Fahrenheit 451 Quotes

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This quote from George Orwell's novel 1984 ties heavily into the world and reactions of society created in the world of Fahrenheit 451. The most prevalent and literal link back to the quote is from part one of the novel, where Montag’s wife describes what has happened to Clarisse: "She's gone for good. I think she's dead. Run over by a car. Four days ago...I forgot all about it.” (Bradbury 41) Millie's display of little care for the death of a child is reflected around them, as no one but Montag seems to care she is dead. This society holds little value or care in human life, just as an excerpt from the quote says, "your one-time existence was denied then forgotten." Just like Clarisse, the group of homeless educators at the end of the book

Fahrenheit 451 Quote Analysis
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Montag is afraid of the hound, and he believes it will attack him. A major theme is technology, and the hound is a machine. The mechanical hound is programmed to function as if it were a living being, but has no original thoughts or motives nor does it like or dislike. The hound seems to represent the government, and just like the government it eliminates any person that opposes rules that have been created. Montag believes it was programmed to be aggressive toward him.
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Fahrenheit 451 Quotes
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Script Michael: We got the quote, “’Montag.’ Granger took Montag’s shoulder firmly. ‘Walk carefully. Guard your health. If anything should happen to Harris, you are the Book of Ecclesiastes’”
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Fahrenheit 451 Quotes
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In Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag repeats “consider the lilies of the field (Bradbury 74)” to remind himself to be subdued in his journey of discovering the meaning of books in past and present society. Montag is on a path to disclose the truth behind the forbidden books. This is a tough and challenging task, but he must be careful with how he handles this. He cannot bring light to his plan, or he will be shut down quickly and fail to make any changes. This quote he remembers from the bible is crucial for this point of the story.
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Fahrenheit 451 Quotes
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A. Metalogicon B. John of Salisbury (John wrote about how Bernard of Chartres compared people to dwarves on the shoulders of giants, saying how "a dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on.") C. I think Fahrenheit 451 would be banned because of some explicit content, discussions against drugs, going against certain religious beliefs, etc. However, I think this book should be kept and remembered because the society portrayed in the book is so readily disrupted by misinformation, censorship, and devices that divert attention from the reality of our world. We are seeing this today, and the situation truly emphasizes the value of knowledge and identity. D. This quote means that people build off those who
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Fahrenheit 451 Pride Quotes
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Fahrenheit 451 Essay The novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is placed in a setting where it is illegal to own literature. Not only is it illegal, but people who show interest in books are immediately frowned upon and practically alienated by society. In the beginning of the novel, the main character Guy Montag takes pride in his occupation as a fireman, which consists of burning illegally owned books and the house’s of their owners at a moment's notice. As the book progresses, Montag questions why he and the rest of his society have been brainwashed to view books as a negative thing, which begins when he develops a friendship with his next-door-neighbor.
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Fahrenheit 451 Happy Quotes
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The first example is Mildred she is a character who doesn’t know anything but isn’t happy, When Montag comes in her room, “…sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty…”(Bradbury 10) This shows that Mildred isn’t happy and tries to commit suicide even though she doesn’t know anything. Another example is Montag. Montag in the beginning book is ignorant is can be seen he isn’t happy. An example of how he isn’t happy is after talked with Clarisse he says, “ Of course I’m happy.
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Fahrenheit 451 Conformity Quotes
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As said by John F. Kennedy, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”. This quote relates to the conformity issues in the film Pleasantville and the novel Fahrenheit 451. Within these pieces, there is a significant sense of conformity as the characters are scared to break the continuous chain. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag wants to change the world he’s been placed into, Mildred needs Montag to push her to do new things, and firemen are responsible for burning books. In the movie Pleasantville, David doesn’t like the world that he’s been misplaced into with his sister, the man working the ice cream shop needs David to show him that everything doesn’t need to be done in the same order every day and firemen save cats out of trees instead of putting out fires.
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Fahrenheit 451 Ignorance Quotes
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Knowledge and Ignorance in Fahrenheit 451 Imagine a society where all books are banned from the public and if any are found they are burned into ashes. This is a reality in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, which delves deep into problems a society becoming more and more dependant on technology may face. In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury shows many problems which range from technology to violence, one important topic that is discussed is knowledge and the theme that a society cannot function without knowledge You can clearly see this idea starting to form within the first few pages of the novel, when the protagonist Guy Montag has an interaction with a girl named Clarisse. As they are talking Guy Montag says “You think too many things”(pg 9).
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Fahrenheit 451 Quotes Essay
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In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the main character, goes from loving his job to rethinking of his job. Montag came in mind that his job not only hurt him but also hurt society. He began to realize that he no longer enjoyed his job. Montag did not like the fact of knowing that his job was only hurting other people.
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Fahrenheit 451 Anti Hero Quotes
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One example on why Montag is an anti- hero is because he soon starts to realize that it’s time to change his society, but when his anger comes in play he realizes that he the best changes he made aren’t the best changes(page 71 ) “ They read the long afternoon through while the cold November rain fell from the sky upon the quiet house” The quote provides proof that Montag is starting to want to change his society because he is doing something that is illegal he is reading. In the beginning Montag was against reading books he was a member of the fire company that burned them. now he reading a book with millie and he is now starting to enjoy the books. Page 81) ‘Someone who may have been a friend was burned less than Twenty-four hours ago” This is making him change the society because he doesn’t think people should be burned for reading book.
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Fahrenheit 451 Creativity Quotes
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(AGG) Hands have always been used to create things. They separate humans from most beasts. In Ray Bradbury’s world, they separate the robots from the few humans that truly live like humans. (BS-1) Hands are used to show the lack of creativity in most citizens.
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Fahrenheit 451 Power Quotes
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Power can build up societies but also destroy them. In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows the readers at the beginning of the book there is a powerful fireman that is a part of a strong society but by the end of the book the power that the fireman once had is gone. In his science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury communicates that when the government has too much control over society it can make people feel trapped and manipulated through the characterization of montag. Many times in this book Montag experiences different forms of power like having no power and having all the power.
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Fahrenheit 451 Campaign Quotes
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The government has no right to take aways peoples natural rights of life. They would go out of their way to wipe out anything that contains knowledge, but specifically it was books they wanted to keep away. They let a woman commit suicide as they were standing before her due to her unwillingness to give up her books, something she truly believes in. Clarisse McClellan was hit by a car because thats what was acceptable in their society and the government did nothing to stop them but there is no length they wouldn’t go to if it meant keeping books away. They also forced Montag to burn down his house because he had books stashed away and his own wife turned him in.
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Fahrenheit 451 Quotes
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Finny ignores reality throughout the novel. He stays strong with his innocence and continues to act oblivious to the actions and events going on around him. On page 163, Finny says ¨When I heard that about Leper, then I knew that the war was real, this war and all the wars. If a war can drive someone crazy, then it's real all right. Oh I guess I always knew, but I didn't have to admit it.¨
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Fahrenheit 451 Bad Quotes
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Untold Stories of The Future As I read this fascinating book, I realize how dangerous books are to humans, and how much struggle these people have with the encounter of books. We know that books are illegal and we know that Montag is taking them for himself. This is very illegal and funny because he is the one who is trying to burn these books, kind of contradicting himself.
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