Essays on Fahrenheit

The Theme of Dystopian Society in the works of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury

Introduction All the three books, 1984 that was published in 1948 and written by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World that was written in 1931, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 are the examples of dystopian literature. Dystopian literature is the kind of fiction that offers a negative perspective on the society of the future and the problems which are likely to be faced by humankind as a result of their political, environmental and economic activities. While utopian fiction portrays the future being advanced and prosperous as a result of the improvement of technology that assists them ...

Since the book Fahrenheit 451 was written in the 1950s, it belongs to an era starkly different than the present. There exist quite a few differences between modern society and that discussed in the novel, however, there are several ideas discussed and presented by its writer which are similar to today’s society as well. There are several similarities such as the need to have fast cars and always seem to be in a hurry. In the novel, the people are shown to have an urge to drive cars very fast. This approach is quite relevant today as people ...

An issue that has been a main concern in politics has been climate change and of course global warming. Everyone wants to know if the activities of humans are changing the climate. They also want to know if it is possible they will encounter more serious disasters. However, it is difficult to provide answers as their concerns are quite challenging to those who are responsible for solving them. But it is important for all those that have concerns to understand that many new things are happening that were not predicted in the early 20th century. This is why I ...

451 Degrees Fahrenheit Numerous medieval utopia promised happiness to man on earth. Who has anything against this? Maybe it was the writer of the 20th century, who dared to encroach on the sacred right of mankind? The fact is that Bradbury has created a dystopia, the plot of which is an impartial view on the future society, tat quite clearly reminds us of the present and the society we have now. We too are acquainted with the same attempts to show a person the path to true happiness, which lies in the ruthless negation of everything negative in the ...

Fahrenheit 451 – A World Close to Home?

Can a fictional society from a story that was written in the past substantially reflect the modern United States that people know today? Perhaps it can. Although the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 is fictional, its contents can be seen to parallel, perhaps to a lesser extent, some societies today. Looking at the current state of the United States and the world presented in the book, it is evident that there are a variety of similarities: think about specific areas, such as war, technology, social interaction, censorship, communication, family lifestyles, work lifestyles, authority, power, government propaganda, freedom, education, the concept ...

Homeostasis refers to any self-regulating process by which biological systems attempt to maintain stability despite changes in the external and internal environment (Sturmberg & Martin, 2013). Biological systems interact with each other to maintain a suitable condition of the internal environment for the survival of the living organism. The biological systems of the living organism are in a state of constant change. The regulation of the systems within a given range of various conditions helps to keep the living organisms alive and healthy. The systems also interact with the external environment in different ways. The conditions of the external environment ...

The air near the surface will usually become warmer throughout the day. This is one of the main reasons why it is unstable. Then at night, the air that is close to the surface will begin to cool. This is going to form a temperature inversion or a stable atmosphere.2. Inversions aloft are sometimes called “capping inversions” or “lids”. Why?

This is because it is like putting a lid on the atmosphere.

3. You are flying at 4,000 feet AGL over a city during the day. There are no clouds present. As you descend to land at a nearby airport, you notice that, although visibility was very good at 4, ...

A man calls the police and reports that his wife passed away while he was out for three hours running errands. His wife has been terminally ill and under hospice care. The police arrive to find the wife sitting in a recycling chair in front of the television. As they conduct their investigation in the home, the police discover several things that do not match the husband’s description of what happened. First of all, they determine that the wife could not have passed away while he was out running errands. There are three indicators that this statement is ...

Although the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 is fictional, in many ways its contents can be seen to parallel, perhaps to a lesser extent, some societies today. The similarities of the events depicted in the book and modern circumstances is hard to ignore. In addressing the book and its relationship with the modern United States, it will be possible to compare the similarities between the fictional, future world of Fahrenheit 451 and the current reality of the country. Looking at the current state of the United States and the world presented in the book it is evident that there are ...

