Embracing Diversity in Fahrenheit 451

In unit three, of my Forbidden Books course, I was told to choose among several books such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I decided to choose Fahrenheit 451. The reason that I was tasked to read this book was to explore why my book had been censored. I also learned about various literary devices and was able to read an excerpt from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie. By reading the excerpt, I was able to learn about the threats of diversity. For my action project, I read Fahrenheit 451 and was tasked to write an analytical essay on how the author of my novel uses conflict to bring attention to the ‘social disease’ of intolerance, and how are readers encouraged to accept diversity. I felt that I struggled the most in presenting strong evidence to the reader. However, I felt that I did very good in the overall construction of the essay. Overall, I enjoyed reading Fahrenheit 451 and the project.

C.P. Fahrenheit 451 (2017)

Work Cited

Banned Library. "Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury." Banned Library, 6 Mar. 2018,    

             www.bannedlibrary.com/podcast/2018/3/6/fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ballantine Books, 1953.

Pinchefsky, Carol. Fahrenheit 451. Image. 2017.

www.syfy.com/syfywire/this-clever-copy-of-fahrenheit-451-can-only-be-read-when-burned