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Life Lessons from Fahrenheit 451

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As the wise Garrison Keillor once said, "A book is a gift you can open again and again." In the novel "Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury, it is a realistic fiction about a world where books are a sin. Throughout the novel, there are many lessons that can relate to the society lived today. The first lesson is books should be protected at all costs. Books should be protected because without books, people lose creativity and thoughts for themselves. For example, when Montag and Mildred are reading books, Mildred says how she does not understand them and she wishes she could be in the parlor with her TV "family  or also known as the three walls that interact with her. This world without books makes people lose the power to think for themselves and have their own diversity. Another way books are protected at all costs is when Professor Faber catches Montag reading a book and Montag hides it and act like the book was never there. After they become trustworthy of each other, Montag and Faber have this conversation, "Hey Faber, do you know how many copies of the bible are left?" says Montag over the phone. "No, there are no copies left in the world.  Faber replied suspiciously and worried. This is an example that books are always being defended and protected. This is just one of the many lessons learned throughout the novel. The second lesson is censorship is evil. An example of how censorship is evil is when Mildred tries to commit suicide and the aftermath causes her to forget about her old life and becomes very bland. She even says her new "family  is three walls she talks to. Another reason censorship is evil is when Montag is saying, "There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing" (51). This explains how he has so much to say but because of censorship, he cannot make justice to this world. Not only is this a very impo

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