... room was cold but nonetheless he felt he could not breathe. He did not wish to open the drapes and open the French windows, for he did not want the moon to come into the room. So, with the feeling of a man who die in the next hour for lack of air, he felt his way toward his open, separate, and ... of renegade intellectuals who are book lovers, and they all agree that books are the missing part of this unhappy world. Guy keeps a book and read secretly, Faber, an English professor, helps Guy understand how to read and what is going on in the books: "Do you know why books such as this are ...

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... really helped me to get through the book easier. Summary: In this story, the author Ray Bradbury tells us about futuristic American city in which books are illegal to read or posses, and firemen aren't employed to save houses, but to burn books. There is a fireman named Guy Montag, he lives in a day and age of ... burned books with no second thoughts. However, Guy soon begins to think about what he is doing. This is when we find out that Beatty also once read books. Beatty found burning the books as an escape to loving them. When Beatty is about to be killed by Guy, Beatty does no try t...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... that if he were to have any books, to get rid of them. After this, Montag goes and gets out a hefty amount of books, and begins to read them. Montag becomes more interested in reading books, so he visits a professor that he met about a year ago. Professor Faber is af...

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... in. Bradbury grew up with an open mind toward all types of writing, which helped him mold the science fiction genre he created in his books we read today. This stories setting is during the twenty-fourth century in a well known futuristic American city (which is not mentioned). This is the expostion, where ... as he passes. He quickly tells his superior, Captain Beatty, about the encounter with the hound. Beatty is the antagonist in the story. He is well read and uses his knowledge of books as a weapon to fight curiosity about them. Beatty can almost smell disloyalty among his workers,an...

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... says, "Have a pleasant trip. You may smoke, you may drink, you may dance, and you may die. We may even land one day." This poem will remind a person who has read Fahrenheit 451 of the society in the book because of the free from care attitude presented by people in position of authority. At the firehouse the firemen have a mechanical hound ... says "This is the old and new testament, and it might be the last copy in this part of the world." (76). In today's world, the Bible is the most read and the most sacred of texts. In the world of Fahrenheit 451 the Bible is on the brink of extinct...

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... one of Bradbury's best known and most acclaimed novels. In the novel the future is a lot different from the society we have come accustomed to and know well, books aren't read; they're burned. That's the premise of FAHRENHEIT 451(brookingbook). Guy Montag, a fireman who burns books (and the houses they're found in), loves his job --- until he meets a young ... styles and artistic development keep the reader entertained and uncertain throughout the novel. The futuristic firemen seek out and burn books. It is a crime, in this society, to own or read books. Trivial information, in this cul...

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• Grade Level: High School

... somewhat aware of what he is really doing and realizes it is wrong. By the end of the story, Montag is totally against the whole idea of censoring what people read and does a complete 360 in his thoughts. The path of Montage's thinking can be summed up in the following quote. In the course of the book, Montag goes through what ... are many reasons that can be associated with why they do this. The people in Bradbury's world do not have the knowledge about freedom. It is against the law to read about anything, which includes information on the past. The people do not know of the better li...

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... , or beliefs. There is no hope for a society which allows unrestrained suppression of beliefs or censorship to take place. Governments which impose censorship believe that if they allow people to read books, it will lessen their control over the populace. They understand that if people are introduced to new ideas, it will allow each person to think individually and by doing ... made in Farenheit 451, by Beatty, the chief fireman. The reader learns that Beatty himself is unhappy and wants to make others unhappy as well. Beatty is intelligent and well read, and fully understands the value ...

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... serum" [15]. Even tough they just replaced her blood, its like they replaced her as a whole. Another instance is when Montag is playing cards at the station, and he has read the books, he feels guilty. He is quite nervous and his hands are fidgety, Beatty is suspicious and Montag feels more alive than ever. " [His] hands seemed to be gloved ... . It's a symbol about the elusiveness of the truth. It's a metaphor to how hard it is for the human mind to grasp the truth. No matter how fast he tried to read the Bible, he could not remember it at all. His mind is like a sieve, the faster you p...

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... , 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 society don't read books, enjoy nature, spend time by themselves or have meaningful conversations. Instead, they drive fast, watch excessive amounts of television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio on ... 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 un...

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... to have books. This was considered by most people to be a respectable profession. But on different occasions Montag took a book out of burning homes and would from time to time read them. From this, he begins to to question the values of his society. Montag's marriage also serves a setting to contrast passive acceptance versus questioning of society's values. His marriage is ... ...

• Word Count: 1508
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School