Fahrenheit 451 Reflection

During this unit of reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451, I have learned more about what it means to be an activist and to ask questions and be warily consumer. when our class started reading this book I thought we would read about an ignorant man named Montag living in a society filled with ignorant people. When Montag started to ask questions about this society and why they were burning books made me start to think that if I don't agree or believe in something that I should question and learn more about it just like Montag did. A message everyone can live by is to lead not follow, which Montag demonstrated at the end of this story.
One of the many lines that will never escape my head is “Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, …show more content…
Life has consequences for what you do, knowing what you are doing is important, the ability to have right judgement which our society today lacks. This will also help me for the following years to come by working on right judgement every situation I will be dealt with While reading I kept incessantly having deep thoughts about would Montag just try and die after being in a complex situation with the police. Instead of self harming himself he preserver through all the hate and wanted signs for him. I also figured that if Montag could easily take over America we must not have a President anymore but some sort of ruler that could make anyone the new leader.
The Duration of this unit my favorite conversation was when the inner circle always started to question ignorance and intelligence. One of the most enjoyable to be apart of was when we started to question if Montag would be considered a terrorist. He thinks that he was doing the good by saving the books from being burned just like terrorist think they are doing the good for their nation. I enjoyed being able to bounce ideas off of my peers and hearing how they perceived the section and be able to understand another way to view the