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    Fahrenheit 451 Born into a futuristic, technologically based society, Guy Montag had never thought to question anything. By accepting the way things were, without questioning anything Montag had lived his life in serenity. He was a fireman, which is a well respected individual in his society. A fireman ignites books and houses that contain them. Throughout the book, Montag began to change after he met Clarisse McClellan. All this time Montag had worn his happiness “like a mask” and had claimed…

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    Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub aka Saladin, (1138–1193) was born in Tikrit, Iraq. Saladin (meaning "Righteousness of Religion"), was the founder of the Ayyūbid dynast. With the justification of Jihad, which united the Muslims, and his authority gained through conquest and diplomacy, Saladin gained victory at the decisive Battle of Hattin, which ended the dominance of the Franks in the holy land. In addition, the Franks were fighting amongst themselves which diminished their strength and led to…

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    sees him. Faber is smart and tells Montag to wear an earpiece, so that the next time they see each other Montag knows what to say. Montag is starting to rebel against the government. One thing that changes montag enormously is that he is meeting many new people that are taking him away from the expectations of the town. These people not only make a difference in his life but also help him become more…

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    Guy Montag’s interactions with outside forces such as the empty pill bottle and Clarisse contributed to his growth as a character, while developing the theme that censorship can be used to protect people while also controlling them. Montag thought he was happy as he strolled along side Clarisse on his way home. Later, Montag steps on an object while entering his bedroom, “the object he had sent tumbling with his foot now glinted under the edge of his own bed. The small crystal bottle of sleeping…

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    the main characters in the two books the reader is thrown into this dystopian setting in which the government has more control than it needs. The theme of obey or die is throughout the two books and this is what the main characters rebel against. Guy Montag was a man who was given a job as a fireman to burn books and was taught to not question it. Similar to how Winston Smith was taught…

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    Ray Bradbury describes the life of a fireman in a futuristic world in his novel, Fahrenheit 451. In the novel, Guy Montag, a fireman, lives in a world where firemen burn books rather than put out fires. Montag meets a teenager, Clarisse McClellan, who he finds odd because of her bright, energetic personality, which is disparate and unnatural compared to the rest of the citizens. Clarisse questions Montag, opening his eyes to the imperfection in his life: his wife, his odd job, his boss, etc..…

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    that, “We are products of our pasts, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.” In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the protagonist, Guy Montag lives in a futuristic dystopian society. As a fireman, his job is to burn illegal books and the homes of the owners with them, but later he questions the effect of censorship and everything that he ever knew. Guy Montag changes from an unemotional fireman to a fully emotional and engaged rebel as a result of conflict with his dystopian society.…

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    The scene also reminds us of the river scene in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring where the Nazgûl show they are afraid of water. The story being well known in French culture, the Family Guy reference can be understood as an allusion to it. When Lois finally learns the truth, she exclaims ‘What the fuck?’ with the ‘fuck’ being covered by the sound of Peter’s boat. Just as Peter’s earlier ‘This is bullshit!’, the French adaptation is a…

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    The Flames of Insight As responsibility hides behind a red veil, a futuristic society lives under the false notion that everyone is equal, and therefore, everyone is happy. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of destroying books in a society where they are forbidden, questions whether what he does is right. Through witnessing a woman burn to death for her books and Faber’s, an elderly former professor’s, teachings, Montag is trapped between the worlds of Fire and…

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    complex character would be a person who is mixed between nature and experience, such as a person who has Catholic views, but believes in gay rights although they were brought up to believe it was wrong. Most stories have a complex character, such as Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451. Montag is a perfect example of a complex character. Montag is a fire fighter, but he is not an ordinary fire fighter. In the society of “Fahrenheit 451”, firefighters do not stop the fires, they start them. In the…

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