Is ignorance bliss? Or can true happiness come only from knowledge? In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451‚ the protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ lives in a futuristic‚ dystopian version of the United States in which knowledge is frowned upon‚ ignorance runs rampant‚ and uniformity is imperative. To fit in with the societal assumption that sameness equates to happiness‚ Guy feels he must conform and play the part of a contented citizen. However‚ Guy frequently finds himself questioning the validity of his
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character‚ Guy Montag‚ and his boss‚ Captain Beatty. The conflict develops as Montag’s ideas do. Once Montag is introduced to Clarisse McClellan‚ he begins to reevaluate his beliefs toward his society. “You always said‚ don’t face a problem‚ burn it. Well‚ now I’ve done both.” (Bradbury 121) Montag was referring to Beatty. In Beatty’s eyes‚ books were the problem and instead of solving this so-called problem‚ he chose to burn them. In Montag’s eyes‚ Beatty was the problem. When Montag said that he
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Daniela Zuniga Ms.shemitz November 25‚ 2013 Period 6 Book Report #1 Character: Guy Montag Guy Montag is the main character who works as a firefighter doing the ironic. Instead of doing duty of putting out fire‚ he starts them‚ but he can’t be blamed for his duty. He was raised to believe and follow society and not question. Guy is a very determined‚ confused‚ rebellious‚ and is an eager for knowledge character. His determination is shown when he refuses to give up the books he
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Fahrenheit 451: In Search of a Controlled Burn Ray Bradbury’s protagonist in Fahrenheit 451 revels in seeing things eaten and things blackened by fire. His name is Montag and his world is immersed in flames from the outset‚ with a blaze so bright before his kerosene spitting python that it blinds. He breathes in fire beneath a flameproof jacket‚ his burnt-corked countenance expresses fire with a permanent grin “driven back by flame‚” while his perfume is the overwhelming stench of kerosene. His
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decisions is demolished. This vision of a destructive world is conveyed through Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. The novel revolves around Guy Montag who has to deal with his destructive government position and inner self-conscious‚ his government position being a fireman who rather than putting out fires‚ starts them by burning books. The dystopia Montag is surrounded by and the brain-washed society he lives among‚ leads him against society to demolish censorship‚ and gain the knowledge he has been
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February 14‚ 2011 English 51 Professor Sanchez The book‚ Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ is about a futuristic United States where books that are made illegal are burned by fireman. The beginning of the book focuses on a firefighter named Guy Montag who questions his career as a fireman; but it seems clear that he finds no interest in literature and enjoys his job of burning books. There is a quote on the first page stating “The blood pounded in his head‚ and his hands were the hands of some
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of the book when an alarm‚ Guy Montag‚ the protagonist‚ and the other firefighters to an old house owned by an old lady. The old woman refuses to abandon her home and insists that she wants to die among her books. She lights a match and burns herself along with all her books. During the encounter‚ Montag steals one of the woman’s books and takes it home with him. When he gets home‚ he is shaken by the woman’s death and very nervous about his illegal possession. Montag is a third generation firefighter
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In world where firemen create fires instead of putting them out. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ sends readers into the life of Guy Montag‚ an average fireman living in a futuristic dystopian society where most books are banned in an effort to make life easier by eliminating controversy. I chose to read Fahrenheit 451 because it is a classic‚ 60 year old book that is still being sold in stores today so I figured that it had to be an amazing novel‚ and oh boy was I right. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
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Fahrenheit 451 In this story Montag opened his eyes and made some changes in his life. Montag went through some major changes over the course of the story. He started thinking individually instead of like everyone else‚ meeting Faber‚ and his job are some major changes he went through throughout this novel. There are many other changes he went through‚ but these are what made the biggest impact on his life. One of the biggest changes was that he started thinking his own thoughts instead of
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“This is happening to me” (115). Montag is confused of the fact that they are standing in front of his house‚ going to burn it‚ he understands why this is happening to him‚ but he doesn’t understand who told Captain Beatty about the books that Montag had in his possession‚ he thought about Mildred‚ and her friends that he had read the poem to‚ and he was correct. "What a dreadful surprise‚" said Beatty. "For everyone nowadays knows‚ absolutely is certain‚ that nothing will ever happen to me
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