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Page 42
... fear from the Mechanical Hound , but , as a former fireman , Montag is familiar with the means to deactivate the Hound , and does so . With nothing left to lose , Montag's flight from the authorities is a simplified flight to freedom ...
... fear from the Mechanical Hound , but , as a former fireman , Montag is familiar with the means to deactivate the Hound , and does so . With nothing left to lose , Montag's flight from the authorities is a simplified flight to freedom ...
Page 60
... fear of pleasure so overmastering that it can break down in the sense of reality or at least the pattern of active life , and break them down in everyone not merely in the predisposed neurotic . ” Now , it is the experience of reverie ...
... fear of pleasure so overmastering that it can break down in the sense of reality or at least the pattern of active life , and break them down in everyone not merely in the predisposed neurotic . ” Now , it is the experience of reverie ...
Page 93
... fear of pleasure , 60 fire self - discovery and , 21 sterilization and , 41 symbolic use of , 16-17 , 64 , 70-71 , 72-75 fire departments , purpose of formation of , 28 " The Fireman " , as basis for Fahrenheit 451 , 16 , 74–75 Firemen ...
... fear of pleasure , 60 fire self - discovery and , 21 sterilization and , 41 symbolic use of , 16-17 , 64 , 70-71 , 72-75 fire departments , purpose of formation of , 28 " The Fireman " , as basis for Fahrenheit 451 , 16 , 74–75 Firemen ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Critical Views | 47 |
David Mogen on Fahrenheit 451 as Social Criticism | 62 |
Copyright | |
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