... obscenities teach their children improper morals and could lead them to act upon what they read in schools. Some of these themes include "offensive language, sexually explicit scenes, homosexuality, violence, religious viewpoint, and drugs" (Crum). While some of these themes truly cry, "obscene!", not all books that contain such subjects mean to push students in that direction. For ... ...

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... Bradbury is a twentieth-century writer who uses many different symbols and extreme changes that people and things go through to underline his main theme of censorship as well as other themes in his novel Fahrenheit 451. There are many different symbols throughout the novel that can help the reader interpret Fahrenheit better. Perhaps the most obvious symbol in Fahrenheit is machinery ... Bradbury was trying to convey in Fahrenheit 451. The symbolism throughout the book as well as the changes that Guy Montag and that fire went through, helped to present the themes of censorship and freed...

• Word Count: 1971
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• Grade Level: High School

... situation can be destroyed complete anarchy can be the result. "Brave New World" is about a Utopia, an ideal state, a bad ideal state. It is therefore a novel about ideas, and its themes are as important as its plot. Most are expressed as fundamental principles of the Utopia, the brave new world. Community, Identity, Stability is the motto of the World State. It ... sex with Lenina and his fight with the system after his mother dies. Eventually, the conflict is too much for him and he kills himself. Throughout "Fahrenheit 451", the key themes of conformity, apathy, stagnancy and censors...

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• Grade Level: High School

... is dropped on the city and Montag watches his hometown be destroyed. 10. Montag and the other men go about their "duty" to start rebuilding the society that destroyed itself. 7. Themes: A major theme in this book is the outrageous censorship of books by the government. The government in this society is basically burning books so that nobody's feelings will get hurt ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School