In a future time in America, instead of fireman stopping fires, they start them and burn books. Guy Montag is one of these fireman’s who burns books on a daily basis without thinking of it. These people in this future world don’t care independently, care about nature, and have useless conversations with each other. Everything changed for Montag when he is encountered by a new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan who is the opposite of everyone in this world. In the next couple of days, his wife Mildred tries to commit suicide by taking multiple pills. Next he goes to a house to burn books, but the women who is hiding these books rather die with the books instead of surviving without them. The next day he hears that Clarisse has died by a car accident
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The book showed how Guy Montag, in the beginning of the story, felt about Clarisse McClellan and her thinking. When Clarisse dies, he starts to question more of life and starts getting interested in books. “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine to make a women stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” (48) This book was also very enjoyable because of its unique characters and original plot. The characters were total opposites and the setting of this story was from a futuristic world. IN the beginning of the story, Montag and Clarisse have zero things in common. Clarisse likes to be outdoors and enjoy nature while Montag just lives a normal life with nothing exciting ever happening. “One two three four five six seven days. And as many times he came out of the house and Clarisse was somewhere in the …show more content…
One of the main themes is knowledge and ignorance. During the book, firemen are forced to burn books which includes knowledge in them to advance their thinking. These firemen ignore the fact that they could be learning from these books, but instead decide to terminate them. Clarisse opened his eyes about knowledge and how it can satisfy you when obtaining it. Once she died, Montag wanted everyone to obtain knowledge into their lives in order to live a happier life. “After all, when we had all the books we needed, we still insisted on finding the highest cliff to jump off. But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge.” (82) Guy Montag is a round character because the reader knows his thoughts, feelings and actions. Montag was a regular firemen who burns book, but he then changes into a guy who is interested in learning and thinking. He doesn’t really care about anyone at the start, but then he starts caring about others. Many of the characters didn’t change like Beatty, Mildred and Clarisse. In multiple scenes throughout the book, Montag is seen irrelevant, but when given the chance later in the book, he breaks free from his city laws. “He ran very fast down toward the river”
The book showed how Guy Montag, in the beginning of the story, felt about Clarisse McClellan and her thinking. When Clarisse dies, he starts to question more of life and starts getting interested in books. “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine to make a women stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” (48) This book was also very enjoyable because of its unique characters and original plot. The characters were total opposites and the setting of this story was from a futuristic world. IN the beginning of the story, Montag and Clarisse have zero things in common. Clarisse likes to be outdoors and enjoy nature while Montag just lives a normal life with nothing exciting ever happening. “One two three four five six seven days. And as many times he came out of the house and Clarisse was somewhere in the …show more content…
One of the main themes is knowledge and ignorance. During the book, firemen are forced to burn books which includes knowledge in them to advance their thinking. These firemen ignore the fact that they could be learning from these books, but instead decide to terminate them. Clarisse opened his eyes about knowledge and how it can satisfy you when obtaining it. Once she died, Montag wanted everyone to obtain knowledge into their lives in order to live a happier life. “After all, when we had all the books we needed, we still insisted on finding the highest cliff to jump off. But we do need a breather. We do need knowledge.” (82) Guy Montag is a round character because the reader knows his thoughts, feelings and actions. Montag was a regular firemen who burns book, but he then changes into a guy who is interested in learning and thinking. He doesn’t really care about anyone at the start, but then he starts caring about others. Many of the characters didn’t change like Beatty, Mildred and Clarisse. In multiple scenes throughout the book, Montag is seen irrelevant, but when given the chance later in the book, he breaks free from his city laws. “He ran very fast down toward the river”