Fahrenheit 451 was written by Ray Bradbury. The book is based on a futuristic American fireman who burn book and set fires ; instead of putting out fires and saving lives. In the book the main society standards are to drive very fast, watch excessive amount of television on large wall like set and listen to the radio on "seashell radio" with ear buds attached to their ears. People in this futuristic society do not read books, enjoy nature , spend time by themselves , think independently or have meaningful for conversation. A lot of the standards start to affect the main character Guy Montag.
He is the protagonist Fahrenheit 451. Montag is also named after a paper manufacturing company. At the beginning of the book Montag meets a young lady name Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse McClellan is a seven-year-old who is an outcast from society because of her odd habits like hiking, playing with flowers, and asking questions. But in her "odd" family they seem genuinely happy with each other and themselves. She begins to start a conversation with Montag , asking him questions and about job making him nervous. One specific question she ask was "are you happy?" this leaves Montag pondering. Once he gets home he realizes that his
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He accidentally kicks an empty bottle of sleeping pills in there and calls the hospital just as a sonic boom. Two cynical hospital workers arrive with a machine that pumps Mildred’s stomach and another that replaces all her poisoned blood with fresh blood. Montag goes outside and listens to the laughter and the voices coming from the brightly lit McClellan house. Montag goes inside again and considers all that has happened to him that night. He feels terribly disoriented as he takes a sleep lozenge and dozes off. After this event he starts to respond to things