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Mechanical Paranoia In Farenheit 451, By Ray Bradbury

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The house is really the only "character" in this story. We sympathize with the house just like we would with a human (or Martian) character, because Bradbury describes it like one: it has a skeleton, skin, and nerves . It even has a personality: it does things "carefully" and has "an old-maidenly preoccupation with self-protection".

So we relate to the house as if it were a person, but do we like it? Would we want to spend time there? We kind of think no. The house may have a personality, but it 's not a very nice one. It has an almost "mechanical paranoia," and it continues on "senselessly, uselessly" with its tasks. When a dying dog comes in, the house doesn 't think "oh no, we have to help the dog"—it 's just "angry at having to pick up
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