Fahrenheit 451: Technology And Religion

Fahrenheit 451 has several unique themes such as Technology and Religion. This novel takes place in a futuristic world and throughout it demonstrates symbolic materials such as the small seashells radio broadcasts in the people's ear. Technology has virtually immersed itself at that time. Montag asked Faber if there was any copies of the Bible and some other books but finds a way to get a hold of one, even though reading books is illegal. Near the end, when Guy finds a group of men called “The Book People” they tell Montag to remember the book of Ecclesiastes from the Bible. This story mainly focuses on firefighters burning books because of its “unpopularity” and at 451o Fahrenheit books incinerate. That is why this book is called “Fahrenheit
Montag begins to question and wonder about books while others are just stuck on their T.V. His wife Mildred Montag is no different from the society, naive and senseless. Guy meets a young lady named Clarisse, which has to attend a psychiatrist because of her way of living. In the chapter “The Hearth and the Salamander,” several unexpected situations occur. Clarisse dies in a car accident and Mildred tries to commit suicide because of her depression. Guy Montag calls in sick to work so Beatty, Guy’s superior, goes to Montag house and talks about a stage which all firefighters go through hiding books and tells him why they got banned and that he has 1 to 2 day to turn in the books. Guy gets overwhelmed because he has one day to read them so he asked his wife for some help but she told him that she prefers T.V than reading books, so he visits a college English professor he met named Faber. Faber helps him with reading and understanding the message of the books. One day as Guy goes home, he overhears his wife and her friends talking about the upcoming war and gets upset so he grabs a book of poetry and Mildred tried to make up a lie that fireman bring a book to show their family that literature is full of nonsense, but Montage ignores her and continues to read a poem. Guy goes to Beatty and turns in the books when suddenly the station gets a call and realize it was Guy Montag’s house and turns out Mildred was the one who made the call. Beatty makes him burn down his own house and afterwards gets arrested. As Beatty tells him a quote from Julius Caesar, Guy gets his flamethrower and burns Beatty and attacks the other fireman. He goes to Faber house to let him know what has happened and Faber tells him to leave the city by crossing the river and follow the old railroad tracks . He soon finds a group of intellectuals and professors that are memorizing books to help rebuild