Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is written in an omniscient point of view. The novel takes place in the future where society is much different from now. The protagonist, Guy Montag, works as fire firefighter. Firefighters, instead of taking out fires, are the ones who start them. Guy lives in a society where people don't think for themselves and simply go with the flow of life. Everyone that he knows never stops to think of what or why they are doing something. The society is so consumed with technology that they don’t think for themselves. As a fire fighter, Guy is called to start fires when there are people who have books in their homes. Since books allow people to think and imagine, they aren't allowed in society. However, every time Guy
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All these events he faces become part of the rising action. He first has to deal with his wife, Mildred, when she tries to commit suicide by eating pills. Guy finds this situation to be shocking and didn't know that his wife was someone who would ever do such a thing. Furthermore, while he's at work,
Guy gets a call to start a fire at a house. Once he goes over, the woman refuses to let books burn and burns herself in the fire along with her books. Guy is taken back and wonders what powers these books possess, if it was strong enough for a woman to burn along with them. He finally meets a mysterious girl, Clarisse, who question Guy about life and asks him why he does the things he does. Clarisse shows care to people and nature, something Guy has never seen before. Guy is fascinated by her because Clarisse she is a young who asks questions and ponders over things. Her imagination and thoughts compel Guy to want to look into books. She opens new doors in Guy’s life and then suddenly disappears. Guy is told that she has been killed in a car …show more content…
Through meeting Clarisse, Guy changes from a static character, to a dynamic character. Due to his interest in books, he meets an old English professor, Faber. Faber and Guy _______ He is caught by his wife and her friends as he is reading a poetry book. When the women turn Guy to his boss, the conflict in the novel begins. Beatty tells Guy that books allow people to think for themselves which aren’t good in society, it only causes chaos and everyone starts to break the rules. But in Beatty's case it is ironic because although Beatty hates books and wants no one to have a hold of them, he has a conversation with Guy using quotes from books to show that books aren't good. As Beatty is talking to Guy, the fire station alarm goes off. Guy is sent out to go burn down a house but realizes that it is his house that he must burn. Beatty shows an example of a foil because he is showing that Guy's passion for reading is not considered to be good in
All these events he faces become part of the rising action. He first has to deal with his wife, Mildred, when she tries to commit suicide by eating pills. Guy finds this situation to be shocking and didn't know that his wife was someone who would ever do such a thing. Furthermore, while he's at work,
Guy gets a call to start a fire at a house. Once he goes over, the woman refuses to let books burn and burns herself in the fire along with her books. Guy is taken back and wonders what powers these books possess, if it was strong enough for a woman to burn along with them. He finally meets a mysterious girl, Clarisse, who question Guy about life and asks him why he does the things he does. Clarisse shows care to people and nature, something Guy has never seen before. Guy is fascinated by her because Clarisse she is a young who asks questions and ponders over things. Her imagination and thoughts compel Guy to want to look into books. She opens new doors in Guy’s life and then suddenly disappears. Guy is told that she has been killed in a car …show more content…
Through meeting Clarisse, Guy changes from a static character, to a dynamic character. Due to his interest in books, he meets an old English professor, Faber. Faber and Guy _______ He is caught by his wife and her friends as he is reading a poetry book. When the women turn Guy to his boss, the conflict in the novel begins. Beatty tells Guy that books allow people to think for themselves which aren’t good in society, it only causes chaos and everyone starts to break the rules. But in Beatty's case it is ironic because although Beatty hates books and wants no one to have a hold of them, he has a conversation with Guy using quotes from books to show that books aren't good. As Beatty is talking to Guy, the fire station alarm goes off. Guy is sent out to go burn down a house but realizes that it is his house that he must burn. Beatty shows an example of a foil because he is showing that Guy's passion for reading is not considered to be good in