Bradbury is considered to be a science fiction writer that draws the future in his works. It's amazing how up-to-date is Bradbury’s distant future today. Involuntarily we think of plasma screens, stupid talk shows and soap operas, loud music in headphones, fast pace of life, high-speed vehicles, drunk teenagers, pills to fall asleep and so on. It is modern New-York, Los-Angeles, Moscow, almost the entire planet lives in this tempo. In the preface to the novel, Ray Bradbury wrote about the history of the creation of his masterpiece. In the 30s of the last century a writer was ...

As in Ray Bradbury’s infamous dystopian book Fahrenheit 451, today’s society holds a disdain for books, preferring experiences that are more immediate and less intellectual. Written almost a century ago, this novel predicted a social structure that has great resemblance to what one can see today in many respects. One of the most interesting is the preference for immediate, true sensations instead of the textually-based and more intellectual benefits and pleasures that books may bring. In the book, Beatty states, “books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They’re about non-existent people, figments of imagination” ( ...

For the analysis I have chosen a song performed by the British rock band Queen. It was written in 1978 by the band’s lead singer Freddie Mercury. From the first tune the song attracts the listener with its energetic melody and lyrics. Also I like this song for its ability to cheer me up and fill with energy in any gloomy day. “Don’t Stop Me Now” has no hidden messages and meanings, everything is in its title. The speaker of the song is a man, who is in a cheerful mood, enjoys himself, has a great time ...

My final research paper will be based on the perception of free will and censorship in the society. Free will is afforded to all human beings, but many persons fail to understand that free will without a high moral standard is similar to removing free will from humans. Arguably, free will and censorship are often misunderstood by many persons. The government takes away the free will of persons when they implement censorship on persons, but persons also censor their thoughts and actions when they censor themselves from the truth because of a lack of knowledge that can help to ...

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One of the most important assets of the industrial application these days is the Fluidized bed reactors. When gasses, solids, and liquids contact simultaneously, a large number of industrial process reactions are involved. All these operations need a multiphase reactor to be carried out. Since a variety of multiphase chemical reactions can be carried out in a Fluidized Bed Reactor, it is interesting to learn about its functioning, various types, application, advantages, and disadvantages. Initially, fluidized bed reactors were built for the petrochemical and oil industries. Now, they are widely used for producing Gasoline and other fuels, plastics, polymers, ...

Mary Maloney, from “Lamb to the Slaughter” and Guy Montag from “Fahrenheit 451” are very interesting characters embedded in equally fascinating stories. Both these characters have their own differences, in the face of their roles in the stories. However, they also share some similarities in view of their actions and thought processes. Mary Maloney is similar to a typical 1950s housewife; devoted to her husband and home and is carrying a child with her and going about her daily chores. On the other hand, Guy Montag is a fireman who lives in a world that is opposed to normality ...

The order of operations followed in simplifying a mathematical expression is illustrated by the acronym PEMDAS, which stands for Parenthesis > Exponent > Multiplication > Division > Addition > Subtraction. First, the mathematical expression should be grouped by parenthesis. Each parenthesis group should be evaluated individually. Then, the parenthesis groups are grouped by exponent; each exponent group should be evaluated individually. When it comes down to the levels of multiplication-division, these two operations are interchangeable in order of execution; similarly, addition and subtraction are interchangeable in order. However, it should be noted that multiplication-division have higher precedence than addition-subtraction, ...

Fahrenheit 451 was written partially as Ray Bradbury’s response to the McCarthy era. During this period, the American government, led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, created what many called a “witch hunt,” seeking out any politicians, public figures, and even members of the general public who may have been involved in communism. The Hollywood film industry was also a target of the McCarthy trials. Many people were falsely accused and lives were ruined. Because McCarthy was on a mission to find anyone who was involved in the Communist party, people were afraid to speak or write anything that could be ...

Judgment 1

There are a number of important characters introduced in the beginning of Fahrenheit 451, and at first they do not seem believable. Certainly they aren’t believable in the context of today’s society, but when considered in the context of the dystopian future they are in, they begin to make much more sense (Bradbury 26). The character of Clarisse is the only character that seems a little forced; she is necessary to the plot, of course, but she does not seem to be as complete of a person as some of the other characters.

