Fahrenheit - 451 degrees Fahrenheit Bradbury’s novel government censorship and abuse of power on humans in the dystopian society by leading a world to destroy books in the 1950s. Affecting the lives of Americans and their dominant social values, and focuses on the foolishness of the country’s economic problems, including violence and ignorance. This story was not just created to make entertainment, but to identify the problems in the future such as using technology and mass media to influence brainwashing people. In the first chapter, introducing a protagonist, Guy Montag. He is a fireman and burns books for a living in a futuristic city and is married to his wife named Mildred. He and his wife don’t have a very good relationship, rather they are people who are forced to love each other. …show more content…
A sense of mistrust plays a certain role on both sides of their relationship and causes them to have tension and avoid talking to each other. He also mentions that he felt like he was “somebody” in their house, not a husband, or the comfort of being in the same room with someone he loved. Montag decides to call in “Sick” for work and goes to bed. This makes him look worse for Beatty since he was already suspicious, he stops by to check on Montag and confronts him about the uncertainty of the situation after finding out he was a no show for work. He informs Montag that books aren’t useful and logical for people to read, and says it’s a normal period for firefighters to go through curiosity in an attempt to read and steal books. Mid conversation with Beatty, Mildred tries to get his attention towards the books Montag had hidden but ends up being shouted at. He continues to go on, saying he believes that burning them is a solution that will make people “Happy” and that they’re nonexistent stories filled with lies. This conversation is mainly Beatty projecting his opinion on books that he believes are the right thing to do and encourages