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…Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World For more than half a century science 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…

…Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander First of all, let me start by saying that I have never read this book before. I enjoyed it very much although I did not completely understand everything, as it is in most cases…

…As we all know, Ray Bradbury, Author of Fahrenheit 451, made many predictions as to what this day and age would be like. He was right in many cases including speed, entertainment, and the mindlessness of people. He predicted that nobody would speak more…

…"It was a pleasure to burn,"(pg 3) says Montag at the beginning of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. At first Montag is convinced that burning books and making sure people don't read is how things are supposed to be. Towards the middle…

…Ray Bradbury was born in August of 1920, and by the age of ten discovered the wealth of information available at his local library. However, no one imagined the creation he would write some thirty years later. First titled The Fireman, Fahrenheit 451…

…Guy Montag is a walking piece of literature. In the wonderful, heart throbbing novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury discusses how society changes, and how change is necessary in life. If I was in Guy Montag's position I feel that five books should be kept…

…The theme of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 can be viewed from several different angles. First and foremost, Bradbury's novel gives an anti-censorship message. Bradbury understood censorship to be a natural outcropping of an overly tolerant society…

…The themes of a dystopian society, censorship, and freedom of the individual, are all addressed in the 1967 Vineyard Films' (Universal) version of Fahrenheit 451. Although the film reiterates the themes and basis of the book, there are many differences…

…his youth. Among many other publications, Bradbury produced "The Fireman," a short story that appeared in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction (February 1951) and was expanded into Fahrenheit 451 (October 1953), his best and best-known novel…

…Ray Bradbury’s Outlook of the Future Just by reading the first few lines of the opening paragraph of Fahrenheit 451, we get the feeling of a dystopia right away. Firemen burning books, instead of putting out fires that start in homes. Who ever…