Judgment 2

The thing that is interesting about the ...

Kinetic theory of matter tries to explain all molecules in terms of motion. The theory posits that every substance consists of many small particles referred to as molecules. Substances in this case are called matter and are in three forms; solids, liquids, and gases. Solids have molecules that are closer to each other by intermolecular forces. Liquids on the other hand have molecules slightly far apart with gases the furthest apart. Furthermore, according to this theory all the molecules are in constant random motion referred to as Brownian motion (Chang, 2004).

The study of heat relates to kinetic theory ...

Report for Ms. Creshema Thomas, Chief Operating Officer of the Premier Dining Group

Dear Ms. Thomas, Please find a report of my official findings and recommendations as a result of my preliminary inspection of the Canoe Restaurant in Pasadena, CA. I was in the restaurant making my observations for about four hours the other day:

I observed a frozen turkey being thawed at room temperature upon my arrival at the restaurant at around 9 am. Per the ordinance, thawing should take place in a refrigerator with a temperature below 38 degrees Fahrenheit, or be placed for up to two hours under running water with a temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. When I left Canoe at ...

Thesis statement: Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian classic that depicts a world rife with conformity and indolence caused by the fascination with television and disposing of books. It portrays a conspiratorial world where both government and citizens conform to forms of happiness that outlaws and shuns critical independent thought. The Conspiracy of The Burn is the reality of the future to come. This is a glance at thoughts of history and ideas of our past. The freedom of choice in society has become a mental fatigue for happiness. This paralyzing problem surrounding the choice to write and display ones emotions and opinions in books ...

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Write the final answer in the terms being asked such as dollars/cents, degrees, tickets, etc. 1. Companies often sell products at or below cost in order to draw in and retain customers. Redman Manufacturers is tracking 5 items from last month’s sales. On item #1 they make $15; item #2 loses $4; item #3 makes $9; item #4 loses $6; and item #5 makes $12. Last month’s ...

Nowadays, almost everyone heard at least something about global warming. But, it is not only the change of the climate, but also, the consequences of it. Usually, the term is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. However, not every scientist believes the global warming is real. But, the data and facts say the planet is warming. Interestingly, the humans knew about global warming even in the late 1800s, but did little to prevent it. So, today, ...

Pasteurization is a process that involves heating of raw milk to a certain temperature within a given set of time. This process kills harmful bacteria found in unpasteurized milk, for example, Salmonella, Listeria and E coli responsible for food borne illnesses. These bacterial organisms are responsible for human diseases such as Typhoid, diphtheria, Listeriosis and tuberculosis. The process was first initiated by Louis Pasteur in the year 1864. Pasteurized milk can stay for a certain period without refrigeration. However, refrigeration especially after opening the seal, is still necessary because of some nonpathogenic bacteria that because food spoilage and is non-receptive for heating. ...

I was not there, however, I trust history; and as I read this story my images of slavery become stronger and stronger. I could picture the slaves in the belly of the ship and compare it to the workers in the cellar of what is known as the kitchen; and the only difference between the two is the place and time. The very first sentence of the story grabs the reader; as it describes the service entrance and compares it to a “rat hole.” Unfortunately, the story does not get any better; the circumstances under which these workers work ...

- Introduction- To analyze Oil and Gas prices by understanding the basics of oil and gas, major event in past and important players in the oil and gas industry. - Key Points - Major Players in the Oil and Gas Markets. - Story of Oil and Gas through decades. - Decoding the pricing of Oil and Gas - What is the future of Oil and Gas? - Body of the paper - The major players that operate in oil and gas industry globally who have the political and economical clout to alter ...

Global warming is mainly a process that uses the atmosphere of the earth as a blanket to hold energy from the sun to heat the air. As of now the global warming process has made the earth’s atmosphere hotter up to around 60 degrees Fahrenheit compared to the latter years. The effects of global warming are being experienced throughout the earth with increased temperatures and irregular weather patterns. The world has undergone several climatic changes over the past centuries. These past changes occurred slowly ranging over a period of hundreds of thousand years, but the process has been moving much faster ...

