Censorship by https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2 Per. 1 Tricia Duong and Bill Tran en-us 2017-02-16 16:12:16 UTC 2023-02-18 14:57:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371154 2017-02-16 16:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371154 First Symbol: Fireman tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371267 2017-02-16 16:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371267 Censorship plays a major role in Fahrenheit 451. Censorship is shown through the burning of books because reading has become illegal. Those who are different are forced to go to therapy, in hopes of brainwashing them to be like the rest. In the novel, the people seem happy but in reality they're all sad inside tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371602 2017-02-16 16:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154371602 Second Symbol: Television tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154373681 2017-02-16 16:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154373681 tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374694 2017-02-16 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374694 Fireman Quote: tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374862 "'Do you ever read any of the books you burn?' He laughed. 'That's against the law!'" (Bradbury 8).]]> 2017-02-16 16:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374862 Television Quote: tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374983 "'It tells you what to think, and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right. It rushes you on so quickly to its conclusions your mind hasn't time to protest, 'What nonsense!'" (Bradbury 84)]]> 2017-02-16 16:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154374983 Explanation tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154494001 A fireman is a big symbol of censorship because whether they know it or not, they are the ones enforcing the law not allowing people to read books. The role of firemen are different from our society today. They start fires to burn houses that people were hiding books in instead of putting fires out. The firemen are censoring people from knowledge and stories. ]]> 2017-02-17 00:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154494001 Explanation tduong106 https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154496082 The people in Fahrenheit 451's society watches an enormous amount of television on wall sized t.v. screens. They can not think independently for themselves. In the quote above, Faber explains watching television is one of the things people do, so they don't have time to think. Television brainwashes the people.]]> 2017-02-17 00:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tduong106/c4u62v7n7fp2/wish/154496082