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    reading. Due to this, Guy Montag shows us that we should make an effort to try…

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    Clarise, the TV “family,” and the main character’s name Guy Montag to show the importance of socialization and finding meaning in one’s life, proving that being human requires experiencing the highs and lows that come with it and creating an awareness of how meaningless life is without the ability to learn and make decisions. Throughout the book, Bradbury references the important role of the “family” in the characters lives. Not far into the novel, readers learn that the “family” he references…

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    Fahrenheit 451 Summary

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    burning. The novel focus on Guy Montag a professional of book burner, he started fire instead of putting them out. He was called to burn book that made by Mrs. Hudson, she want to die rather than leave her library, Guy Montag was haunted by thinking about living in a world that have no book so he keep some of her books. He began to read a book in the first time of his life, he seek out the counsel of an old man name Faber, together they agree to copy a salvaged Bible. Guy Montag boss at the fire…

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    Guy’s feeling of emptiness and sadness is caused by his realization that the society he lives in is full of mindless followers who refuse to think for themselves. Before Guy meets Clarisse, he is like all the other citizens but she opens his eyes to how unsatisfied he is with the world he lives in. Guy is not as happy as he thinks and this is shown when the reader is told that “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask” (9). The mask represents…

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    1. The actions of the McClellan family mirrors what would be considered typical and somewhat everyday behaviour in the 21st century, whilst within the novel Fahrenheit 451 it is considered peculiar and in most cases illegal, deeming the family to be perceived as atypical to the general public. Within the novel shortly after the protagonist Guy Montag meets Clarisse McClellan, Clarisse draws Guy’s attention to her family’s odd behaviour by stating numerous things in which not only made him ponder…

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    Two different society's both lie to protect the people who live in it. Truman Burbank is an ordinary guy that has a dream of moving to Fiji, but will he ever be able to go? Guy Montag is a firefighter, but do firefighters actually fulfill their intended purpose? Even though Montag and Truman are from different society's they have many things in common, they were both lied to by their friends and family, they both had a person who made them question the society they live in, and they both had to…

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    The novel, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury in 1953, is based on the future, or another world, and is supposed to be a utopian society. The main protagonist, Guy Montag, is a firefighter but his job duties are not what most people would imagine a firefighter to do: Montag doesn’t put out fires, he creates them. During the novel, Montag goes from house to house, burning them down because there are books inside the houses. In the ‘utopian’ town, books are not allowed and are forbidden to be…

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    laughing when some of the older men tried to sing Happy Birthday, but forgot half the lyrics. After breakfast we hit the fields. With everyone in a cheery mood, we finished our workload a lot sooner. The boss came out and worked with us! Of course all the guys had fun teasing him and occasionally making fun of him for not being as fast as the rest of us. Also, his nephews were a lot nicer since he was right there with us which was good. I think he realized just how tough of a job we have. I also…

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    Guy Montag Changes

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    In a future time in America, instead of fireman stopping fires, they start them and burn books. Guy Montag is one of these fireman’s who burns books on a daily basis without thinking of it. These people in this future world don’t care independently, care about nature, and have useless conversations with each other. Everything changed for Montag when he is encountered by a new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan who is the opposite of everyone in this world. In the next couple of days, his wife…

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    protagonist, Guy Montag. At first, Montag takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman, burning illegally owned books and the homes of their owners. However, Montag soon begins to question the value of his profession and, in turn, his life. Throughout the novel Montag struggles with his existence, eventually fleeing his oppressive, censored society and joining an underground network of intellectuals. Which concludes to the subject identity. Similar to this novel is the short story “Mirror…

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