... American society. In these societies the government forces strip all individuality, intelligence, and competition in life. Two works of literature that support this idea are Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, and "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut. These authors make use of literary elements, such as characterization, theme, and plot, and techniques, such as symbolism, paradox, irony, simile, and allusion ... to convey their ideas. The plot of Fahrenheit 451 deals with a dystopia in which censorship is a prominent theme. In this futuristic society Bradbury ... " (13). These contrasting...

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... and substance that he questions. For him the apparently pointless firebombing of Dresden, with its destruction of beautiful art and architecture and the killing of thousands of innocents, symbolizes the illogical. Time and memory also express the author's desolation when he witnessed the massacre of Dresden in the second world war. The science fiction elements of the novel include time travel. Billy travels in time(" Billy has ... gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on his wedding day. He has walked through a door in 1955 and come out another one in 1941-), experience his life's ...

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