Censorship In The Story 'Fahrenheit 451'

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Censorship is a way of silencing those who try to speak out against the system. The story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is about a man named Montag who is a firefighter in the future where they burn books. Montag starts to wonder why they are burning the books so he tries to get some answers. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses tone as a unifying device for plot, his feelings toward censorship, and mood.
First of all, in the story there's tone shown throughout the plot. The reason is because the way he uses certain words. He uses dark words to make the book ominous. The tone of how he uses the words play a big part in making the story how it is. In excerpt 1 it states "Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame"(Doc

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