The Good Guy

Kick Tuner Dead, House in Ashes “Just this past week, a tragedy occurred in our fair town. 789 Lowson Blvd, home to Kick Turner, has burnt down to the ground. The causes are left unknown and the suddenness of it startled many, including the police. Neighbors said they heard a creaking sound and by the time they went to check their windows, the house was already entirely engulfed in fire. “The structure was already falling apart! It was so sudden, the only thing I could do is call the fire…

wanted to read, it was only what the government wanted that mattered. In both of these society was beginning to be under complete control. If you’ve ever looked into what life was like in this period of history you probably know it wasn’t all that good. I myself feel like this was a horrible period in our history.…

dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The major character named Montag that is a third-generation fireman has changed by himself, and exteral facter. Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books in a futuristic city. In Montag’s world, firemen start fires rather than putting them out. The people in this society do not read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves, and think independently. he…

views on a situation. Transformations like this one is what Guy Montag, the main character in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, went through. Guy Montag originally started off as someone who portrayed the image that he believed in society’s morals. Despite his apparent love for his job at the beginning of the novel Guy Montag was able to listen to his subconscious thoughts and was able to isolate himself from the societal norms. Ultimately Guy Montag transforms from someone who portrays an image of…

Setting of the book The book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is set in the 24th century and depicts an imagined futuristic society in the US. The norms of this society is defined with overpopulation, fast cars that the author christens jet cars, large televisions are a common feature in most of the houses and people listen to radios attached to their ears. The TV sets serves as the main source of entertainment and also used by the government to spread propaganda. Family life as we know it today…

it that bad in our everyday lives, we still have our own governments hiding information from us and labeling it all as “CLASSIFIED”, “TOP SECRET”, Etc. That’s just all of the bad things, but the government will always tell you when they do something good,but if we never hear any of the bad things we will always be kept in the dark and will be blind to the problems of the world. A perfect example of this is on page 88 of Fahrenheit 451, when Faber is talking to Montag and he said, “Ten million…

As technology increases, humanity decreases. When there is more technology, people began to lose their humanity like in Fahrenheit 451. In Fahrenheit451, Ray Bradbury, the author uses characterization to display humanity and technology. Montag and the mechanical hound don’t get along.’’ The mechanical hound leapt up in its kennel, its eyes all green flame.’’(Bradbury 32) Montag thinks someone set the hound to his scent or to watch him. The hound seems to watch him when he isn’t paying attention.…

In part 2 of Fahrenheit 451, the main character Guy Montag meets a man named Faber. Most of part 2 talks about what Faber and Montag teach each other, and what they do together. First, Guy Montag meets Faber, who is an old English teacher who stopped working when books began to be taken away and viewed negatively. Faber is similar to an older, more intelligent Clarisse. Faber teaches Montag a lot of things. He teaches montag that reading books of all types will give him knowledge and make him…

unthinkable. Some novels eliminate other simple actions such as seeing colors, having emotion, and enjoying weather. “How do you get so empty? he wondered. Who takes it out of you?” (Bradbury 41). Subsequently, the main character, in Fahrenheit 451 it is Guy Montag, always recognizes and interrogates why books that were once created for education are now repudiated. Other novels such as The Giver takes away the society’s way of seeing and living through nature and weather. To finish, dystopian…

Raise the Red Lantern is a film depicting life in a polygamous household in Pre-Modern China. The film, released in 1991, takes place in China in the 1920s during the Warlord Era. The movie tells the story of a young Chinese woman who marries a wealthy man and becomes one of his concubines. The film depicts the struggles the concubines, or mistress, face in competing for attention and affection from their master. The film also portrays the conflicts between the mistresses and their maids, and…