Can you imagine a time in which books are a source of hostility, not of knowledge? Can you imagine a world in which people hate literature and crave to see it burned? Can you imagine a time in which firemen enjoyed burning books? Ray Bradbury created a world in which these conditions were a part of everyday life. A significant title that catches the eye-“Fahrenheit 451”-is coincidentally the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. Guy Montag, the main character in the story, tells the revelation from his point of view, but it was written in third person. By writing the story like this, it gives the reader a more intimate view of Montag, one that the other characters in the book can’t see.

Throughout the book, Bradbury mentions many things that we can refer to as being futuristic. “Fahrenheit 451” doesn’t mention a specific time or place, but we can distinguish that it is set sometime in the 21st century, since there have been two wars since 1990. It is also taking place in and around an unspecified futuristic city in the United States. The people in the soc

There are many memorable characters in this book. Guy Montag, a third generation fireman, is the main character of the book. Through different occurrences in his life, he suddenly realizes his own emptiness and begins to search for the meanings in the books he is supposed to be burning. Mildred Montag is Guy’s troubled wife who is obsessed with the world around her. She refuses to have meaningful conversations with anyone and she doesn’t understand Guy and has no desire to do so. Captain Beatty is the captain of the fire department. He seems to be well educated about books but strangely enough, he hates books and people who insist on reading them. Professor Faber is a retired English professor who Guy came across about a year before the book starts. He is very intelligent and still keeps a few works of literature hidden. He believes society is full of cowards who won’t speak out against things that could help the future of the world, such as books. There are many other minor characters such as Clarisse McClellan and Granger who play vital roles in the development of Guy’s realization about books.

The book is very realistic and has the possibility to occur. We can’t predict the future so we have no idea if something like this would happen. In my opinion, I don’t think it ever would take place, especially in my lifetime. I loved the book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to read. It made me appreciate books much more and I now understand how important literature is to the world and to the well being of our future.

“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores.”

Each book has a moral, whether it refers to life or not. In “Fahrenheit 451”, the theme was very easy to pick up and recognize. ‘Don’t be afraid to do somethin

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