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__Lord of the Flies__ by William Golding The American Dream isnt really shown in this book, but I think that it is for them to live in the jungle and keep their sanity.

"Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!" Chapter 7, pg. 104 "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything." Chapter 2, pg. 40 "Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us." Chapter 5, pg. 80

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__Fahrenheit 451__ by Ray Bradbury There are many American Dreams in the book. Guy Montag's American Dream is for there to be books thats you can read and it not be illegal.

"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing." Part 1, pg. 51 "It [is] a pleasure to burn. It [is] special to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed." Part 1, pg. 3 "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences." Part 3, Og. 115

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__Comparison of Each__ Neither of the books have much in common with their version of the American Dream. One thing that they do have in common is that they both have a bit of the American Dream of people wanting to live in a beter place.

__Key Words__ //Lord of the Flies// :

enmity: deep seated hatred; state of being an enemy pp. 14 taboo: excluded or forbidden from use or mention pp. 62 cordon: a line of people or ships stationed to guard pp. 191

//Fahrenheit 451// :

stolid: having or revealing little emotion pp. 1-32 noncombustible: does not burn easily pp. 32-68 cowardice: ignoble fear in the face of danger pp. 68-102

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