Fahrenheit 451 is a fascinating story about a man named Guy Montag who works as a fireman. Unlike our society today, firemen do not put out fires, they start them. And the reason they start fires is to burn books, which have been outlawed and banned. The people in society do not miss book as many people’s lives revolve around the parlour walls, which have TV’s covering the entire surface. Even Montag’s wife is more focused on the parlour walls than on her own husband. On his way back from work, Montag meets a seventeen year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. After speaking with her for a while about his line of work, Clarisse tell him “You know, I’m not afraid of you at all.” This confuses Montag and he asks her “Why should you be?” She
