... fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his work, Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic ... various occupations and technological advances, to show what life could be like if the future takes a drastic turn for the worse. He turns man's best friend, the dog, against man, changes the role of public servants and changes the value of a person. Aldous Huxley also uses the conce...

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... the main protagonist in the story. He is a typical ignorant citizen until he meets Clarisse. He realizes that burning books is not the answer. He is a man who is willing to learn, but has a hard time grasping information. "I've been an idiot all the way I thought I had part of the Book ... cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb" [20]. Clarisse McClellan- Clarisse is a 17-year-old girl with the wisdom of an old man. She has a miraculous gift of observation. She shies away from conformity and is killed because she questions things, instead of just accepting them. "Her face was .....

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... their own opinions; he can keep them ignorant while he has the knowledge they can never obtain. "What is there about fire that's so lovely?... It's perpetual motion; the think man wanted to invent, but never did....Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences." (Bradbury 115). That is, by eliminating books the government removes the ability to distinguish ... I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about all the books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each of the books. A man had to think them up. A ma...

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... Guy's realization about books. Some characters in the story change throughout the book. Guy is the most changed character in this story. He was transformed from a man who didn't think twice about burning books to a man who stood up for their meanings, even if it meant death. He forgot everything that mattered to him and decided that knowledge overruled ignorance. On the ... book was frightening in my opinion. It was very perplexed and ironic "you never knew what was around the corner. It was scary to be in the mind of a man who was going through so much; he was driving himself crazy try...

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... a signal to passing boats. Ralph's clinging to his belief establishes the conflict in the story between himself and Jack. As the story progresses, we find that the natural state of man is not a good one. In this story we find how people would react in a situation like this. It is not far stretched. While the story gets deeper, we find that ... this story we find that utopianism, in this case children being able to do whatever they want without any adult supervision, is negative. We find that the natural state of man takes over, with greed and jealousy fueling the fire, a perfect situati...

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... experience her own wish to fall in love by literally taking over and forcing Ann to do and say the things Cecy thinks. Along with Ann, Cecy takes advantage of a man, Tom, who is extremely fond of Ann already. Although Tom feels strongly for Ann, it is evident that Ann does not like or appreciate Tom, immediately telling him to "get ... for a night. Cecy seems giddy and happy that she is finally getting to experience a sense of normality and doing something for herself. Whilst Ann is miserably preparing for a night with a man she does not reciprocate any feelings for. As a whole, these w...

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... found dead, but she left an impression on Guy Montag. Guy collects books from the ones they go and burn. He begins to hate is job as a fireman. He finds a man that also likes books and has been planning to destroy what the fireman do. Then, Guy Montage is reported to have books in his house. While on the job the ... live near Montag and she made Montag realized what he was doing is totally wrong. Granger: Granger is the important leader of the "Book People" and he is a well-educated man from a university. Conclusion: I am somewhat amazed at how prophetic this book is and how accurate Br...

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... stories have misconceptions of Truth in them. In the Fire Balloons, the missionary priests go to Mars looking for sin. The Episcopalian church chose Father Peregrine because he was " a flexible man. And Mars is like that uncleaned closet we have neglected for millenniums. Sin has collected there like bric-a-brac." (123). Father Peregrine and his corps of missionaries are to go ... ). The sorts of works that deal with the fears of humans tend to evoke wild emotions within people and can rock society. To preserve tranquility, the book-burners said, "Every man must face reality. Must face t...

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... events that took place on American soil, they nosedive right back into the well known comfort of ignorance. This novel challenges students to question the definition of humanity, on whether a man should judge another on the color of his skin. The controversial book does not only target the racial tension in the south, it also describes, in a beautifully poignant way, the ... ...

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... . He did not wish to open the drapes and open the French windows, for he did not want the moon to come into the room. So, with the feeling of a man who die in the next hour for lack of air, he felt his way toward his open, separate, and therefore cold bed" (Bradbury 10). Guy could not remember when and ... ...

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... knowledge promote a lackluster society, but prompts few to question the government's reasons for prohibition. Guy Montag, the protagonist of the story, is a "fireman" whose job is to burn books. He's a man with questions, and slowly and eventually submits his questioning of the government to his curiosity of the unknown. Beatty and Montag both use fire as a way to destroy all aspects ... ...

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... . These views about literature enhanced the novels" Science Fiction theme. The world in the novel is controlled by computers and advanced technology. "Life became concentrated in the present moment and man did not need to know anything except how to work his machines." (50). This narrative explains the drastic impact that Science and Technology had on the attitude toward literature in ... ...

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... kerosine on them. Montag urges the book owner to leave because the house is going to be set afire. She refuses and recites something she read from a book " 'Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out."(65). She then lights the house and herself on ... ...

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... of the society in which he lived (Novels for Students 144). And again when the book said that when he returned to the firehouse, he might wink at himself, a minstrel man, burnt corked in the mirror. Later, going to sleep he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away that smile ... ...

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... as a loyal fireman, burning what he is told to burn, progresses through a period of doubts and questioning, and ends up rebelling against the system and doing his part to keep man's literary heritage alive. (Johnson 86) There is another main change throughout the book that can be seen very clearly and that is the change that we see in fire. "Fire ... ...

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... world may sound like bliss but human beings are no longer in control, technology is. It is in control from the largest scale of production to the lowest task imaginable. Man has become so dependent on technology that he has become unaware of how much control it has and it is this ignorance that leads to dystopia. In both Ray Bradbury ... ...

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