Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 Analysis

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Mildred wife of Montag, is obsessed with watching television which are called “programs” in their society. She considers her family to be television characters because she is so isolated from the real world and she never wanted children. She always refuses to have a conversation with her husband about their marriage or her feelings; she doesn't seem to have a real connection to anyone. Every time Montag would come home from work, he would enter the cold dark silence of his bedroom. His wife, Mildred, is stretched out as usual on her bed, with radio earplugs called "Seashells" filling her ears with sound. The reason she would always have the earplugs on it’s because she was unhappy with her life and herself. Montag accidentally steps on an empty

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