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Fahrenheit 451 Summary

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Setting: The story is set in Uz, during the time of the patriarchs which was around 2100 to 1900 BC,

Main Character:
The story consists of three main characters, Job, God, and Satan. Job is an upright individual who was blessed by god with a generous amount of wealth. God is the almighty figure, while Satan is the ruler of evil.

Summary/Conflict: Job remains a loyal servant to God, however Satan speculates that Job’s faith is due to the prosperity that God provided for him. Satan asks for permission to inflict pain on Job to test if he would eventually curse at God. Job’s livestock,children, and servants died, yet Job did not question nor ridicule God. Satan then decides to further intervene by giving him boils. Job eventually succumbs into his temptation of cursing at God and demands to know why God only punishes the good. God appears and states that not revealing everything is his prerogative and begins by asking rhetorical questions. Job acknowledges that God is superior and apologizes. God forgives Job and rewards him with double the amount of wealth he acquired in the beginning.

Lessons:
Suffering does not mean you are being punished for your past sins
While we are suffering, we shall never …show more content…

Faber’s selection is significant because like Job, Montag encounters difficulties, continues to hold his faith, and embarks on a mental journey. In the book of Job, Satan presents Jobs with numerous misfortunate in order to test his faith to God. Job endures through the hardship and remains faithful. Similarly, Montag tolerates the losses and continues to hold his belief that books aid a person to live a meaningful life. In addition, both embarked on mental journeys, where they began to question things. When Job was tested, he pondered about why he was chosen as the victim of suffering. Likewise, Montag also begins to contemplate about meaning of his life and why books are deemed as

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