Open Note Flashcard: Ray Bradbury Article

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Prescience

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To know something before it happens

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Mindless entertainment vs. reality in F451

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Characters choose entertainment over real life.

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Bradbury's vision of technology's impact

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Lulls people into complacency

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Meaning of 'perversities'

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Desire to act irrationally or unacceptably

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Beatty's quote meaning

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Happiness through eliminating controversial topics

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Characters in Fahrenheit 451:

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naïve

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Fahrenheit 451: Loss of Human Dignity

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Eliminated individuality, eliminated conflict

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Fahrenheit 451's failure

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prevent issues

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Meaning of 'crucible' in paragraph 6

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hardships and trials

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Metaphor explanation

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People causing their own destruction