortable, and try to get the book banned. The influence of technology also shows how quickly people accept

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