In the book Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist of this novel, Guy Montag lives a world where reading books is illegal and firemen are to burn those who own books. Montag is introduced to a girl named Clarisse, she symbolises curiosity. Guy’s wife, Mildred symbolises the ignorance in the world without books. Beatty, Montag’s captain represents the government or rule in their society. Fahrenheit 451 the main theme would be censorship, because the burning of books blocks the mind from imagination and the freedom to think. Clarisse is introduced as a beautiful girl in the eyes of Montag, the grow closer at every meeting. Her questions always seem to make Montag think and question everything he thought of. Clarisse asks Montag if he is happy,but his response is just to laugh because he thought it was silly. After thinking
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Although after his encounter with a woman who was willing to die with the books she owned, thi gave Montag a sudden realization of how powerful books are. This woman was willing to give up her life so she wouldn't have to spend it with out them. “Where’s your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You’ve been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel. Snap out of it! The people in those books never lived. Come on now!” (Bradbury, pg. 35) Ever since that moment Montag was changed. Near the end of the book Beatty and Montag get into a heated fight, and he begins to quote Shakespeare, although he speaks about how bad reading books are he must have had some experience to quote a famous writer. Beatty even made Montag burn his own house for possession of books. Beatty knowing full well Montag’s situation and understanding it, he still takes the side of government and society. Although Beatty had an understanding of book, order and rule still had a control over
Although after his encounter with a woman who was willing to die with the books she owned, thi gave Montag a sudden realization of how powerful books are. This woman was willing to give up her life so she wouldn't have to spend it with out them. “Where’s your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You’ve been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel. Snap out of it! The people in those books never lived. Come on now!” (Bradbury, pg. 35) Ever since that moment Montag was changed. Near the end of the book Beatty and Montag get into a heated fight, and he begins to quote Shakespeare, although he speaks about how bad reading books are he must have had some experience to quote a famous writer. Beatty even made Montag burn his own house for possession of books. Beatty knowing full well Montag’s situation and understanding it, he still takes the side of government and society. Although Beatty had an understanding of book, order and rule still had a control over