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B. John of Salisbury (John wrote about how Bernard of Chartres compared people to dwarves on the shoulders of giants, saying how "a dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on.")

C. I think Fahrenheit 451 would be banned because of some explicit content, discussions against drugs, going against certain religious beliefs, etc. However, I think this book should be kept and remembered because the society portrayed in the book is so readily disrupted by misinformation, censorship, and devices that divert attention from the reality of our world. We are seeing this today, and the situation truly emphasizes the value of knowledge and identity.

D. This quote means that people build off those who
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(MIP-1): In Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451, Montag starts out as a flawed person who agrees with his society. (SIP-A): Montag is a person who agrees with his society. (STEWE-1): Montag enjoys his job as a fireman in his society, “It was a pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed” (1). He is fond of the smell of kerosene and enjoys burning books and houses.

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Montag is afraid of the hound, and he believes it will attack him. A major theme is technology, and the hound is a machine. The mechanical hound is programmed to function as if it were a living being, but has no original thoughts or motives nor does it like or dislike. The hound seems to represent the government, and just like the government it eliminates any person that opposes rules that have been created. Montag believes it was programmed to be aggressive toward him.

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