Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury: Literary Analysis

Alejandra Ramos
Professor Lambert
English 102
1 June of 2014
Fahrenheit 451 How would the world be today if books were not allowed to be read? The novel Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian world where firemen had the job not to put out fire, but to start them with books. Some of the characters are believable and help conduct this book to be one of the great selling books. Overall, with the symbolism and other elements the plot makes sense. Set in the 24th century, Fahrenheit 451 tells the story of the main character, Guy Montag. Montag, the main character of the book that helps contribute to the plot of the novel. At first, Montag enjoys and takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman, burning illegally
His wife Millie reported him. After burning his home and possessions by himself, room by room, as ordered by Captain Beatty, Montag is reproached by his boss, and the two men engage in a scuffle, during which Faber’s radio is knocked from Montag’s ear. When Beatty remarks that both Montag and his “friend” will be dealt with severly, Montag threatens him with the flamethrower. When Beatty continues to verbally abuse him, Montag flips the switch and kills the the chief. At once, the Mechanical Hound, a computerized attack dog that can track down any human being by scent, follows him. The Hound stabs him in the leg with a procaine needle, but Montag is able to annihilate it with the flamethrower before ot can do more damage. Montag retrieves his remaining books from the yard before running to Faber’s. On the way, he pauses to plant the books on the home of fireman Black, briefly collects himself at a gas station where he hears reports that war has been declared, and when crossing the road is nearly run over by a reckless
Faber provides Montag with some old clothes, and tells him to go to the river and float downstream to the train tracks, where he will hopefully find a hobo camp of intelligent outlaws’ who can help him. In return. Montag encourages Faber to turn on all of his sprinklers to throw the Hound of his scent. Montag departs, Faber heeds his advice, and then sets off for St. Louis to commission a former printer he knows to print some books. Montag floats down the river, successfully avoiding the Hound, and comes up on former writers, clergymen, and academics by the riverbank. As for here the setting of the novel seems more realistic because this is where in today’s society we will find hobos near the river bed. As for the Hound this is something that helped the novel be more of a dystopian world something where the technology is that