Essay

The Martian Chronicles, a science fiction short story collection is dated by 1950 year, was written by a famous fiction-writer, Ray Bradbury. This story collection tells about the colonization of Mars by humans, running from their troubled and devastated Earth; about the conflict between the aboriginal creatures of this planet and the newcomers, resulted in annihilation both Earth and Martian races. But, The Martian Chronicles isn’t only the science fiction story collection at all, but it can be a version of mythology, made by Ray Bradbury with involving a lot of sci-fi techniques as rocket ships and space travels. The author ...

Considering the effects of cover crop and intercropping on garden settings

1. Introduction 1.1 Background Sustainable agricultural production systems, otherwise known as agroecosystems, employ a variety of techniques to maintain environmental quality. Cover crops are one strategy used by growers to preserve and enhance soil resources because of their impacts on soil-nutrient dynamics (such as nitrogen and carbon fixation)and microbiological functions (Steenworth and Belina, 2008). Cover crops such as cereal grass, hairy vetch, and oilseed radish, manage problems in an agroecosystem such as soil quality, erosion and fertility, water quality, pests and weeds because they tend to be less resource intensive than other crops and instead contribute to ...

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The Martian Chronicles, a science fiction short story collection is dated by 1950 year, was written by a famous fiction-writer, Ray Bradbury. This story collection tells about the colonization of Mars by humans, running from their troubled and devastated Earth; about the conflict between the aboriginal creatures of this planet and the newcomers, resulted in annihilation both Earth and Martian races. But, The Martian Chronicles isn’t only the science fiction story collection at all, but it can be a version of mythology, made by Ray Bradbury with involving a lot of sci-fi techniques as rocket ships and space travels. The author ...

Death Valley, located in the western states of Nevada and California, is one of the nation’s many national monuments. Spanning more than 3 million acres of space between the Mojave Desert and the Great Basin, Death Valley contains a number of sand dunes, canyons, mountains and more, contributing to an immensely varied desert environment that is one of the nation’s great treasures (Rothman and Miller, 2013). The area itself is also a national park in addition to being a national monument, and is the largest national park in the mainland United States; it is also an International Biosphere Reserve. Death ...

The project is about a murder of a person named Joe D. wood which took place at the Mayfair Dinner. Detective Daphne Marlow was the person responsible for investigating the murder. They body was found hidden in the fridge suggesting that it was a cold murder. The police identified the body at 5.30 am, but the coroner arrived at the crime scene at 6.00 am. He then determined the temperature of the body in which he found out that it was 85 degrees Fahrenheit. After thirty minutes he measured the body temperature, and he found out that it was 84 degrees Fahrenheit, ...

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Introduction

The human race is faced with a big challenge – the challenge to survive and adapt amidst the pressing concerns of climate change. It is projected that in the future the pressing concerns related to climate change will intensify. Climate change and global warming are frequently used interchangeably, however there is a distinction between these two terms. Global warming is the general increased in the temperature on the earth’s surface. Climate change is the outcome of this increased in temperature (Change, 2007). Individuals and organizations should be aware of this man-made phenomena and its effect to the civilization so ...

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Design an Arthropod For a certain region to be considered a biodiversity hotspot, it must have endemic vascular plants that are not easily seen in other parts of the Earth. A biological hotspot should also have natural vegetation. Some of the risks that biological hotspots are confronted with include but not limited to the following: population pressures, loss of habitat, and global warming. Human beings bring about massive effect that drives all other dangers to coral reefs. Overfishing, oil spills, coral harvesting, agriculture, logging, coastal development, all of these contribute to the destruction of habitat. In addition, ...

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real?

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real? The blockbuster Hollywood movie The Day After Tomorrow has taken interesting attention from the public – particularly the political and scientific communities. The film depicts our world having global super storms, which are caused by an abrupt climate change due to Earth’s global warming. Unimaginable drastic weather disasters were unleashed, significantly destroying major cities including Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York in just a matter of few days. Brick-sized hails hit Tokyo; lots of triple-sized tornados ravaged Los Angeles; and an extraordinary tsunami and blizzards invaded New York. It is clear that, ...

