Fahrenheit 451 Research Paper

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Have you ever had an argument with an idea you have presented? In Fahrenheit, 451 people have a grown accustomed that ideas lead to chaos and unhappiness. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in the 24th century where a guy named montag whose job was to start fires to burn banned books being hidden. Montag later knows he is unhappy with his life and books may find the key to his happiness. This in itself destroys society. One may argue that censorship of books prevents any spread of misleading information. In which some cases this is true but we must keep in mind that because all the information is censored information provided by society is believed the ability of any other source of information to create their own ideas. For example, In Fahrenheit 451," 'We stand against the small …show more content…

The article states,“Is it necessary to ban books? Each person answers these questions differently. This is the core of the problem for educators. Books can be found offensive for many reasons. Men John Steinbeck. Reason: Profanity Go Ask Alice Anonymous, Reason; Drug use, sexual situations, profanity A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton Peck, Reason: Depiction of pigs mating and being slaughtered.” Books are being banned for the inappropriate/explicit use of content in the books and parents are complaining that they don’t want their kids to read these books. "Choose the books you use wisely. Make sure that they fit nicely into your curriculum you should have evidence which you can present that books you are using are necessary for the student". Books are not all bad they can be interpreted in many ways. “Discuss the controversial issues in the book with the students. Explain to them the reasons those parts were necessary for the author’s work.” Books have explicit/inappropriate words to give the text meaning from the author's

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