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Farenheit 451 - College Term Papers

Farenheit 451

I. Significance of quote for book
A. Society feels that knowledge from books wastes time and learning a trade and working is important
B. Guy Montag is envious of Clarisse's desire to see the world and learn everything possible; he could if he were to learn a good trade and make more money to enable him to pursue his desires
II. Significance of quote for us

A. If the future were to be similar to that in Fahrenheit 451, life would be very dull and monotonous

B. This situation would cause a lack of communication in our society

C. People would have no hobbies
Frank Bottone
February 1998
Mr. Reidy
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Fahrenheit 451

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as television after work. In this essay, I will answer the question in the quote above.

This quote from Fahrenheit 451 explains society's opinion of books. It is their belief that people waste valuable time reading books and stories. Society feels that everyone should concentrate on learning a trade and working. They feel that books can't and don't give you any useful information. The supporting argument is that you should be practicing you trade so that you can get more work done to get more money not wasting time reading a book. This society also feels that books are corruptive and give you false ideas as to how the world should operate. I believe that the society in Fahrenheit 451 is afraid that someone will gain knowledge from books and try to revolt because according to a book, something in the community is wrong. Society feels that their life is easy just as it is, with everyone working. They also feel they are content and nothing should be changed that might upset them.
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