Fahrenheit 451 Book Report

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In the book Fahrenheit 451 there are plenty of instances where characters expres when bealing they are happy but they actually unaware that they simply are distracted.

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One of the characters that gets distracted would be Mildred.Her house is known for TV being all over the walls.She stays aching TV all day as a distraction of facing the real world. Even the women around her want to wach TV all the time.Mildred likes having friends over ut all they really do is whach TV and drink.Here is a qoute that explins it a litlle more. “Mrs.Phelps and Mrs.Bowles came through the front door and vanish into the volcano mouth with the martinis in their hands. Montage stop eating.They were like a monstrous crystal chandelier think in a thousands chimes he saw her cheshire cat smile burning thought the walls of the house” (93). Having the description on how they would probably would not even blink because they are so attached to
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A happiness they were looking for but knowing it was not there.But they were so dedicated to find that happiness they were unaware of the damage they were causing.Beatty one of the characters the book tries to give a work welcoming to Montage hoping that would give him some type of joy. By burning a bunch of book. “ He put his ahd to one side, palm up for a gift. Montage put the book in it. Without even glancing at the title, Beatty tosses the book in a trash basket fools be.’ Welcome back, Montage. I hope you’ll be staying with us , now that your fever is done and your sickness over. Sit in for a hand of poker?” (105). They would see it as if it was a illness being interested in book in reading about something that was found interesting was seen as a sin. Or maybe even see as if it just a phases they would go thought. Also how they would just being living life back to normal by wanting to play poker after not wanting to face what had just

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