Fahrenheit 451 Book Review

At first she just tries to get him to slow down in a world that is constantly speeding up. She tells him to stop and smell the flowers. This girl is found dead, but she left an impression on Guy Montag. Guy collects books from the ones they go and burn. He begins to hate is job as a fireman. He finds a man that also likes books and has been planning to destroy what the fireman do. Then, Guy Montage is reported to have books in his house. While on the job the fireman receive a call to go and burn some books. Guy is startled when they pull up in front of his house. The head fireman gives a blowtorch to Guy and has him do it himself. Guy burns his entire house down, but by now he has almost gone insane. He ends up killing the head fireman and running. The authorities chase him for hours. Guy is able to escape down the river. He finds a group of people who all have ran away because they love books. Soon after he leaves the city the next world war starts. Guy's city is one of the first to get flattened by bombs. The people in the city had no warning. They were told it would never come so close. Guy Montag and the head fireman, Beatty, were actually very much alike. In the beginning they both went out and 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 to move or jump away. He seems to just stay in place like he is ready to die. He has burnt enough books and he is ready for it to end. Death is his new escape. .
             Theme:.
             In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the theme is Censorship as shown by Captain Beatty's speech toward the end of "The Hearth and the Salamander" while explaining the history of firemen to Montag in his home. Fahrenheit 451 did not really explain why books are banned during that period of time.