Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

What allussion did bradbury use in this novel, and how does it relate to Jonathan Swift?

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Montag alludes to Swift's Gulliver's travels when he reads a passage about criticizing government:  

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break eggs at the smaller end.

 

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