Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel written by Ray Bradbury that focuses on the protagonist, Guy Montag, and his struggles with wanting to read in a society that has declared that illegal. Ray Bradbury got his inspiration from the historical book burnings that have occurred, like Hitler burning books in the streets and the burning down of the libraries in Alexandria. He thought that if those things have happened in the past, what’s preventing them from happening again in the future? So in response to that thought, he made a dystopian novel with a message that can change the way one thinks about the world that has a well-woven plot, intricate characters, and multiple conflicts. The plot of the novel seems simple at first: this Guy (Montag),
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That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow."
He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other.” (23-24)
From this point, he only goes downhill. He feels guilt about hiding books in his vent and failing to have any love for his wife, and for not being able to remember when he met her. His despair only grows deeper when he witnesses a woman burning herself with her books. Soon, though, Montag has a house visit from Captain Beatty that encourages him to read. When he starts reading, he can’t stop, however. This is the start of his character evolving into something much better than what he was before, like a phoenix being reborn from the ashes. He seeks out a man he met in a park long ago, Faber, who helps nurture him into a much stronger character, and pushes him to go confront Captain Beatty. And eventually, even though Montag seems to enter a trance after having multiple quotes from novels fired off at him by Beatty and after having to burn his own house down under Beatty’s supervision, Montag burns the Captain. In his defense, however, Beatty did literally tell Montag to kill him-whether he was being rhetorical or not. After running away from that situation and having quite the journey, Montag embraces his budding idealism with Faber’s help and successfully outruns
That's why I think it's so strange you're a fireman, it just doesn't seem right for you, somehow."
He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other.” (23-24)
From this point, he only goes downhill. He feels guilt about hiding books in his vent and failing to have any love for his wife, and for not being able to remember when he met her. His despair only grows deeper when he witnesses a woman burning herself with her books. Soon, though, Montag has a house visit from Captain Beatty that encourages him to read. When he starts reading, he can’t stop, however. This is the start of his character evolving into something much better than what he was before, like a phoenix being reborn from the ashes. He seeks out a man he met in a park long ago, Faber, who helps nurture him into a much stronger character, and pushes him to go confront Captain Beatty. And eventually, even though Montag seems to enter a trance after having multiple quotes from novels fired off at him by Beatty and after having to burn his own house down under Beatty’s supervision, Montag burns the Captain. In his defense, however, Beatty did literally tell Montag to kill him-whether he was being rhetorical or not. After running away from that situation and having quite the journey, Montag embraces his budding idealism with Faber’s help and successfully outruns