The setting of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray bradbury is set in a large nameless U.S. city. The city is thought to be L.A.; in the near future, thought to be in the year 2053. Because he put his books one hundred years in the future. The mood is sad because he is trying to make the reader feel a sense of a future with no opinion and laziness. The book is about what will happen in the future sooner than later. The book had three major influences which were nazi book burnings, the cold war and advancement of technology.
There are three main characters. The first main character is Guy Montag. He is a thirty year old fireman and is married. His job is burning books. During the book, he changes from burning books to saving books so his purpose is going against the government. He said ”’...there must be something in books…”’(48). This proves that Montag is changing from burning books to liking books. This is where his personality is starting to change and starting to ask why. Faber is the next main character. He is a former english professor. He is old and a casual acquaintance of Montag. He also calls himself a coward for sitting down and doing nothing when he could have done something against the book burnings when he could have. He loves books and hates how firemen burn them …show more content…
The people have what they want, they have the whole world in their hands. ”’...is it because we’re so rich and the rest of the world’s so poor”’(69-70). This shows that Montag is asking why and how they have technology and money and others do not. In the book the TV’s say ”’police suggest entire population in the Elm Terrace area do as follows:...”’(131-132). The thing is everybody does it and does not think about it. If they would ask why they would have not done what they said. The people in the society do nothing, they’re like drones. The government makes all the decisions, like Jesus is part of the
There are three main characters. The first main character is Guy Montag. He is a thirty year old fireman and is married. His job is burning books. During the book, he changes from burning books to saving books so his purpose is going against the government. He said ”’...there must be something in books…”’(48). This proves that Montag is changing from burning books to liking books. This is where his personality is starting to change and starting to ask why. Faber is the next main character. He is a former english professor. He is old and a casual acquaintance of Montag. He also calls himself a coward for sitting down and doing nothing when he could have done something against the book burnings when he could have. He loves books and hates how firemen burn them …show more content…
The people have what they want, they have the whole world in their hands. ”’...is it because we’re so rich and the rest of the world’s so poor”’(69-70). This shows that Montag is asking why and how they have technology and money and others do not. In the book the TV’s say ”’police suggest entire population in the Elm Terrace area do as follows:...”’(131-132). The thing is everybody does it and does not think about it. If they would ask why they would have not done what they said. The people in the society do nothing, they’re like drones. The government makes all the decisions, like Jesus is part of the