book Fahrenheit 451 Guy doesn’t even think about how him and Mildred act until‚ he talks to Clarisse. Guy realizes that him and Clarisse have a lot more in common than him and Mildred. Guy realizes that Mildred is closer to her Parlor family than she is to him. “I can’t talk to my wife; she listens to the walls. I just want someone to hear what I have to say. And maybe if I talk long enough‚ it’ll make sense. And I want you to teach me to understand what I read." (Bradbury 78). Guy realizes Mildred
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Throughout the entire book Montag was trying to figure out why he wasn’t happy‚ what was making him unhappy. And finally he realized that it was because he was burning books. Something deep inside him would go missing every time he would burn a book and it got to the point where he couldn’t take. So Montag rebelled and went insane in his own little way and fought his way to finding out the truth about books. Montag had to live in a world where his wife that was too busy
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the introduction of any significant characters at all. At page seven the main character‚ Guy Montag‚ is being questioned about himself and the world he follows without hesitation by no more than a teenage girl. Simple statements such as how fast he drives and if he looks at the flowers were alien ideas to Montag‚ he hadn’t been told to pay attention to these things so why would he? Each question caused Montag to look at himself for the first time in a long
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are acquainted with two characters; Guy Montag‚ a working fireman‚ and Clarisse McClellan‚ his new neighbour. We are only presented a short part of a dialog‚ although it is possible to understand much of the seemingly futuristic setting the story is set in. Admittedly‚ I have not read the book‚ nor have I ever herd about it‚ but I do feel that I have managed to get a general gist of what the theme is about. Partway through the extract Clarisse accuses Montag of answering right off and never
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Curiosity is the forerunner of discovery(Richard Duke). Since Montag was curious he discovered books an illegal pastime in their society. By doing this Montag develop a sort of addiction and forcing to sacrifice basically everything he knew and loved‚ he now had to put his trust in the books he knew so little about. Curiosity allowed Montag learn about how messed up his society was and realize that the government is wrong. Montag’s first sacrifice was his innocence‚ his not knowing about the flaws
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opening scene we are introduced to Montag‚ the main character‚ who is reveling in the process and imagery of burning books. As he does so‚ pages from one of the books floats in the air like a dove. 3. According to pages 3-4‚ what does Montag think of his job? Montag loves burning books and everything associated with it‚ including the smell of kerosene on his body. 4. Who does Montag meet on the way home? Clarisse 5. During his conversation‚ Montag says that "You never wash it off
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“It’s not the books you need‚ it’s some of the things that once were in books” (78). Fahrenheit 451 ‚ written by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction book that is set in the future. Guy Montag‚ a fireman‚ has never once questioned his job of destroying printed books‚ along with the houses‚ until he has to run for his life for having them. Destroying information‚ creating mechanical hounds‚ and killing people are three acts that occurred in Fahrenheit’s society‚ that could also occur in ours. In our
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explains to Montag that censorship was not the government’s idea‚ but the peoples when he says‚ "It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum‚ no declaration‚ no censorship‚ to start with‚ no! Technology‚ mass exploration‚ and minority pressure carried the trick‚ thank God. Today‚ thanks to them‚ you can stay happy all the time..." (Bradbury 58). This helps demonstrate that Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ is not accurate because Beatty is actually stating to Montag that censorship
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desperate in its pursuit of happiness. (7) The protagonist is Guy Montag‚ a firefighter whose ironic job is to start fires‚ not extinguish them. (8) In the futuristic world of this novel‚ firefighters are actually
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Fahrenheit 451: The Sieve and the Sand Pages 100-110 Plot * Montag reads Dovers’s beach to Mildred and her friends after interrupting their TV time even though Faber insisted he not do it * He makes Mrs. Phelps cry because she feels pain when listening to the poem * Mrs. Bowles gets angry at him and tells him that he’s evil and mean “ ‘silly words silly words‚ silly awful words’ said Mrs. Bowles ‘Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough hurt in the world‚ you got to tease people
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