Fahrenheit 451 Book Report

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Fahrenheit 451

In the book Fahrenheit 451 the main character is a fireman and in this time firemen did not put out the fires they start them. They are all against reading now all that they do is watch tv play online and ect. He meets someone that changes the way he thinks and he starts doing things he's not allowed to do. When he does the things he's no spouse to do he get in trouble and does some things that are unacceptable. Montag runs away because he did something horrible.
In the beginning, Montag was a fireman he loved starting books on fire and loved the smell. On a strange night Montag felt like someone was watching him right around the corner but no one was ever their. A few minutes later a girl popped up and they started talking and she started to ask questions. The questions that she asked made montag think very different from that point on. When the girl made it home she said did you know there's a man on the moon. Montag looked up and said “ I don't know i haven't looked in a while” then a door slammed shut and the girl was gone. He kept walking home when he got there his wife was asleep
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One day on a mission he stole a bunch of books and hid them in his house so that he could start reading. Montag has been reading and collecting books for a while now and he still hasn't been caught. He has been running around starting book on fire even though he doesn't want to. One day he is reading out loud in his bedroom when his wife is home and she pulls the alarm on him. As she is running down the stairs and got in the cab he heard shrines. When the firemen sawed up he stated lighting stuff on fire with them to cover up his act. when the fire was out it was past midnight and he asked his boss if his wife called him in. His boss was mad and hit him so montag it his boss on fire and the other firemen who were their. Montag is now wanted he took off running because he is

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