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Fahrenheit 451

            
            
             Guy Montag He is a fireman who makes a living burning books and the houses they are kept in. He is happy with his life and his job until finally he starts to question what he id doing and the reasons he is doing it. His transformation is complete after he crosses the river, after having to burn his own house.
             Captain Beatty He is the antagonist of the novel. He is the head of the fire department and always seems to know when someone has stepped out of line. He likes to quote from books to show why they should not exist. Montag kills him. In him letting Montag do this it shows that he would rather die than live in a world were he is not in complete control. .
             Professor Faber He is a aging intellectual in a society that does not want him. He was once a teacher before schools were closed. His insight shows us what the literate society used to look like before they progressed into an illiterate, ignorant state.
             Minor Character.
             Granger An intellectual and former author. Montag meets him on the other side of the river. He encourages him to remember and comprehend what he has already read. They return to the city after it is destroyed in hopes of building a literate society.
             Main Setting.
             Montags house This is were guy Montag lives with his wife Millie Montag. Montag has hidden books in the air conditioning vent in his own home. He eventually brings them out and shows his wife. She calls the Firemen while he is at work and Guy must burn his own house. He also kills Captain Beatty here.
             The City This is were Montag works. He goes and burns houses down of people that are hiding illegal books. He runs from the Mechanical Hound, through the city after he kills Captain Beatty. He escapes the city just before it is destroyed from a nuclear explosion.
             The River The River is on the outskirts of the city and represents the place were Montag finally "cleans" himself of his past life. He meets wanderers by the railroad tracks.


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1. Fahrenheit 451

... are banned and censored in an attempt to keep the human race from thinking for themselves. Such a lifestyle is depicted in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by author Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 is a futuristic tale about firefighters who set fires to houses instead of putting them out. Ray Bradbury does an amazing job of ... minority group objects to something else in the book, and it is again edited until eventually the book is banned altogether. (Watt 206) In Fahrenheit 451, the community has progressed so much that owning any and all writings is illegal. In the middle of the novel, Guy Mont...

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2. Fahrenheit 451

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3. Censorship and Fahrenheit 451

... the temperature at which freedom burns (Smolla), just like their books, their freedom, knowledge and, open mindedness were being burned right before their eyes. Although many of the citizens in Fahrenheit 451 are overwhelmed with censorship there are only few that in this society that think for themselves. When Montags finally examined the tedious desire seeking, his wife was so swathed up ... not come from the top, but from the bottom. The people instigate it. The government goes with the flow (Smolla). In Fahrenheit 451 it is believed that censoring makes things simply but, One of the...

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4. Compare and Contrast: 1984 and Fahrenheit 451

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5. Facets of Fahrenheith 451

... screenplays, detective fiction, and even musical compositions. Many of his stories have been made into movies and television shows. One of his most famous works is Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury is viewed by many as an ill-tempered old man who is out to keep hold of his freedom of speech. He does not believe in ... even more. He feels that these approaches lead to the banning of books. This may be where he came up with the idea of the story of Fahrenheit 451. Another possibly source for his story ideas is his dreams he had. He bases many of his stories off of nightmares from his childhood. He...

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6. Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451

... McClellan. Clarisse nurtures Guy's interest in books, while Mildred, on the other hand, tries to deny it. In the movie version of Fahrenheit 451, the director Francois Truffaut used the same actress for Mildred and Clarisse to suggest that the two characters were symbolic of the struggle that was ... changed his whole perspective on book burning. The young woman, Clarisse, had a viewpoint on life that was completely opposite to the typical person in Fahrenheit 451. Clarisse liked to explore the knowledge of books and take advantage of the "right to think." Unlike the rest of the communit...

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8. Fahrenheit 451

... a fireman living in a futuristic city, it is Guy Montag's job to see that that is exactly what happens. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel Fahrenheit 451, that the future is without literature -- everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. Anyone caught with books hidden in their home is forced out of ... so welcome", meaning that unless one has bad experiences, the good ones can be taken for granted. This quote proves to be true in Fahrenheit 451 because Montag's knowledge of the past is lacking and what he does know is inaccurate. When he encounters the truth, it is like an ent...

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9. Literary Analysis of Fahrenheit 451

... the world Bradbury portrays in which books are censored and ignorance has utterly overpowered intellect and curiosity. Through the use of the theme of censorship, the speaker in the novel Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates the results of complete ignorance and the sheer power of knowledge, and makes the reader wonder whether enlightenment really does hinder happiness in an individual and society as a whole ... ; (page # 33). This quote points out that people don't talk about matters of importance and only casually chatter about ignorant matters. It is conspicuous that the world Bradbury present...

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10. Fahrenheit 451

... works with a small group of revolutionaries to restore the respect and circulation of books. (3.) The title of the book, Fahrenheit 451 The Temperature at Which Books Burn, is significant because it is a metaphor for real life and it is used as a prominent symbol in the book ... work with burning books everyday. The "Book People" dread this temperature because it destroys the one thing they"re trying to save. Ray Bradbury uses Fahrenheit 451 to symbolize censorship. Like the burning of books, censorship oppresses the ideas of many people. The whole book is a metaphor for what is happening...

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