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    SUMMARY Sets in the futuristic period, Guy Montag, a fireman, who, paradoxically, burns houses and illegally owned books. One night, after having burning quite number of homes and books, Montag met Clarisse, who happens to be his old neighbor. Clarisse, a seventeen year old, who is like a typical teenager, who likes to talk but what Clarisse sets from other teens is that she question about the world and nature In the course of the chapter one: part one, Clarisse asked Montag if he is happy, and…

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    protagonist, Guy Montag. At first, Montag takes pleasure in his profession as a fireman, burning illegally owned books and the homes of their owners. However, Montag soon begins to question the value of his profession and, in turn, his life. Throughout the novel Montag struggles with his existence, eventually fleeing his oppressive, censored society and joining an underground network of intellectuals. Which concludes to the subject identity. Similar to this novel is the short story “Mirror…

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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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    The novel, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury in 1953, is based on the future, or another world, and is supposed to be a utopian society. The main protagonist, Guy Montag, is a firefighter but his job duties are not what most people would imagine a firefighter to do: Montag doesn’t put out fires, he creates them. During the novel, Montag goes from house to house, burning them down because there are books inside the houses. In the ‘utopian’ town, books are not allowed and are forbidden to be…

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    Fahrenheit 451 Response

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    but there was a shorter version published in 1951. The number of pages in this book is small but even with such few words written the author got a powerful message across in only 158 pages. The beginning of the book is a very eerie one. In which Guy Montag who will be the narrator and main character throughout the book is describing his love of being a fireman. But being a fireman to him is not the same as being a fireman in today 's time. In this dystopian society where people don’t enjoy…

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    Guy Montag: 30 year old firefighter. He loves to burn books- “It’s a pleasure to burn…”- until one day he and his crew burn down an old lady’s house and he realizes how terrified she looked, and how much the books meant to her. Guy is passionate, driven, crazy at times, a free thinker, but identity crises happen with him often. His crises begin when he meets Clarisse, and she tells him how he’s so much different from other firemen. “When I talk, you look at me. … The others {firefighters} would…

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    In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury writes of a character by the name of Guy Montag, who lives in a futuristic dystopia where books are illegal to read and own. The novel contains many conflicts within Montag and between him and the other citizens in town. In the beginning, we are introduced to the protagonist, Guy Montag. Guy is a fireman, and in this novel, firemen start fires, rather than put them out. Soon, Montag meets his neighbor Clarisse, who tells him of times when fireman didn't burn books.…

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    Events In Fahrenheit 451

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    The events in Fahrenheit 451 take place in a futuristic society where a fireman named Guy Montag, questions what he has been told his entire life. In the novel, Montag’s job is to start fires and burn books that are discovered in people’s homes. Books are banned, since they contain vast amounts of knowledge, so the people are not allowed to think for themselves. This makes Montag curious to why people have these books, so he started a collection of his own which is illegal. His wife, Mildred…

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    Family Guy and The Simpsons are two American classics. The Simpsons first debuted in 1989, and Family Guy aired its first episode a decade later in 1999. Designed for audiences fourteen years old and older, both television series contain some forms of strong language, sexual content, and dialogue that would not be suitable for younger children. Both television series impacted the realm of comedy in a positive way by producing spin-offs of the original shows in years to come. Many people enjoy…

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    Guy Montag Changes

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    In a future time in America, instead of fireman stopping fires, they start them and burn books. Guy Montag is one of these fireman’s who burns books on a daily basis without thinking of it. These people in this future world don’t care independently, care about nature, and have useless conversations with each other. Everything changed for Montag when he is encountered by a new neighbor named Clarisse McClellan who is the opposite of everyone in this world. In the next couple of days, his wife…

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