Fahrenheit+451

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//Fahrenheit 451// is highly similiar to //Anthem//. In //Anthem//, Equality 7-2521's mind "awakes" in a sense so that he is able to see his society for the way it really is. In //Fahrenheit 451//, Montag's mind also "awakes" to see that his society is slowly slipping away into the hands of imaginary people and fake emotions. The protagonists in both books decide that they need to try and "fix" their socities for the better. They are both denied their right to freedom and are banished from their stoic societies. Montag ends up traveling the country with other people like himself while Equality 7-2521 runs off to the Uncharted Forest with his girlfriend (also with the same beliefs a Equality 7-2521).

[|Pam Northman aka BBB] Censorship has played a big part in the world we live in today. In //Fahrenheit 451//, the citizens would be arrested for keeping books. Back in 399 BC, a man who defied censorship had to drink poison for promoting his beliefs which were censored to the community. Today, books in China are censored, because they talk about freedom which disagrees with communism. Many books are censored from school for they have content that is inappropriate for students. If we truly have "freedom of expression and speech" then why censor al these books? While reading //Fahrenheit 451//, I wondered numerous times if our society was headed for Montag's society. If things are too offensive to people, then, in time, we will not be able to read or practice anything, and only because it "offends" somebody. Our world needs to suck it up and deal with it, for it isn't right for us to suffer for someone else.

[|misguidedchildren.com] While reading //Fahrenheit 451//, I would think to myself: "The society in Fahrenheit 451 is similar to China." The government in China is communist, and the society in Fahrenheit 451 is also communist. They both censor books to the community. While Fahrenheit 451's world was more harsh, the two societies are similar in many ways.

[|www.afajournal.org] When I first read this book, I thought the firemen were going to be like our firemen. I soon realized that they were far from the firemen we have today. In the book, the firemen do not stop fires. They start them. I wondered on why the government decided to name them firemen when they knew in the past what firemen were used for. In today's society, we look up to and respect firefighters, but in //Fahrenheit 451//, firemen are looked down upon and feared. [|en.wikipedia.org]

I feel like our society is headed for the society created in //Fahrenheit 451//. Our society today comes out with a lot of new technology that have books on them electronically. Many people do not go to the library when they can easily get what they want through the internet. There are still people in the world that still enjoy printed books, but the number of fans for electronic copies are rapidly growing. Soon, the world will not have printed books, but society will have to settle for electronic books.