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Fahrenheit 451

The book “Fahrenheit 451” talks about a man, who is a protagonist. His name is Guy Montag, and he is a 30-year-old firefighter, who makes a living by burning books. Books to be in a house in the future are illegal. He loves his job, but later on in the novel, he feels that his life is empty, without meaning. He feels that everything has no meaning, his life, wife, and job. He realizes this when he meets up with a neighbor, a 16 year old girl. Montag steals a book from a house he is burning down, and keeps it and begins to read it, everyone that knows of this is frightened for him. Montag becomes close friends with a former English Professor, and begins to read. Montag’s boss gives him a hard time, and Montag resorts to murder. His wife is Mildred Montag, she has no meaning in life too. She forgot the meaning of happiness, and all day she sits and watches television. Mildred later tries to commit suicide by overdosing on pills. She later leaves her house, and her husband because of the book Guy Montag had brought home. The neighbor is Clarisse McClellan, and she is the one that opens up Guy Montag’s eyes to the world. She questions him, showing him that there is more to his life. She is later killed in the novel. Captain

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