The novel, Fahrenheit 451, begins with Guy Montag setting fire on a house. He is a firemen, who burn the house of the people who keeps books or go against the rules. He meets a 17-year old girl named Clarisse McClellan. He is surprised at first, because Clarisse acts differently from other people. When he went back home, he found his wife, Mildred, almost dead, because she took too much sleeping pills. “Do you ever read any of the books you burn...Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” (p. 8). 2. Old woman got caught by firemen, and she chooses to die in the fire with her books. Montag realizes that there is something special about books, so he steals a book and runs away. Also, he feels guilty when firemen burn the old woman, which is an opposite reaction from “normal” firemen. “‘None of those books agree with each other…Come on now!’ She shook her head” (p. 38). 3. Montag learns that Clarisse died because of the car accident, according to Mildred. Montag pretends that he is sick so that he does not have to meet Beatty, but Beatty comes to Montag’s home. While Mildred was cleaning, she found a book under the Montag’s pillow. After Beatty goes back, they read books together. “McClellan. Run over by a car. Four days ago. I’m not sure. But I think she’s dead. The family …show more content…
Montag goes to work again, and Beatty tries to confuse Montag and make him think that it is unnecessary to read books. The alarm, which rings every time when they find people who has books, rang and they headed to Montag’s house, because Mildred’s friends called in the alarm, and also Mildred, to get rid of books. He has to burn his house, but Beatty is keep irritating Montag, so Montag kills Beatty. Also, Mechanical Hound gives paralyzer before it burns. Montag runs away to Faber’s home. “You think you can walk on water with your books… Beatty flpped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent” (p.