The book that I have been reading for the past weeks is called, “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury. This book about a 30-year-old man named Guy Montag, who lives in a world where books are illegal and any books that are made are burned. Guy Montag is one of those people, but when he meets a girl named Clarisse, who is against the burning of the books he starts to question if he should continue doing this. Guy is married to a girl named Mildred, but she does not have a controlled life. I say this because she tried to kill herself, but survived when Guy took her to go get saved. Further into the story Guy is at the fire station with Captain Beatty, the antagonist, and a few other coworkers when someone who is against the burning of books attacks them. Montag gets sent to the hospital because he somehow got poisoned and after recovery, he finds out Clarisse died. This drives him into doing things that were not expected from him. If I were telling a friend about the entire story in two minutes I would start by telling them that the main character, Guy Montag, is a firefighter who lives in a world where books are burned. I would then tell them only all the …show more content…
One trait of Montag that I found unique was that he had a hard time thinking for himself. There was an example of this trait, “I am very much in love! He tried to conjure up a face to fit the words, but there was no face”(Bradbury, 22). In this quote, it shows that he is having a difficult time thinking of what to say. Another unique trait of his is that he attaches to people who he feels has a great friendship with him. In the book, it states, “Well, she said, I’m seventeen and I’m crazy”(Bradbury, 7). It is seen in this quote that Montag has become friend with his new neighbor because if they were not friends he would have stopped talking with her and or not talk to her at