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By: William Spangler, Jasmine Huisar, and Abby Diaz-Jacobs

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by: Ray Bradbury

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Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451, New York, Simon & Schuster Inc., June 2013, 1-158.
AbigailJHess. “24 Percent of American Adults Haven't Read a Book in the Past Year-Here's Why.” CNBC, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2019, www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/24-percent-of-american-adults-havent-read-a-book-in-the-past-year--heres-why-.html.

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" She was awake.  There was a tiny dance of melody in the air, her seashell was tamped in her ear again and she was listening to far people in faar places" ( Bradbury 39)

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Communication is a mandatory aspect of society. In recent times, we use news media and other online sources to communicate important information. Books are starting to move more and more into the past.

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"'Picture it. Nineteenth-century man with his horses, dogs, carts, slow motion.  Then, in the twentieth century, speed up your cammra. Books cut shorter.  Condensation.  Digests, Tabloids.  Everything boils down to the gag, the snap'" (Bradbury 52).

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"'You're not in love with anyone!' And why not?  Well wasn't there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it ? ... not just one wall but ,so far, three!" (Bradbury 41).

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"'You sound so very old' 'sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afraid of the chidren my age.  They kill each other.  Did it always used to be that way? " (Bradbury 27).

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The American society is beginning to show similarities to the dystopian society portrayed by Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451.

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Books are becoming less and less important in America. Technology is so readily available now that everyone relies on it for information. Books are now a thing of the past for most adults. Only about 24% of adults have not read a book in the past year, according to Abigail Hess on the website https://www.cnbc.com/.

The reason for the number of people not reading is most likely due to technology. Technology can be used for immediate entertainment, and not everyone gets this immediate entertainment out of books.