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…of 20th century literature sits on my desk in front of me as I type-Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the novel devoted to denouncing the adage, "Ignorance is bliss". This novel provides a glance into a bleak world similar to our own (almost too similar) where…

…of this insight was good, a select group of authors have tried to give readers a more realistic interpretation of the direction mankind is heading toward. One such author, Ray Bradbury, utilized this concept in his modern classic, Fahrenheit 451, a futuristic look…

…Whats the big idea? Ray Bradbury had a grim outlook for the future. In his book everything that could go wrong in the future, did. People rarely left their houses. They where ruled by technology. There was a loss of communication between human beings…

…Whats the big idea? Ray Bradbury had a grim outlook for the future. In his book everything that could go wrong in the future, did. People rarely left their houses. They where ruled by technology. There was a loss of communication between human beings…

…that these two societies have many similarities. Ray Bradbury, a popular science fiction author of the mid 1900’s, creates a censored society in his novel. As the reader explores the people and practices of this absurd society he is forced to question the ideals…

…give them fun? That's all we live for, isn't it? .... Colored people don't like Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people don't feel good about Uncle Tom's Cabin. Burn it." And that is precisely what the firemen do, in Ray Bradbury's novel…

…. On the contrary, Ray Bradbury shows us that death is not always a bad thing. For example, both Helen Loomis and Great-Grandma Spaulding die content and comfortable. They are able to die happy because they lived their lives the way they wanted to with no regrets…

…is exposed to everyday and was something everyone in the book Fahrenheit 451. By Ray Bradbury. Was exposed to daily. Other examples of censorship now, is the exposure of pornography and the exposure of racial comments pointed at people of all races some racial…

…and killed and as a result of that, the whole spelling and the president of the United States was changed. Ray Bradbury’s short story “A Sound of Thunder” is a futuristic tale of a hunting expedition that takes place in the past during the Jurassic Period…

…This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, and ‘Out, Out’ by Robert Frost. One might guess that these writers chose to use a literary allusion from MacBeth to give greater meaning to his respective work. Frost perhaps wanted to convey MacBeth’s feelings on life and death…