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Role Of Books In Fahrenheit 451

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While reading Fahrenheit 451, many different technologies were used to replace books. All of which were: TV walls, Mechanical Dogs, broadcasted commercials and ETC. The TV walls were viewed as ‘family’ to the viewers, because they made the viewers feel like their life and family were complete. “My ‘family’ is people. They tell me things: I laugh they laugh! And the colors!”, said Mildred. Her thinking like this shows, that everyone was influenced to believe that life without books, was an easy life.
The Mechanical Dog doesn’t as much replace books, but it replaces nature 's living creatures. The electrical dog is there as a reminder to not read books, therefore the society doesn’t break the rules. On the other hand, the commercials serves as

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