Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is based on a futuristic time where technology ran the day to day events of people’s lives and books were outlawed because they bred freedom of speech, creativity, and knowledge. A few themes throughout this novel are censorship, conformity, technology, and dystopia. I will give a short analyzation of Fahrenheit 451 using the steps of the narrative structure.
The setting of Fahrenheit 451 is an unknown city that is on the brink of war. The people that fill this city spend all of their time watching multiple gigantic television walls that display their “family” member’s lives. People are more interested in what is going on in the stories with their relatives on the TV walls that don’t even have a plot to follow as opposed to holding a …show more content…
Captain Beatty becomes suspicious of Montag. After Captain Beatty leaves Montag shows Millie the book he stole from Mrs. Black’s house.
The climax of the story comes when the fire station gets another call and they end up in front of Montag’s house. Millie flees from the house and Montag never sees her again. Montag and Captain Beatty are standing outside of the house and Captain Beatty gives Montag the flame thrower and makes him burn down his own house. Captain Beatty then continues to antagonize Montag to the point where Montag turns the flame thrower on his boss and sets him afire. At this point everything that Montag stood for was gone. He went from being a feared and respected fireman to being a fugitive.
The following are the falling actions that lead to the resolution. Montag flees after killing his boss. He is a fugitive on the run and seeks refuge and advice from professor Faber. He follows Faber’s advice and escapes to the country in search of the railroad tracks where he meets up with Granger and other scholars who are outlawed just as he is. This group of people share a love of books and their whole goal in life is the preservation of
The setting of Fahrenheit 451 is an unknown city that is on the brink of war. The people that fill this city spend all of their time watching multiple gigantic television walls that display their “family” member’s lives. People are more interested in what is going on in the stories with their relatives on the TV walls that don’t even have a plot to follow as opposed to holding a …show more content…
Captain Beatty becomes suspicious of Montag. After Captain Beatty leaves Montag shows Millie the book he stole from Mrs. Black’s house.
The climax of the story comes when the fire station gets another call and they end up in front of Montag’s house. Millie flees from the house and Montag never sees her again. Montag and Captain Beatty are standing outside of the house and Captain Beatty gives Montag the flame thrower and makes him burn down his own house. Captain Beatty then continues to antagonize Montag to the point where Montag turns the flame thrower on his boss and sets him afire. At this point everything that Montag stood for was gone. He went from being a feared and respected fireman to being a fugitive.
The following are the falling actions that lead to the resolution. Montag flees after killing his boss. He is a fugitive on the run and seeks refuge and advice from professor Faber. He follows Faber’s advice and escapes to the country in search of the railroad tracks where he meets up with Granger and other scholars who are outlawed just as he is. This group of people share a love of books and their whole goal in life is the preservation of