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being burned down and destroyed, there is one man who wants to and will make a change. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is a firefighter with a weird twist. Firefighters burn down books instead of putting the fires out! When doing this job and meeting other types of people, Montag comes to realize that he is on the wrong side, and that he should be saving the books instead of burning them. Guy Montag is a deeply interesting character, he shows curiosity, self-awareness, and courage. He is a man who…

ask why things are the way they are, rather than settling. These individuals are frowned upon because they question. In this dystopian society, questions lead to revelations, which are considered a major issue. In Fahrenheit 451, the protagonist Guy Montag started off as the individual who was comfortable with the rules of society, especially because he was the one who did the damage by setting houses on fire. He describes it as “a pleasure to burn.” (Bradbury 1). His…

“But then the world got full of eyes...books leveled down to a sort of pastepudding norm” (Bradbury, 54). In the book Fahrenheit 451, the author, Ray Bradbury, touches on certain subjects that are questionable. For example, the book is practically screaming the theme all throughout, which is if society chooses to abandon knowledge; it will lead to our ultimate destruction. He also included a lot of technology that wasn’t around during the time the book was published representing today’s rapid…

Nohely Sanchez Mr. Rochester English Honors 1 10 December 2015 Fahrenheit 451 Symbolism Essay Fahrenheit is a book about a man who’s job is to start fires. Fahrenheit provides an idea of knowledge to the reader. Montag proves that there is more to books than what people think there is. In Fahrenheit 451, the author uses fire as a symbol to make the things that don’t fit into the society disappear In the first part of the book Montag realizes that the firemen didn’t prevent any fires, they…

Guy Montag is a fireman. But not quite like the firemen we know today- his job as a fireman is to burn books and the houses they are kept in. It is the 24th century and books are forbidden by law, since technology and ignorance has taken over and people much rather spend their days in their parlors, with walls made completely out of television screens. He lives in a society of people with no independent thoughts, no time to relax and be alone and no meaningful conversations what so ever. One…

The Problem Solver One day a hero came to town and his name was the Problem Solver. The Problem Solver helps people with problems they face in their lives (usually problems that deal with numbers). He came to a new town called Zaberdale. Zaberdale was a small town in Kentucky that everybody was always happy and never had any problems. But one day that all changed. A evil villain named Mc.Evil came into Zaberdale and tried to cause any problem he could. It was a exciting day for Zaberdale. It…

Cormic McCarthy's "The Road" is a broken down dejected post apocalyptic wasteland that is void of virtually all resources, yet one thing that the The Road was never wanting in is symbolism. The most obvious of which would be fire or The Road itself. Though even unsuspecting things such as a simple Coca Cola or even a flare gun carry subtle symbolic value in the world of The Road. However not all things that carry symbolic weight are tangible, such as the character's vernacular, with their…

In Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451, he uses many types of figurative language to show the prominent theme of action vs inaction. Guy Montag had worked many years with Captain Beatty at the fire department causing them to build a friendship. Yet when Beatty discovers that Montag has books in his home he goes to burn the house down (the punishment for possessing books). The scene quickly escalates and Montag ultimately ends up killing Beatty via flame thrower. “They turned, their faces like…

Sandra Cisneros once said, “There is no perfect place, there is no wonderful utopia.” She believes the world is and will never be perfect, and we should all believe that too. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury shows us a society where its inhabitants think the world is perfect, but it’s mostly the opposite, and Montag can agree. Due to him constantly wanting to better his dystopian society, Montag becomes inquisitive as to why people do what they do, gains self-confidence after standing up to his…

Getting something taken away is never fun. Whether it be a phone taken away for the night or not being able to go out for the weekend with friends. In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 their society has had something drastically taken away that is most valuable to someone they can have. In the dystopian society that the author Ray Bradbury has created, one of the main crucial ideas of the novel is censorship and the suppression of ideas. The people of the society have been censored by many…