"You're not like the others. I've seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at me. When I said something about the moon, you looked at the moon, last night. The others would never do that" (Bradbury 11). Ray Bradbury’s innovative novel, Fahrenheit 451, tells a story about a fireman, Guy Montag, who realizes their utopia society was wrong, and goes on a mission to save books to find his happiness. In the society, they believed that their lives are better without books, and therefore firemen started fires to burn books instead of putting out fires. However after meeting Clarisse and Faber, Guy Montag, the protagonist realizes that the society was living meaningless lives. All they did was watch T.V all day, and thought people like Clarisse and
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The character allusion used to allude to Guy Fawkes is, “Guy Montag” (Bradbury 57). Montag relates to Guy Fawkes because Fawkes was a Roman Catholic in England, who wanted to replace their king, James I, with a Catholic monarch. He didn't agree James I, and even convicted a treason to try to get rid of the King, because he want a Catholic monarch. Montag realized that banning books might be the reason for his unhappiness, and almost killed himself while trying to save the literatures. The date that emphasis the allusion of Guy Fawkes is, “Thursday morning, November 4th” (Bradbury 15). Guy Fawkes Day is on November 5th, and on this day he tried to blow up the English parliament, known as the Gunpowder Plot. This connects to the theme because, Guy Fawkes was against the government and tried to change it, similar to Montag because he didn't agree with the government banning books, and decided to find a way to spread the …show more content…
The things that made Clarisse unique are, "I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise" (Bradbury 3). In the society, these actions are considered illegal and nobody ever did them. Nonetheless, Clarisse didn't care about the risks, and her family lives the way they believe people should be living. Clarisse also influenced Montag when, "Laughter blew across the moon-coloured lawn from the house of Clarisse and her father and mother and the uncle who smiled so quietly and so earnestly" ( Bradbury 7). The people in the society did not communicate with each other the way Clarisse’s family did. Instead, all they did was talk to the television. Montag was shocked to hear them sincerely laughing and talking to each other happily, which made him question his happiness. This led to Montag trying to look for his happiness, which he thinks are in books, and therefore stopped burning books. Although Clarisse was only present in the beginning of the book, her role made a huge impact throughout the novel.Her actions were not accepted in the society, she didnt stop being who she was and even tried to spread
The character allusion used to allude to Guy Fawkes is, “Guy Montag” (Bradbury 57). Montag relates to Guy Fawkes because Fawkes was a Roman Catholic in England, who wanted to replace their king, James I, with a Catholic monarch. He didn't agree James I, and even convicted a treason to try to get rid of the King, because he want a Catholic monarch. Montag realized that banning books might be the reason for his unhappiness, and almost killed himself while trying to save the literatures. The date that emphasis the allusion of Guy Fawkes is, “Thursday morning, November 4th” (Bradbury 15). Guy Fawkes Day is on November 5th, and on this day he tried to blow up the English parliament, known as the Gunpowder Plot. This connects to the theme because, Guy Fawkes was against the government and tried to change it, similar to Montag because he didn't agree with the government banning books, and decided to find a way to spread the …show more content…
The things that made Clarisse unique are, "I like to smell things and look at things, and sometimes stay up all night, walking, and watch the sun rise" (Bradbury 3). In the society, these actions are considered illegal and nobody ever did them. Nonetheless, Clarisse didn't care about the risks, and her family lives the way they believe people should be living. Clarisse also influenced Montag when, "Laughter blew across the moon-coloured lawn from the house of Clarisse and her father and mother and the uncle who smiled so quietly and so earnestly" ( Bradbury 7). The people in the society did not communicate with each other the way Clarisse’s family did. Instead, all they did was talk to the television. Montag was shocked to hear them sincerely laughing and talking to each other happily, which made him question his happiness. This led to Montag trying to look for his happiness, which he thinks are in books, and therefore stopped burning books. Although Clarisse was only present in the beginning of the book, her role made a huge impact throughout the novel.Her actions were not accepted in the society, she didnt stop being who she was and even tried to spread