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Fire Chief Fahrenheit 451
847 wordsFahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451, the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns. A good warning for aspiring librarians! In Ray Bradburys futuristic fiction Fahrenheit 451, we are faced with the issues of book burning and censorship, also with the problems that the ignorance caused these two things creates. The story is of Guy Montag, a fireman. A man who loves to burn books, or so he thinks. In his generation, the world has gone to pot. Idiocy and bliss run wild through the televisio...
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Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
1,633 wordsIn the genre of science fiction, many writers have changed the way people think about the future and the thoughts of society, but none have created the same amount of change as Ray Bradbury. Through his unique writing style of combining science fiction and sophisticated writing, (Discovering Authors 1) Ray Bradbury changed the genre of science fiction by questioning society's absent-minded use of technology by portraying apocalyptic futures. His works have inspired many science fiction writers a...
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Guy Montag Fire Chief
534 wordsFahrenheit 451 Novel Notes Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Characters Guy Montag The Protagonist in the book, who s life as a fireman begins to dull. His unloving wife, Mildred drives him to sadness, and he turns to books as his backup. Soon he turns convict, and leads a life on the run. Mildred Guy Montag s wife. Dull, Boring, Living with no Purpose. Constantly watches the Parlor walls, and her family. Clarisse McClellan The girl next door who seems to be from another time period. Constantly ask...
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Booker T Washington Coalhouse Walker
2,379 wordsJess Brock American History Script Ragtime Tape Recorded Book Report March 20, 1999 Jess Brock This is Jess Brock, with Real News. I am in front of the Pierpont Morgan property in Manhattan where Coalhouse Walker and a troupe if young Negroes have moved into the Morgan Library after escalating events in the past few weeks. Im going to tell you the scene here. There is an enormous crater in front of the library stairs, caused by a blast during Mr. Walkers break in. It is oddly quiet here. Most of...
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Native Americans Great Spirit
1,973 words? The white man? s reality are his streets with their banks, shops, neon lights and traffic, streets full of policemen, whores, and sad-faced people in a hurry to punch a time clock. But this is unreal. The real reality is underneath all this. Grandfather Peyote helps you find it. ? Crow Dog Peyote, a hallucinogenic plant that is commonly used as a recreational drug, has a much greater meaning for members of the peyote religion. By examining the effects of peyote along with its role in the ritua...
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