Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury: An Analysis

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In the book, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, is about a time where books are considered illegal, it is okay to kill or harm others and get away with it, and where firemen are the ones setting fires instead of taking them out, all during a nuclear war. Guy Montag is one of these firemen and his job is to set places on fire if there is a sign of a book on an area. But when he meets his neighbor Clarisse, he realizes that what he is doing is wrong and there needs to be a change. No one will stop him, not even his boss who has no care for setting houses on fire for being a crime scene. While being out on a job Guy was able to steal a book and take it home, he shows his wife Mildred what he had taken from the scene of the crime and she is shocked