1. Research Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade of the early 1950s, and write a paper discussing how it may have influenced Bradbury's writing of Fahrenheit 451.
2. The characters in Fahrenheit 451 live in a society ruled by a totalitarian government; that is, the government controls almost all aspects of their lives. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell also depicts a society dominated by a totalitarian government. Write a paper comparing Bradbury's and Orwell's visions of life under a totalitarian government.
3. Fire imagery appears throughout the novel. For example, Bradbury at one point refers to Montag and Mildred's living room as a volcano. Write a paper discussing Bradbury's use of fire imagery. Is it.....
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