no possibility of real peace. –Dalai Lama In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag lives in a reversed society‚ where firemen create fires instead of putting them out. The individuals in this society are captivated by gigantic wall sized televisions they address as their “families” and seashell radios that are plugged in their ears to avoid having to listen to people. Montag is merely another one of these clones that prefer not to think‚ until an unexpected meeting with a rebellious
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crowd‚ while Montag believes that having a little individuality can only benefit him. The author‚ Ray Bradbury reveals the theme that despite the fact that every character shows some form of conformity‚ Montag breaks out of the ordinary to become an individual. Montag‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is in a high position of power because of the job he obtains. The job of a fireman is considered one of the biggest parts of keeping people in check. The fact
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Motifs in Fahrenheit 451 This is the novel Fahrenheit 451 it was written by Ray Bradbury. During the novel‚ Montag works with a mechanical hound. Montag is a fireman and the hound lives in the station. The hound is both dead and alive‚ he moves around like a normal dog although is mechanical. Bradbury uses motifs during Fahrenheit 451 to get the reader to focus on certain ideas. Some of the motifs he uses are fire‚ mirrors‚ and being both dead and alive. Throughout the novel‚
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What were they trying to do? Montag and Mildred spend the day reading through the books‚ but none of what they read made any sense. Mildred begged Guy to destroy the books because it is very dangerous to have them. Guy knows that they can lose their home and be locked away in an insane asylum if they’re caught. Montag won’t give up‚ though. As they read‚ Montag hers the Mechanical Hound that he’s certain has been programmed to hunt him sniffing outside his door. In this section the "Sieve and
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about a man name Guy Montag that is unhappy with his life being a firefighter that starts fires by burning books. This book is based on the future. When Montag finds out the truth his life changes. Montag meets Clarisse‚ Faber and‚ Beatty his world changes for better and worse. Clarisse is an odd seventeen year old who likes odd stuff including books. “well” she said‚ “I’m seventeen and I’m crazy” said Clarisse. This shows how naive and careless she is as she tells Montag‚ at this point a complete
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Why did the Hound seize the innocent man? Why did they set off bombs? Did Montag join the survivors? Who is Granger? I relate to Granger because he comforts and makes Montag feel welcome. Since Montag was being hunted down by the hound. Montag joined and changed his life for the better by making a big change and joining the survivors. I can relate because personally I also made a big change in my life for the better by losing weight. Which made a big change in my life and I ended up losing
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Mildred will say something that is the most adverse thing to something Clarisse had said earlier and vise versa. An example of this would be on page 21 when Montag finds himself comparing Mildred and Clarisse‚ “And my wife thirty and yet you seem so much older at times‚”(21). The way the Mildred spoke and acted was seemingly more immature to Montag then the way Clarisse would speak. Clarisse would speak in a more observant straight to the point way while Mildred was more of an “avoid the subject” kind
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Have you ever had to find out who’s your real friends and who your enemies or realize what’s your real identity? Well in the novel Fahrenheit 451 the main character Guy Montag has to deal with these kinds of challenges. Throughout the novel‚ Montag must find out if he enjoys burning books or if he enjoys reading books. Another challenge Montage must face is identifying who are his real friends and who will stab him in the back. While reading this novel I soon realize that there is two groups of people
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the evidence in the book‚ Montag at the beginning of the book is asked the question are you happy by a girl named Clarisse. As the book goes on Montag never gives a direct answer to this question as he has to face challenges and never had time to think about it more. Montag begins to figure out his character and figure out what he wants to do with his twisted life. Montag gets to know other people like Faber and granger who influence his life in a positive way. Montag is happy at the end of the
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loam.” (Pg. 83‚ Fahrenheit 451) In the quote above‚ Faber describes books and their content to Montag‚ who as started to rebel against society through books. Faber was a very special and memorable person Montag met in a park a few years back. They had a conversation in which Faber recited some poems to him and because of that‚ Montag knew he was a rebel; a reader. He was the only person Montag could think of that would help him in his situation. Faber is the one that uttered this quote and
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