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Social Criticism In Fahrenheit 451

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Fahrenheit 451 is a book of social criticism that warns against the dangers of suppressing thought through censorship. It uses the conventions and is a message that if the government, left unchecked, can be horrible and can do irreparable damage to society. It has many similarities and differences. One of the differences is that you can't read books because it is illegal and whoever is caught reading a book would get the death penalty but in our society, you can freely read a book if you want to. One similarity is that some books are banned in our world and all books are banned in their world. And another difference is the firemen in Fahrenheit 451 find homes that contain books so they burn them to the ground, sometimes with the people
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