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Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury

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THEME The themes in Fahrenheit 451 all follow the path of government control reigns supreme. Firstly, when Montag first meets Clarisse, he tells her, “‘You think too many things,(Bradbury, 6)”. He has been conditioned to not trust anyone who thinks deeply, and is uneased by her manner. In his job, he associates thought with rebellion, and danger. Another theme was that all people must be the same to be accepted. A quote that exemplifies that is, “Were all firemen picked for their looks as well as their proclivities? (Bradbury 30)” This shows that the government chooses people for their jobs by their uniformity. Finally, the reader learns that differences will be punished in this society. This is shown by Clarisse saying, “‘He drove forty miles …show more content…

In the beginning of Fahrenheit 451 Montag is just an average man, following his orders dutifully. Then as the story progresses, Montag learns that there is more to life than blind devotion to one group. Montag slowly learns that freedom is an object to be fought for, and he does, hoarding books, and giving up his comfortable predictable life, to join the revolutionaries. By the end of the story Guy Montag is a strong willed, more enlightened man, ready to fight for his right to be educated. The supporting characters of Mildred, Beatty, and Clarisse were all integral to Montag’s growth. Mildred helped Montag realize that something was wrong in society when she tried to commit suicide, but did not remember it. This is because Mildred’s subconcious was trying to save her from her fate of being a sheep, but consciously she is not smart enough to realize …show more content…

The first setting introduced to the readers is Montag’s house. His house is originally just a part of his puppet life, then becomes dangerous upon Beatty’s arrival on page 51 where starts dropping hints that he knows about the book. This is essential to the story, because it motivates Montag to work with Faber and do something about the dulling of the people. A final setting that is crucial is the fire with the book revolutionaries in the woods. This setting allows Montag to know that there are other people like him who want to be free. This setting also makes Montag realize every person in important, and helps him discover his own self

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Clarisse -the only person who appears to be alive;- and Faber -the owner of knowledge unused,- share their thoughts and feelings about how to find true meaning in life. Throughout the novel, Guy Montag appears as a dynamic, three dimensional character, because he illustrates the changes that come about through acquiring knowledge; he undergoes dramatic internal changes while presenting himself as a relatable human who struggles against his own flaws. Guy Montag proves to be a dynamic character in Fahrenheit 451 because of the momentous changes he makes in his life. An example of can be found in how his opinion about burning books changes throughout the text; at the beginning he believed that “it was a pleasure to burn...to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.” (Bradbury 3)

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There were two events that changed Montag’s point of view on books. Montag was assigned to burn down a house, in that house was a woman, and that woman refused to leave the house along with the books in it. Montag begged for this woman to leave, but she stayed in the house as it was burned to the ground. This made Montag wonder, what was so special about the books she had?

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In the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, who initially conforms to societal standards unquestioningly, transforms into a rebellious character who deviates from government expectations; he discerns that when one diverges from the norm, they can question society’s motives and rebel against government oppression. Montag originally conforms without hesitation. He learns from the books and begins to doubt and question the ideals he once upheld. Upon his choice to rebel against the dystopia, Montag escalates the impact and size of his personal rebellions. The realization that he is a mirror image of the ideologies imposed upon himself and the citizens prompts a transformation and vindictive uprising against the oppressive government.

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In society, some people have conflicts with things and people around them. In Fahrenheit 451, the main character, Montag, has to burn books for a living. Montag’s life began to change when he has a decision to steal, hide, and read the books, or turn the books in and act like everyone else. Ray Bradbury shows Montag’s conflict with his wife, a friend, and technology in Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury uses Mildred, Montag’s wife, to show how everyone there is like robots.

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Montag throughout the novel changes himself as a person. Montag changes his mindset and his way of thinking and dealing with things drastically. This can be seen when Montag is speaking to Mildred and he says “I’m going to do something. I don’t know what yet, but something big.” (65) This shows that Montag isn’t satisfied with the society he living in and he wants to change something and have an affect.

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This is a significant event not just in the novel, but also in Guy Montag's life because it impacts and modifies his perspective on the capacity to read books as a result of the lady protesting her death with her books. Another major event is when Montag steals a book. " He made more soft sounds. He stumbled toward the bed and shoved the book clumsily under the cold pillow. He fell into bed and his wife cried out, startled" (Bradbury 41).

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This irony is further emphasised as Montag is described to calmly walk on the streets. The use of literary and stylistic devices throughout the first two pages of Fahrenheit 451 is effective as it helps the readers to understand the situation under which the protagonist of the story lives in. It also helps us comprehend how the society in the novel think about what is right and wrong. Therefore, we could say that the development of the protagonist and plot in the novel is effective, as it helps us understand the positive and negative side to Montag’s

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(AGG) In the course of Fahrenheit 451, we can clearly see that the society Montag is living in very faulty. (BS-1) Montag believes that his own society is working fine. However this is because he is unaware of critical things in a human society.(BS-2)

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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury wrote the book Fahrenheit 451.This book is both really interesting and confusing. Throughout the book you get really confused how what’s going on. The whole storyline is very creative though. At the beginning of the book it’s hard to catch on to what’s going on.

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Clarisse is a free-thinking person who rejects social conventions. Never once straying from her personal beliefs, mainly those in the beauty of individuality. Other characters' reactions to Clarrise help to further this point. To others, Clarrise is disarming and disorienting; the way she lives her life leaves them baffled, especially Montag, "What incredible power of identification the girl had; she was like the eager watcher of a marionette show, anticipating each flicker of an eyelid, each gesture of his hand, each flick of a finger, the moment before it began. How long had they walked together?

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Montag, a character in the famous book Fahrenheit 451, is changed by various characters, such as Faber, The Book People, and Mildred. Montag lives in a cookie-cutter suburban neighborhood that lives under a government that doesn’t accept individuality with his brainwashed wife, Mildred. Montag though, realizes that something is missing in the society through a helpful and curious girl named Clarisse, who impacts him the most in the book by making him think of what the past used to be, what the society is missing, and making him question the world around him. Clarisse impacts Montag the most, as she is the first character that Montag meets at the beginning of the book before he even thought of Faber or noticed what was wrong with Mildred at the start of the book.

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Although Montag has been struggling to find his identity, he’s now around people who were once in his

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Each individual has a different perspective of what a perfect society is. Throughout the course of history there have been instances where an individual takes on the task of creating a perfect society to suite their opinions and perspectives. The attempt to create perfect societies are known as utopian experiments. The goal of a utopia is to employ peace and perfection through dominance, restriction, and loss of freedoms of a community. A strong disciplined leader is needed to maintain their ideas of a perfect society, to instill a sense of fear, restrict information, and violate freedoms which forms a controlling authority over the community.

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Mildred in the novel is Montag’s wife. She is the perfect example of a conformed person in this society because she is brainwashed by the tv that the government has set in place. Proof of such is when she said, " 'Books aren't people. You read and I look all around, but there isn't anybody!' ".

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    To begin, the rising action of Fahrenheit 451 includes Montag’s internal conflict. This internal conflict initiates doubt in Montag. When Clarisse asks Montag “‘Are you happy?’”, he initially responds “Of course I’m happy” (Bradbury 7-8). However, it is evident that doubt has been planted in his mind, “What does she think? I’m not?”

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