has studied and memorized lines from hundreds of books like they were his religion. “You’ve been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel‚” he tells an old woman. “You think you can walk on water with your books‚” he says to Montag. “There is no terror‚ Cassius‚ in your threats‚ for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me in an idle wind‚ which I respect not‚” Captain Beattys last dying words. The question is‚ why would Captain Beatty be the antagonist if he knows
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Fahrenheit 451 is about a fireman named Guy Montag. Unlike the firemen of today’s standards‚ Guy’s job requires him to burn books instead of putting our fires! Basically in the year 2053 the government outlaws books because they seem to cause disagreement and fights between the people. After spending time with his young neighbor Clarisse Guy notices his society is
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“monster” can | | | |change‚ because they’re just as human as their victim. | |1 |““You think too many things‚” said Montag‚ uneasily.” Guy Montag |Clarisse isn’t the only person who has dozens of thoughts streaming through her | | |page 9. |head. I’m also a thinker myself. Sometimes when I’m talking to my
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the novel you are taken through the life of Guy Montag a Firefighter who has lost his hope on his profession and wants to find a meaningful way to live his life. Through a quest to find knowledge‚ going against his profession Montag starts preserving and reading books instead of burning them. This causes an immense amount of trouble for him causing him to have to flee the city to find refuge with a group of exiled professors who will in time give Montag a new outlook on books and knowledge. Fire is
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In Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag changes by the end of the novel because at the beginning of the novel‚ Montag was very content and happy with his job as a fireman and his life in general and never questioned it‚ but as Montag met new people and experienced different situations‚ he realizes that he is not happy and was questioning many things‚ including books‚ firemen‚ and life in general. Montag explains at the beginning of the novel‚ “It never went away‚ that smile‚ it never ever went away‚ as long as
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were kidnapped from their mothers and brought into these homes; thought after a few days they decided to escape without thinking about the consequences. At the end of the movie they arrived home to their mother. However Fahrenheit 451 talk about Guy Montag (the main character)‚ burns books with the rest of the fireman. The people in the society do not read books and enjoy nature‚ they spend time by themselves. As a result in both the movie and the book there is a clear comparison; bravery Molly‚ Gracie
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lubricated flue in the earth and let him out with a great puff of warm air onto the cream-tiled escalator rising to the suburb. » On page 5 we know it is autumn when the author writes: “ The autumn leaves blew over…”. 2. a) What does Guy Montag do for a living? (p. 3-4) Guy Montag is a fireman. In this book‚ firemen start fires in houses to be able to burn the books inside of these. b) How does he feel about his job at the beginning of the novel? Find one sentence that supports your answer. (p. 3) The main
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life‚ do you have any internal wars in which you’ve always wanted to keep a secret‚ or do you do the same thing every single day and you know how much your life sucks but you don’t do anything about it? In Fahrenheit 451 composed by Ray Bradbury‚ Guy Montag is the main protagonist who lives within a dystopian world where books are being burned because the government wants everyone to be happy and doing so has ruined the culture of their world. A poem named Dover Beach by Ray Arnold has many themes of
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and how it can change things. At the beginning of the book fire is used to destroy things. Firemen go around and set houses that contain books on fire. The firemen don’t see that there’s a problem with burning books. Many of the firemen‚ including Montag‚ thought
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story revolves around Guy Montag‚ a fireman whose job is no longer to put out fires‚ but to ignite them in the name of his government. In Guys worlds‚ knowledge is considered dangerous because it makes people question their surroundings. Literature being the main source of panic. The book follows Montag after an encounter with a girl named Clarrise who‚ unlike the rest of the world‚ thinks‚ instead of blindly following the pack.After this chance meeting‚ Montag begins to doubt whether what
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