A Call to Action

Throughout its history, the Earth has experienced drastic fluctuations in its average surface temperature, with multiple ice ages and periods of natural global warming. However, in recent years, the rate at which the global temperature has increased is unparalleled and cause for concern. The effects and predicted effects of this major and relatively rapid global warming are varied and extensive. Global warming has likely been and will continue to wreak havoc on sea levels, weather patterns, human health, buildings and communities, agriculture and other components of life on Earth as we know it, making global warming the most important ...

The film Fahrenheit 451, which was directed by the stalwart director François Truffaut, was made fourteen years after the novel with the same name was published. Ray Bradbury’s literary work and the film have certain conspicuous similarities as well as differences from one another. However, the basic plot of the book was maintained while making the film without too much change. As the book was adapted into a film, certain key characters and scenes were left out in the process. Faber is one such important character which is missing from the film. The book by Bradbury portrays ...

What is Global Warming

What is global warming, and how is it affecting the Earth and its inhabitants? Global warming is sometimes referred to as the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the absorption of energy radiated from the Earth's surface by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to become warmer. The greenhouse effect is what is causing the temperature on the Earth to rise, and creating many problems that will begin to occur in the coming decades.

Effects of Global Warming

For the last 10,000 years, the Earth's climate has been extraordinarily beneficial to mankind. "Humans have prospered tremendously ...

Duality, Duplicity, and Death Defied:

A Brief Look at the Textual and Filmic Versions of Fahrenheit 451 The movie can never be “as good as” the book, some will complain. Of course not. Two different media, and two very different opportunities for artistic expression conveyed differently in terms of everything from time (time passing in a book is only translated in so many or so few ways in film) to technique (representation, action, and intonation are going be interpreted for you in a movie and might not always be done to satisfaction at that). But ironically enough, especially in the latter instance, that is exactly ...

- Yes. It will be in its flammable range to ignite since 7.8% lies within the flammable range of alcohol which is 3.3% to 19%. - The vapor density of alcohol in air will rise since it is less dense than air. - Since ethanol is less dense than water, it will form an upper layer on top of water and will continue to burn.( Doolittle, A. 658). - If heat is added to the ethanol, the vapor pressure will rise since there will be an additional energy to drive the molecules. - The material ...

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Point of Comparison The first point of comparison between a happy pig and depressed human can be observed in the major character of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. After Gatsby’s meeting with Daisy, there was an apparent change in him. It seems that Daisy has a strong characteristic that changed Gatsby from a happy pig into a depressed man. The mere fact Gatsby has the materialistic possessions that only the intellectual individuals would have attained made Daisy believe that Gatsby is in fact a person of intellect. On the other hand, Gatsby’s blooming interest on Daisy opened him up to a profound change. ...

Mathematical components in baking Mathematics has become part of everyday life activities this has not been limited in solving problems in baking. Mathematics is very crucial in organizing the components of baking. First, mathematics in form of ratios is used to establish the relationship between quantities used in baking. Ingredients have relationships to each other in order to ensure compact mixture when baking is over. In Mathematics a relationship between two elements is referred to as ratio. For instance, when baking cookies, there is a great need to ensure that there are right quantities of the ingredients to use. Thus if ...

Classic English literature

Preventing food borne illnesses is a simple task and only requires some level of discipline on the part of individuals and food producing and handling corporation both private and government owned corporations. Simple hygiene practices which are often ignored should be insisted upon. In the recent past, different dangerous infections have been affecting human beings. These infections have had high mortality rates significantly reducing the population of some areas especially in the developing countries. Some of these infections are as a result of poor living condition catalyzed by poverty and illiteracy. The illnesses commonly occur from our environment; from water ...

