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    information was to read books. They were only burning books to get rid of information. The main character, Montag goes through many changes during the story. He was the person that got taught the lesson to give information. Montag was a third generation fireman who burned books in the future. His biggest regret in life is not having a better relationship with his wife. He was a good worker. he supported what he was suppose to do. He never complained about his gob. He liked his job alot, he felt…

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    The conversations that are seen as normal in the bleak, future America originate in repetitive and written out wall conversations. When Montag runs into Clarisse, her spontaneous interactions and conversations appear startling and strange to the fireman.…

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    society around him, which later makes him question and brings him to a realization about his society, life and himself as a whole. For instance, Montag conforms to his society by never questioning or wondering about why he lives the life he does as a fireman. Instead, Montag adapts to the dysfunctional society and never thinks twice about his life or the society around him. Granted, Montag then starts questioning his society and himself after meeting a special person that promotes Montag’s…

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    The novel Fahrenheit 451 is about Guy Montag, a fireman; who has job to burn books. In the beginning of the novel Montag takes pleasure in burning books, and just like society does not question anything he does, he just does. Later in the novel he begins to feel emotions and starts to understand and think for himself. Throughout Fahrenheit 451 Monatag starts to change because the influence of a young girl named Clarisse, and later in the book an old man named Faber, made a big impact on Montag.…

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    Fahrenheit 451 Like many book the book “Fahrenheit 451” is set in the future. The character that Ray Bradbury portrays is Guy Montag he is a fireman but fireman in this book are not the ones putting out fires they start them. The reason they start the fires is because book are illegal and anyone who is found possessing them will get their house burned. In the story Montag starts to realize that book aren’t bad but the government doesn’t want people to get ideas. In this story Montag changes in…

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    needed all along. A book burning fireman realizing what his job requires him to do finally makes the switch back to books. He lives in society where technology is everything. People have put down books for their wall-sized TVs and various other technologies. They also speed in their cars a whole lot too. It has caused society to become lazy and not as productive. Throughout the book Montag searches for himself internally and realizes his love for books. Montag was a fireman, and his job was to…

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    Captain Beatty is an unpredictable and strict man who may not be all that he seems. In the beginning of the book, Montag is seen to have a “fierce grin” that “never went away” and has been a fireman “since [he] was twenty” or for “ten years”(2,5). To do a job this long you need to like and respect your boss who in this case is Captain Beatty. When Montag goes to a call and burns a women alive who “stood below like a small girl” surrounded by…

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    This is the story of Guy Montag. He is a fireman, which means a person who burns books for his job, because books are illegal. At the beginning there is a woman who stays behind with her…

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    In the story “Fahrenheit 451” the main problem is that many people’s houses or libraries are being burned down and all of the books inside are being totally destroyed. The main character, Guy Montag, was a fireman and had been a fireman for ten years. This story takes place in the future where the firemen set the fires, rather than putting the fires out. The firemen are setting the houses and buildings on fire because they all think that that books are bad for everyone that reads them. One day…

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    blowing in the wind. Then I knew what I had to do, I ran inside to call 911 and told them the field was in a blaze. The fireman said they would get here as fast as they could and that they would do whatever they can to help. After I hung up the phone a went back outside and told everyone the firemen were on their way. Now we are all standing and waiting patiently for the fireman to get…

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