... "Fahrenheit 451" was written by Ray Bradbury in 1953, to reincarnate the idea of fire men burning books in a futuristic society populated by non-readers and non-thinkers that he originally came up with in his previous work "The Fire Man." Set in the 24th century, "Fahrenheit 451" tells the story of a man named Guy Montag who, at the beginning of the story, is content with his job as a "fire man ... ." In actuality of course, he is one of the men who burns houses and the books that occupy them. Shortly thereafter, however, Guy begins to develop a friendship with his 16 year-old neighbor C...

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... of the city because the city was falling apart. The people were becoming like robots; they had not real thoughts. I think Ray Bradbury's point was life could be started over again. As mentioned in Fahrenheit 451, the story of the phoenix comes into mind. This great scarlet firebird burns itself up when it becomes too old or too wretched looking. Then, the phoenix its life all over again. The same way, when the life of the people of the ... city got too bad, it was destroyed and burned by the bombing, and the life of the city would start ... ...

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... 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag has an emotional dilemma whether to go against the system or abide by the law. This law forbids the reading of all books. Guy Montag is a fireman who ironically sets books on fire instead of putting fires out. The decision to betray his fellow firemen is encouraged when a woman is killed because she is caught possessing books. "She made the empty rooms roar ... average chap will ever see ninety-nine per cent of them is in a book."(Pg 80). In doing this, he gets wiser and learns more about famous poets and writers. This changes his out look on life. His se...

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In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell's novel 1984, there are very common similarities in both contrast and comparison of themes and I intend to learn from these themes the effects of governments the control its people and how every society has flaws and how they can be changed, and the themes that are displayed in both novels are technology, control of information and history, and the dangers of totalitarianism ... instant, without a prior warning. Both have views on what technology will be like in the future, and the devastating effects that can be had. And also, control...

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