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Fahrenheit 451 Book Report Essay

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Guy Montag lived in the 24th century, a time where books were forbidden, and if you had any, firemen would burn your house down to the ground, books and all. Guy was one of those firemen. He never questioned it, it was just the way everyone worked. He never thought of what books could hold. One unusual day, Guy met an interesting girl named Clarisse McClellan. She showed Guy the wonderful things in the world that he had never noticed before. He began to like the way she looked at things and enjoyed her company. Suddenly, life turned around for Guy. His wife tried to kill herself with sleeping pills, although it was unsuccessful, and then he had to respond to a fire alarm, in which the old woman chose to be burned alive with her books, rather …show more content…

After hearing all these wonderful things about books, he devised a plan to allow them in the society once again. Professor Faber thought he was crazy, but Guy was insistent. Reluctantly, the Professor agreed. Guy and Professor Faber contacted a publisher, reproduced books again, and started putting them inside of the firemen’s houses, so people wouldn’t trust them. Professor Faber gave Guy a two-way earpiece so he could listen to the conversation. Once he got home, Guy found his wife and her friends gossiping and watching the news about a war that would break out sometime soon. For some reason he got angry at the superficiality of the women, so he started to read them a poem called “Dover Beach”. His wife tried to explain to her friends that this was just a way for firemen to express the uselessness of literature, but the women were so disturbed so they filed a complaint against Guy. The next day, when Guy went to the fire station, he turned in the books to Captain Beatty. He was surprised when the Captain asked him quotes and questions about the book, but he was suddenly interrupted when the fire alarm went off. Only this time, it was for Guy’s house. He realized that his own wife had left and betrayed him. “I should have never had trusted her.” he

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