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    “I’m not dead. It was a lie.” Montag stood in view of the TV crew in the heart of the city. Armed with microphones, boards, and video cameras, a band of men and women halted their work and took one collective glance at Montag. A man suited in a black shirt advanced forward. “It’s really you. They told us-” “What they told you was lies,” Montag explained, “A method to enforce themselves as an authority figure. As humans, you followed them as sheep, no matter if the herder was right or wrong.” A…

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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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    question of freedom of speech and censorship on television. In Part 1, there is a national concern that a Family Guy episode featuring an image of Mohammed should not be broadcast. Family Guy is another animated TV show that the writers are trying to poke fun at. In the episode, Family Guy is aired on Fox Network and in Part 1 of the series, the network censors the image of Mohammed. “Family Guy is known to be an incredibly random show, packed with obscure cultural references, and replete with…

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    “You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing there will be no result”~ Mohandas Gandhi. One of the many themes shown through the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is action vs. inaction. The main character Guy Montag, who is an inactive fireman who burns down the homes of book owners as a punishment for breaking the law, turns into an active man who takes action upon his beliefs. Bradbury, who published the book in 1953, predicts a future filled with…

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    Ray Bradbury wrote a book to question our society; he named it Fahrenheit 451. This book pictures the destruction of our lives, by forgetting all that books teach us. The main character, Guy Montag, begins to see that his life is not as great as it seems. A girl named Clarisse comes into his life and asks questions that make him think. He burns books for a living but is unhappy in that situation. As he grows to understand why we need books, Bradbury uses color as a symbol in Montag’s life. The…

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    The men who say this happens often and that the two aren’t needed doctors but just operators. 10. How is life in Montag’s house very different from that of Clarisse’s house? In Montag’s house Mildred and Guy hardly ever talk or communicate in any way.Mildred is always in the polar and Guy is often at work. At Clarisse's house, she and her family often talk and discuss things. 11. How does Mildred react after she wakes up from her previous night’s…

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    In the novel, “Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury,” the main protagonist named Guy Montag progresses throughout the story after meeting Clarisse McClellan. At the start of the novel, Guy Montag works as a third-generation fireman who enjoys burning books for a living. One night after work, he meets Clarisse McClellan, an odd 17 year-old girl who enjoys nature and isn’t interested into violence, tv, or vacant socializing. She asks Montag whether he was happy and Montag soon realizes that his life had…

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    Breaking Free Guy Montag a married thirty year old fireman who doesn't save people in the way a real societies fireman might. Montag is a fireman who burns book. He has done his job for ten years and has never thought of doing anything else than burning books until he meets seventeen year old Clarissa McClellan. She not only opens his eyes to new possibilities and secrets of the past, but puts him on a path they will forever shape his future. Guy Montag’s conflict with his job, morals ,and…

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    man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his ability to affect those around him positively.” This perfectly describes Clarisse’s effect on Montag in the novel Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Clarisse was able to change Montag for the better. Guy Montag changed from being an apathetic book burner into a man with a curiosity of the world. The reason for this change was a girl named Clarisse, who showed him a different perspective of life. Clarisse exposed to Montag that he was unhappy and…

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    Fahrenheit 451 In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury a firefighter got curious about books. The books were illegal in the city, if people found out the firemen would come and burn the books if the3 books were in the house they would burn the house to. The main character Montag went to a old english professor and then they planned on making copies of the books. Then the firechief got a call and they took of to a house but Montag didn't know until he got there. Who was Montag in the…

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