In a world where books are banned and people’s ideas are suppressed, the courageous go on a quest to keep the literature. The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, features Montag, who is the main character and a fireman in the series, and Montag starts off burning books. Soon into the book Montag will meet Clarise, who is Montag’s neighbor, and she was different than most other people in the book. Clarise’s questions caused Montag to start thinking about if literature is truly good, so Montag on a job stole books. The theme of the book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, is to preserve literature because literature is more than just words, literature has meaning behind it and is full of knowledge. The book “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, shows why people should keep literature.
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They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless. We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam”(Bradbury, 79). In the book the people fear the truths that books have in them, and doesn’t allow the opportunity for the society to grow and evolve. Books are needed because some books contain information on life that could help people. Faber challenges Montag's view of books being magical by stating”You’re a hopeless romantic,” said Faber. “It would be funny if it were not serious. It’s not books you need, it’s some of the things that once were in books. The same things could be in the ‘parlor families’ today. The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through the radios, and televisors, but are not. No,no it’s not books at all you’re looking for! Take it where