Classic English Literature

It is very important to take measures to prevent food borne diseases or illnesses. Food borne diseases are not just an impediment to economic growth but are also life threatening and depressing. It costs the federal government as well as other governments around the world a lot labor hours due to workers taking sick leaves and a lot of money in terms of the medical expenses to treat the illnesses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about “1 in every 6 people, about 48 million people, get infected in the United States (US) each year. Out ...

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 features a dystopian future wherein “firemen” are given the task of burning subversive books that challenge the governmental establishment. In this world, reading is outlawed, as the current mode of thinking is anti-intellectual, and bereft of learning or knowledge. The protagonist, Guy Montag, one of the firemen, has his ideas about his job and the world in which he lives in challenged by an intellectual love interest. This work provides provocative, exciting science fiction about a member of the establishment changing their ideas about the horrific future in which they live, and fighting for both survival ...

Global warming is a real threat to the existence of man on earth. Despite concerns from a number of scientists about the adverse effects of global warming, many people still do not care greenhouse gas emissions. There is no consensus about whether the consequences of global warming are real, exaggerated or even underestimated. Many people now believe that the media gets used to propagate exaggeration of the seriousness of global warming. However, this is not the case. Global warming is real, and so are its effects. Scientific data collected and analyzed by reputable scientists not only prove this, but also adduces ...

The 2009 superhero film Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder, takes place in an alternate version of 1985 in which Nixon has been elected a third term, superheroes have been banned from operating without the consent of the United States government, and the world is on the brink of nuclear destruction. In order to set up this world, and convey a lot of information about the politics and characters of the time, Snyder and co. created a nearly 6-minute long title sequence to the tune of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" that tells us everything we need to know about the ...

There is a movie and book called Alice in wonder land. When Alice follows the rabbit into a hole she never knew how deep the rabbit hole went. The Carlyle Group and Irv Rubin are exactly that. A rabbit hole, the more you read, the deeper the hole goes. This is a tale of a mystery rapped in an enigma rapped in a puzzle. It is a black ant on a black stone on a black starless moonless night. Irv Rubin was born in Canada one of the most multicultural countries in the world. However the fact that it is very multicultural like all places cultures ...

Natural and manmade disasters all have their own scary associations; for example, people who live in the south Asian nation of Bangladesh face the prospect of cyclonic storms each year that could potentially kill tens of thousands, if they don’t end up just destroying much of the year’s crops. Earthquakes such as the one that led to the 1906 fire in San Francisco are an example of a multi-phase disaster, in which one terrible event leads to another, no matter what interventions people attempt. Nuclear disasters are another example of this sort of multi-phase mayhem, as the environmental ...

1) Example (Every day business) Saving for the Future

You will graduate from high school in four years and go on to college. To help you pay for college books your grandparents put $1500 in a bank account paying 4.5% simple interest. When you go to college the money will have been in the account for 12 years. How much money will you have?

Step 1. PVrt = INT where INT = Interest and PV = Present Value Step 2. FV = PV + INT = PV(1 + rt) where FV = Future value, r = annual interest rate, and t = years Step 1. (1500)(.045)(12) = $810 in interest Step 2. $1500 + $ ...

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 features a dystopian future wherein “firemen” are given the task of burning subversive books that challenge the governmental establishment. In this world, reading is outlawed, as the current mode of thinking is anti-intellectual, and bereft of learning or knowledge. The protagonist, Guy Montag, one of the firemen, has his ideas about his job and the world in which he lives in challenged by an intellectual love interest. In the novel Logan’s Run, another dystopian future sees the protagonist, a law enforcement officer called a Sandman, tracking down those who do not voluntarily kill themselves at age ...

This short story is about a man in his first winter, as a newcomer in the land, a chechaquo. Jack London's cold and amazing observations of the man and his foolish confidence in the midst of nature's power, forms the basis of the story "To Build a Fire." As the man, who is the main character, and his animal companion decide and take a less-traveled path into their Yukon camp, they encounter a tale of wilderness survival and terrible circumstances. The characters in this story are the man --whose name is not mentioned, the dog, the old timer, and the boys. In this work, I ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...