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Fahrenheit 451 is an engrossing futuristic tale of a society where all printed material is banned. In this country of the future, officials believe that people who read and are able to think for themselves are a threat to the nation where individualism is strongly discouraged. Fahrenheit 451 is recently the most notable work of social criticism that Bradbury has written. This novel has one very important aspect dealing with symbolism. This story deals with the extremely serious problem of the banning of books and the suppression of the mind--that is, with expurgation. The novel examines a few crucial days of a man’s life, a man who is a burner of books, and therefore an instrument of destruction. In a few short days, this man is transformed from a narrow-minded and prejudiced conformist into a dynamic individual, committed to social change, to a life of saving books rather than destroying them. The significance of the title Fahrenheit 451 “the temperature at which book-paper catches fire, and burns…” and the slogan by Spanish poet Juan Ramòn Jimènez: “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.” The implications of both of these concepts—on
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Approximate Word count = 777
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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