To some, books are just words on worthless paper. To others, empty promises written on a page. Yet, to others, they are a way to get away from the “real world” and dive into a blissful moment of peace. All of us have our opinions on books, varying from “I don’t even know how to say library correctly” to “I read every chance I get”. However, what if this privilege was taken away from us? Would our opinions change if those books we read were suddenly outlawed? Would anyone even care? Fahrenheit 451 depicts this utopia to some and dystopia to others and what could happen if books were to go up in flames. If you were to ask Guy Montag these questions, he might say something like “I’ll light the match,” precisely because that’s what he does. Guy
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However, the fire captain, Captain Beatty, has his suspicions. Beatty is a cold-hearted, follow the book, pokerface man who has no time or reason to deal with these people and their books. He confronts Montag about his possible book theft and tries to prevent him from reading by giving him a speech about the history of firemen. This only causes Montag to want to know what the books mean. He tries to read it to his wife to get her on his team, since she has been against books from the beginning, only because that is what the mass says to do. However, her reaction is the same as most people when they hear fingernails scraping a chalkboard. Montag, yearning for meaning, runs to a former English professor he had met in the park named Faber. He is old and scared of leaving his house, thinking that he will be caught, condemned and burned. Nevertheless, he helps Montag by devising a plan. Montag will plant books into firemen’s houses to burn them and the profession and Faber will send for a printer to start printing books again. When he returns to normal life, with Faber with him by earpiece, the station receives a call about a house, only this time it’s his. He had been stashing books for years and one of his wife’s friends called about it. He threw some in the yard and burned his own house, after Mildred left, then burned Captain Beatty. He runs …show more content…
He first struggles with Clarisse’s comments and telling himself he is happy, even though he isn’t. Next, he begins a man versus man conflict that will last most of the book. He knows something is missing and that it is out there somewhere, but he doesn’t know where. When he finds it in books, he has to battle his conscience and the morals of the masses to be brave enough to read them. Next, he battles the world telling him that books are dangerous and outlawed. No one wants to be associated with someone who reads. At work, and even at home, he has conflicts with Captain Beatty telling him books are wrong and threatening him to give it
However, the fire captain, Captain Beatty, has his suspicions. Beatty is a cold-hearted, follow the book, pokerface man who has no time or reason to deal with these people and their books. He confronts Montag about his possible book theft and tries to prevent him from reading by giving him a speech about the history of firemen. This only causes Montag to want to know what the books mean. He tries to read it to his wife to get her on his team, since she has been against books from the beginning, only because that is what the mass says to do. However, her reaction is the same as most people when they hear fingernails scraping a chalkboard. Montag, yearning for meaning, runs to a former English professor he had met in the park named Faber. He is old and scared of leaving his house, thinking that he will be caught, condemned and burned. Nevertheless, he helps Montag by devising a plan. Montag will plant books into firemen’s houses to burn them and the profession and Faber will send for a printer to start printing books again. When he returns to normal life, with Faber with him by earpiece, the station receives a call about a house, only this time it’s his. He had been stashing books for years and one of his wife’s friends called about it. He threw some in the yard and burned his own house, after Mildred left, then burned Captain Beatty. He runs …show more content…
He first struggles with Clarisse’s comments and telling himself he is happy, even though he isn’t. Next, he begins a man versus man conflict that will last most of the book. He knows something is missing and that it is out there somewhere, but he doesn’t know where. When he finds it in books, he has to battle his conscience and the morals of the masses to be brave enough to read them. Next, he battles the world telling him that books are dangerous and outlawed. No one wants to be associated with someone who reads. At work, and even at home, he has conflicts with Captain Beatty telling him books are wrong and threatening him to give it