Part 1 1. Bradbury has chosen the phoenix and the salamander as symbols for his book Fahrenheit 451. He chose these animals as symbols because these animals are both mythic creatures related to fire‚ which is a main idea in the story. In the story of Fahrenheit 451‚ it talks about a dystopian society where people function as one large group. In this society‚ books are banned and when found‚ they are to be immediately reported to the firemen and then the books would be burned. The main character
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Guy realizes that he doesn’t want to live in a world without Literature. The best scene in the novel was when Guy met his old professor Faber for the first time in thirty years. Faber impounded the thoughts and beauty of Literature into Guy’s head making him a more out going person. This was truly the time when Guy realized that he use to love reading. Faber would read some poems to Guy‚ and Guy loved every minute of it. Guy was seeing things in life much more beautiful through poems.
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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
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury the role of Fireman is different than today’s. In the book Firemen start fires rather than put them out. The story takes place in the future‚ a future that is different than one might predict. People do not enjoy their free time the way they may like‚ no one reads as books are banned. It is believed the words in the books and the ideas of the books are poisoning peoples minds. People mostly watch television on televisions so large they take up entire
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flamethrower and killing him. Montag knew he had to escape the area before the cops could get to him so he had to flee somewhere. When he was running Montag decided he better go to Faber’s house for advice and he was the last person he could trust. Faber told him he had to make it to the forest. Montag was successful in making it to the forest and escaping the cops. Montag began feeling‚ touching‚ and overall understanding the area around him and realized something. “He walked on the
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score by Bernard Hermann. Oskar Werner is wonderful in the lead. But Truffaut made the mistake of putting Julie Christie in two roles in the same film‚ which was very confusing‚ and he eliminated some of the other characters: Clarisse McClellan and Faber the Philosopher and the Mechanical Hound. I mean‚ you can’t do without those!” Other than the characters in the story‚ including the score and alternate ending of the film‚ the movie was superlative. The characters in the story have precise roles
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makes him change his view on his society and work. At work‚ Montag was affected through a situation where a woman is burned along with her books. Montag also recalls meeting an English professor at a park named Faber‚ so he called the man and scheduled a meeting. After meeting with Faber and seeing all that he had‚ Montag was on the edge of mental collapse. Then‚ it is discovered that Montag was keeping a stash of booking in his air conditioning vent. Shortly after‚ Montag fails to attend work
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great joy in his work as being a fireman. He thinks that books will fill the empty void in his life. He encountered Faber at a park and soon seeks him out in need of guidance. Faber- A coward that waits for a rebellion. Faber was an english professor before books were banned. He encountered Montag a year before at a park‚ but they cross paths again when Montag calls and meets faber at his home holding the Bible. Captain Beatty- Perceptive‚ cunning‚ and devious. Beatty is the captain of the fire department
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During this meeting‚ Faber and Montag formulate plans to take down the entire fireman system. They plan to hide books in the houses of firemen and in firehouses all across the country‚ and therefore cause all of the firehouses to be burned. While Montag is at Faber’s house‚ Montag threatens to rip apart a Bible‚ which could very possibly be one of the last Bibles in existence. Montag does this to force Faber to agree to teaching Montag how to be a critical thinker
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family. Clarisse definitely brought Montag out of his old way and encouraged him to think. When Montag and Faber first met‚ Montag knew that he would make a huge impact on him one day. Faber taught Montag to take his ideas to a grander scale. For instance when Montag says “I thought if it turned out that book were worthwhile‚ we might get a press and print some extra copies”. Faber replies with “Now‚ if you suggest that we print extra books and Miller 2 arrange to have them hidden in firemen’s
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