The New Guy

Reader Response Journal #2 Rules/ Order The book, Fahrenheit 451, the author, Ray Bradbury, was trying to convey that certain rules and orders can keep a person ignorant towards the world. Upon reading Fahrenheit 451, it’s noticed that Montag is very unaware of the things happening around him until he has conversations with Clarisse M. This is because the government wants to keep the population only believing in what they deem fit. In the first half of the book the audience will notice how…

In “Fahrenheit 451” books were banned and society was losing touch with reality. Books were banned because the government wanted equality throughout the town for all. Not wanting anyone to be more educated than others. With the government wanting everyone equal, if you were found with books in your home you would be killed or your house would be burnt for the push for equality. These are some books that help demonstrate a relationship with “Fahrenheit 451”. Firstly, the song “Burning the house…

The Body Ritual among the Nacirema is an article written by Horace Miner for the journal American Anthropologists in 1956. There, he writes about the culture of a North American group called the Naciremans – how they are very obsessed with perfecting their physical appearance that they perform certain private rituals everyday of their lives. According to Miner, the people of Nacirema have a fundamental belief that the human body is ugly and weak, and so to counter this belief the people have…

of his mindless society. As mentioned by the other while fire can cause death and destruction, the warmth, hope and comfort of fire sustains and renews through the ages, and the same fire that controlled Montag before, will now aid him in creating a new city built from…

In Fahrenheit: 451, Montag’s interactions with outside forces contributed to his growth and the theme that all lives have value and becoming desensitized to them is dangerous. The first force the author, Ray Bradbury, used in the story was a woman burning with her house because she hid books. Montag was one of the firemen who was sent to take the woman away and burn her house and her possessions; however, he and his co-workers did not accomplish their goal due to the woman taking her own life.…

A man who'd always had charcoal fingers seems to have washed his hands. After 20 years of burning books, Guy Montag met a young girl who led his hands to the water. Clarisse McClellan was "seventeen and crazy," and somehow, she entered his mind and showed him that he was unhappy. Earlier in his life, he'd met an old, cowardly philosopher by the name of Fabor. Fabor also helped push through the thick skull that the society had built up over his brain. Why would these people try to convince…

In the book farenheit 451, Montag changes through out the course of the story. In books characters tend to change by events that happen during the story. I'm this one you'll see how Montag changed through the good and the bad. The first thing that starts to change him is he starts to read books. When Montag realizes he is unhappy because of the things happening in his life, he wonders if books hold the answer. He thinks that since Mrs. Blake was willing to die for books that there is something…

My first encounter with Ray Bradbury's classic novel Fahrenheit 451 came during my junior year of high school. It was our assigned summer reading and couldn't have been less interested in it. To be clear, I spent my summer devouring tons of other books, but there's something about a "required" read that did little to motivate me. I skimmed through the novel a few days before classes resumed and survived our minimal discussions mostly unscathed. Flash forward to today. I've made it a point to…

Guy Montag is a fireman who burns books for a living. Yes, that's his job! That’s because books are banned! The government banned books and has turned America into an awful place. School starts early so they can manipulate the little one’s minds and it results in a passionless world. Marriage without love and kids murdering kids without a care in the world sounds like a lovely place to live, doesn’t it? Not at all. The First Amendment claims that no law will be made to respect or disrespect any…

A hero is not someone who goes against the law and society. Guy Montag does just that in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. He goes against what being a hero means. Montag cannot be considered a heroic figure because of his past as a fireman and his criminal acts even though some might say they were justified. Montag’s past as a fireman and his way of thinking is why he can not be a hero. As a fireman Montag used to burn books just like all the other firemen. He didn’t just do it because it was…