Fahrenheit 451 is a book written by Ray Bradbury. The main character, Guy Montag, is a fireman, but instead of starting fires, he puts them out. Montag’s wife, Mildred, expresses shallowness and mediocrity. She is completely immersed in technology and spends all of her time watching her “family” on television. She is addicted to sleeping pills and even overdosed on them in the beginning of the novel. Under these circumstances, it can be understood as Mildred being deeply unhappy. To begin with, Mildred acts as if she lives in her parlour shows. She thinks of them as her family. Spending so much time isolating herself may make her feel alone, as she implies in the quote, “Books aren't people. You read and I look all around, but there