In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury writes of a character by the name of Guy Montag, who lives in a futuristic dystopia where books are illegal to read and own. The novel contains many conflicts within Montag and between him and the other citizens in town. In the beginning, we are introduced to the protagonist, Guy Montag. Guy is a fireman, and in this novel, firemen start fires, rather than put them out. Soon, Montag meets his neighbor Clarisse, who tells him of times when fireman didn't burn books. She asks him if he is happy, then disappears into her home before he can answer. Her unorthodox ways stir up feelings in him, he is confused why she is so different from others. Montag feels disturbed, it is not usual to discuss personal thoughts and
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He tries to reach down and touch the metal beast, and it responds by growling at him. Guy wonders why he reacted that way to him, claiming it doesn’t like him, and ponders what it thinks about. His Captain assures him the hound only thinks what it is programmed to think. Montag sees Clarisse everyday for the next seven days, but on the eighth day, she is nowhere to be found. That same day, Montag asks Captain Beatty if fireman had ever stopped fire instead of starting them. A fireman shows him the rule book in which it says fireman were established to burn books. Then, the fire alarm goes off, so the men hurry into uniform and arrived at an old house. The owner of the house is waiting for them when they enter, and she begins reciting a line from a novel. They push past her and begin knocking over books to begin burning them. Montag finds himself with a book dropped into his hand, and immediately puts it inside his jacket. As they start to spray kerosene, the Captain tells the woman who owns the house to get out before they light the fire, but she refuses. As Montag urges her to leave, she insists she will die with her books. The woman then pulls out her own match, and lights the fire herself. Montag seems to be the only one left unsettled by the woman's actions, the other fireman do not speak on the way back to the
He tries to reach down and touch the metal beast, and it responds by growling at him. Guy wonders why he reacted that way to him, claiming it doesn’t like him, and ponders what it thinks about. His Captain assures him the hound only thinks what it is programmed to think. Montag sees Clarisse everyday for the next seven days, but on the eighth day, she is nowhere to be found. That same day, Montag asks Captain Beatty if fireman had ever stopped fire instead of starting them. A fireman shows him the rule book in which it says fireman were established to burn books. Then, the fire alarm goes off, so the men hurry into uniform and arrived at an old house. The owner of the house is waiting for them when they enter, and she begins reciting a line from a novel. They push past her and begin knocking over books to begin burning them. Montag finds himself with a book dropped into his hand, and immediately puts it inside his jacket. As they start to spray kerosene, the Captain tells the woman who owns the house to get out before they light the fire, but she refuses. As Montag urges her to leave, she insists she will die with her books. The woman then pulls out her own match, and lights the fire herself. Montag seems to be the only one left unsettled by the woman's actions, the other fireman do not speak on the way back to the