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    it’ll make sense‚” (78;pt.2) Montag tells Faber while contemplating the desired effect on society. In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag’s society is ignorant to their overbearing government. As a fireman‚ he discovers his displeasure with current affairs early in the story. Embracing his desire to alter others’ lives‚ Montag seeks out an old man named Faber. Faber helps broaden Montag’s horizons by teaching him how life was before books were burned. However‚ Montag fails to discover anything he can

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    happening during Slavery‚ Holocaust‚ WWI‚ WWII‚ and many more historical events that occurred long ago. For example‚ when Montag went to Faber about books and Faber told him how books tell the truth about life and expressions from the writer‚

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    in the twenty fourth century.It is about a “fireman” named Montag living in a so called futuristic society where ironically the firemen start the fires instead of putting them out.In this dystopian society‚ Montag gets paid to burn books upon discovery due to the fact that they are banned.Montag however never questions anything until the day that he meets Clarisse. Clarisse is a seventeen year old girl who recently moves next door to Montag. Clarisse is very open minded person and she shows him how

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag‚ the main character begins to question his life when he meets Clarisse. Before his encounter with Clarisse‚ Montag simply went about his business as a fireman and did as he was told. However‚ Clarisse challenges Montag to "think" about things‚ which results in Montag to question his life‚ his role as a fireman‚ and the illegality of books. This questioning of who he is and what his society has become separates himself from the norm and his wife‚ leaving him to

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    phoenix gave optimism to the life of Montag‚ to the books‚ and to the world of Fahrenheit 451. The world was now dying‚ and nobody seemed to care‚ because the government had brainwashed the people. It was a situation‚ where not only the brave‚ but the ones who can think for themselves‚ who can help break the government’s control. The life Montag had been a bumpy road. He thought he had a good life‚ because he enjoyed his job‚ and was happy. Soon Montag discovered that he was not happy at all

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    Fahrenheit451; the government defines it and those who submit to society’s ways of happiness are not perturbed by reality. The government delivers to society frivolous entertainment giving them distractions from the grievances of reality. Beatty lectures Montag on why books are bad while he is at home faking sick: “If you don’t want a man unhappy politically‚ don’t give him two sides of a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet‚ give him none” (28). There is nothing for society to worry about because

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    personification‚ goes in depth‚ and repetition. On page 6 Montag states‚” No. Houses have always been fireproof‚ take my word for it.” Here Bradbury italicizes the word always to add a more tone to what Montag said. Also gets Montag’s point understood. He uses dialogue too. “Montag…?” “It doesn’t like me‚” said Montag “What‚ the Hound?’ (p 24). Bradbury adds this to define Montag’s characteristic with the Hound. Now we can see that Montag doesn’t like the Hound. On page 110 the books states‚”A great

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    of the law that bans any type or form of book‚ some people continue to read them. Some even risk their homes‚ possessions‚ and even lives for them. A fireman by the name of Montag aids in burning any books that can be found. He never stops to question why or how the law came to be until he meets a girl named Clarisse. Montag then looks deeper into the situation that had been surpassed and must

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    SECTION A –(1) On one day‚ after watching the movie named “Fahrenheit 451” in the English class‚ I started to thinking about what we are calling happiness . I browsed the web and came across this quotation “ Happiness is a positive range of emotions that we feel when we are content or full of joy” ‚which is Cocacola ‘s definition . Then‚ I reminded of Beatty’s saying in the film ”Cram them full of noncombustible data‚ chock them so damned full full of facts they feel stuffed…then they’ll get

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    Guy Montag‚ is a fireman. But in his world‚ a “fireman”’s job is to burn houses that contain the burden called books. He quickly becomes eager to learn‚ and begins to steal books. He tries to share them with people he loves‚ but then the firemen came for his house. Because of his anger towards his job‚ wife‚ Beatty‚ and the fireman‚ he leaves the dystopian society. In the book Fahrenheit 451 the “known” for society is a government that controls the information that the public receives and gives

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