Taking a Stand with Votes and Arguments (Attention Getter quote) “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” (Bradbury 47). (Background) In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag is a firefighter in a dystopian future society where the firefighters burn books because they are illegal, for the first few years of his job he's satisfied and thinks he's happy; but after sometime and learning the dark truth Montag completely begins to change. (Preview Main Points) (1) First, Montag realizes he isn’t happy after talking to Clarisse and he begins to steal books and read them. 2. Second, Montag finds Faber and conspires with him and learns about society long ago and books …show more content…
(Commentary - 3 Connect Theme) This leads to Montag questioning the authority over him and the society he lives in, as he realizes how corrupt everything is he begins to make a change in everything in his life as he opens his eyes. (Assertion – Claim about Main Point) After Montag has been secretly reading books for a while to learn more, some of Mildred's friends come over and he listens to their shallow conversions with no meaning, he gets frustrated and reads some poetry to them and they get scared. (Lead-in/Quote Integration) Montag is speaking to Faber over the ear piece, he says, (Evidence) “Scare the hell out of them, that’s what, scare the living daylights out!” (Citation) (Bradbury, 95) (Commentary - 1 Explain Evidence) By reading them poetry, he wants to shock them so they will start thinking or have a realization. Montag reads them the poetry to make them think for once after observing their shallow conversations and thoughts, and soon Mildred's friends get scared as they don’t know how to process the